Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Two Lutes with Grace: Plectrum Lute Duos of the Late 15th Century (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Two Lutes with Grace: Plectrum Lute Duos of the Late 15th Century (2020)
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The plectrum lute duo was one of the most popular ensembles for professional instrumentalists in late 15th-century Western Europe. This recording presents for the first time the bulk of a surviving repertoire that can arguably be considered for the lute duo, performed on two equal plectrum lutes or with a combination of lute and gittern – a smaller member of the lute family. The album, inspired by the Ferrarese virtuoso Pietrobono dal Chitarino (c. 1417–1497), acclaimed in his lifetime as ‘the foremost lutenist in the world’, includes the earliest printed lute duos by Francesco Spinacino and Joan Ambrosio Dalza and the two-voice instrumental works by Johannes Tinctoris. The often highly ornamented instrumental duos are mostly reworkings of songs, some of which are given here in a performance with the singer Grace Newcombe to provide the context for the lute arrangements that follow.

Tracklist:
01. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – La Bernardina (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo) (01:19)
02. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Lute Duo (I) (02:00)
03. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Calata a doi lauti (01:43)
04. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – J’ay pris amours (Arr. J. Martini for Lute Duo & Voice) (04:14)
05. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – J’ay pris amours (Arr. for Lute Duo) (01:14)
06. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – J’ay pris amours (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo) (01:26)
07. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – De tous biens playne (Arr. Roelkin for Lute Duo) (01:11)
08. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – La Spagna (Arr. for Lute & Gittern) (01:16)
09. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Alleluja, M 128 (Arr. for Lute Duo) (02:05)
10. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Je ne fay (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo) (01:28)
11. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Comme femme desconfortée (Arr. for Lute Duo & Voice) (04:55)
12. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Comme femme desconfortée (Arr. for Lute & Gittern) (01:35)
13. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Comme femme, M 144 (Arr. M. Lewon for Lute & Gittern) (01:48)
14. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Fecit potentiam, M 129 (Arr. for Lute Duo) (01:43)
15. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Fortune Alas (Arr. D. Fallows for Lute Duo & Voice) (01:55)
16. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Fortune Alas (Arr. for Lute & Gittern) (01:48)
17. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Fortuna desperata (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo) (01:26)
18. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Le souvenir, M 137 (Arr. for Lute & Gittern) (01:07)
19. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Juli amours (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo) (02:55)
20. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Tenor so ys enprentyd (01:33)
21. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – So ys empretid (Arr. for Lute Duo & Voice) (02:39)
22. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Tout a par moy, M 138 (Arr. for Lute Duo) (02:20)
23. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Saltarello e piva: I. Saltarello (Arr. for Lute Duo) (02:45)
24. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Saltarello e piva: II. Piva (Arr. for Lute Duo) (02:01)
25. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Lute Duo (II) (01:06)
26. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – D’ung aultre amer, M 143 (Arr. for Lute Duo) (01:08)
27. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – De tous biens playne (Arr. J. Tinctoris for Lute & Gittern) (01:12)
28. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – De tous biens playne (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo) (01:28)
29. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (Arr. for Lute Duo) (02:25)
30. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Mit ganzem Willen (Arr. M. Lewon for Lute Duo & Voice) (02:17)
31. Marc Lewon, Paul Kieffer, Grace Newcombe – Mit ganzem Willen wünsch ich dir (Arr. C. Young & P. Kieffer for Lute Duo) (03:17)

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