Music of Prague Palaces and Gardens 1620
1. Enrico Radesca di Foggia: Filli dolce pastorella (Amare mente e tempo) 4:29
2. Giacomo Fornaci: O bell'arco d'Amore (Amorosa arciera) 2:17
3. Enrico Radesca di Foggia:Corrente 1:43
4. Enrico Radesca di Foggia: Da ricca pianta (Fiori colti per man di bella Dama) 1:42
5. Antonio Brunelli: Piangerem sempre 2:21
6. Giovanni Battista Muti: Corrente 1:23
7. Antonio Brunelli: Accorta lusinghiera 1:40
8. Antonio Brunelli: Perche duo baci 1:23
9. Enrico Radesca di Foggia: Nizzarda Francese 1:44
10. Enrico Radesca di Foggia: Mi lasci ingrata solo (Instabil Donna e risoluto Amante) 2:14
11. Giovanni Francesco Capello: M'impone Amor 2:38
12. Cezare Negri: La catena d'Amore 2:23
13. Enrico Radesca di Foggia: Occhi, stelle amorose 1:26
14. Giovanni Francesco Capello: Strana armonia d'Amore 2:31
15. Enrico Radesca di Foggia: Sy vos pretendeys guererme (Canzonetta Spagnola) 2:07
16. Cezare Negri + Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi: Alta Mendozza 2:11
17. Antonio Brunelli: Di ros'hebbi la guancia 3:20
18. Enrico Radesca di Foggia: Chi mi sente cantar Il canto de gl'amant'ol pi delle volte nascere da dolore) 2:38
19. Girolamo Marinoni: O Rex Gloriae 2:43
20. Giacomo Fornaci: Ah dolente partita (Amor crudele). 1:30
21. Giovanni Francesco Capello: Caro sensal Amore 1:27
22. Cezare Negri: Ballo fatto da sei Cavalieri 2:11
23. Antonio Brunelli: Bocc'amorosa 2:38
24. Giulio Caccini: Se ridete gioiose . 1:37
25. Antonio Brunelli: Balletto a 5 4:37
Ballo Grave - Di quel nudo pargoletto
Gagliarda - Alle pigge alme
Corrente - Nelle vaghe trecce
Total time 58:20
Ad Vocem
directed by Přemysl Vacek
Anna Hlavenková - soprano (2,4,7,10,11,13,14,17,20,23,25), Petra Noskaiová - mezzosoprano (18,25), Stanislav Předota - tenor (1,2,5,7,8,13,17,20,21,24,25), Michael Pospíšil - bass (2,5,10,13,15,20,25)
Dagmar Valentová - baroque violin (1,3,6,7,9,12,17,19,23,25), Czech anonymus from the middle of 18th Century
Marek Špelina - recorders (16,17), Peter Kobliczek, 1990, 1993 after Praetorius
Ingeborg Žádná - viola da gamba (2,4,5,7,10,12,13,16,18,23,25), Petr Vavrouš, 1992 after Colichon 1704
Petr Wagner - viola da gamba (1,3,5,6,9,13,15,16-20,25), Norman Myall, 1996 after John Rose ca 1600
Přemysl Vacek - archlute (1-4,6,9-13,15-18,20,22-25), Jiří Čepelák, 1995, from 17th-cent. Italian models - chitarrone (5,7,8,14,19,21), Jiří Čepelák, 1992 after Mateo Buechenberg, 1614 Roma
Music of Prague Palaces and Gardens 1620 offers a vivid glimpse into the musical world that resonated in the aristocratic residences and gardens of early-seventeenth-century Prague. Although the repertoire is entirely Italian, it reflects the tastes of the Bohemian nobility of the time, who cultivated close cultural ties with Italy. Many of the featured composers—such as Bettini, Brunelli, Caccini, Capel, Fornaci, Marinoni, Muti, Negri and Foggia—are today almost forgotten, yet their music reveals remarkable craftsmanship and expressive richness. The collection includes both vocal monodies, a new and fashionable genre around 1600, and instrumental pieces preserved thanks to dance treatises and courtly manuscripts of the period.
The ensemble Ad Vocem brings this repertoire to life with historically informed performance on period instruments. The album presents a colourful sequence of canzonettas, arias, madrigals and dance pieces, ranging from tender love laments to lively balletti and rustic dances such as the Piedmontese Nizzarda. Through refined singing and richly textured continuo playing, the recording recreates the intimate yet vibrant soundscape that once accompanied courtly festivities, private devotion and garden entertainments in the Prague palaces of the early Baroque.
(Studio Matouš 1998)
| Property | Value |
| format | CD audio |
| original instruments | Yes |
