Leonor de Lera – Arcadia (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Leonor de Lera – Arcadia (2024)
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Leonor de Lera has chosen the “Arcadia” described in Greek mythology as a transfigured place in idyllic nature as the title for her new CD. The genre of the pastorale, the Arcadian pastoral idyll, enjoyed incredible popularity during the Renaissance and all the great poets of the time wrote poems that were in turn set to madrigals by the great composers. Leonor de Lera plays a selection of such pastorals on her violin – accompanied by lute and guitar. She does this, as was customary for Renaissance and early Baroque instrumentalists, by not playing the melodies true to the notes, but by embellishing them with so-called “diminutions”. There were many schools and styles for these, which are described in treatises of the time, and the virtuoso also demonstrated his skills with his art of diminution. The violinist now applies the different styles to the various pieces she has chosen for this programme, which are by Monteverdi, Caccini, Falconieri, Trombocino, Willaert and many others. The result is a stylistically diverse, highly virtuosic CD that is also a comprehensive compendium of the art of diminution in Italy around 1600.

Tracklist:
1-1. Leonor de Lera – In una verde piaggia (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (02:26)
1-2. Leonor de Lera – La mantovana (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (02:10)
1-3. Leonor de Lera – Madrigali a 5 voci, Book 11: No. 1, Ah dolente partita (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (02:38)
1-4. Leonor de Lera – E vivere e morire (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (02:23)
1-5. Leonor de Lera – Lamento della Ninfa, SV 163 (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (04:51)
1-6. Leonor de Lera – Selva de varii passaggi, Book 2: No. 3, Vestiva i colli passeggiato ‘Modo difficile’ (After Palestrina) [Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous] (03:44)
1-7. Leonor de Lera – Trist’ Amarilli mia (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (03:52)
1-8. Leonor de Lera – Al fonte, al prato (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (01:22)
1-9. Leonor de Lera – Begli occhi lucenti (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (01:47)
1-10. Leonor de Lera – Zephyro spira e il bel tempo rimena (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (03:49)
1-11. Leonor de Lera – Un Gay bergier (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (03:30)
1-12. Leonor de Lera – Pastorella ove t’ascondi (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (03:41)
1-13. Leonor de Lera – Madrigali a 5 voci, Book 1: No. 14, Liete piante, verdi erbe, limpide acque (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars) (03:58)
1-14. Leonor de Lera – Canzone villanesche alla napolitana: No. 5, Vecchie letrose (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (02:51)
1-15. Leonor de Lera – Il primo libro de madrigali: No. 7, Igno soave ove’l mio foco (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (02:49)
1-16. Leonor de Lera – Dolcissimo uscignolo, SV 161 (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (03:31)
1-17. Leonor de Lera – Su su prendi la cetra o Pastore (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (03:29)
1-18. Leonor de Lera – Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti, SV 251 (Arr. for Baroque Violin, Theorbo, Archlute & 2 Guitars by Anonymous) (07:16)

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