Notes and Editorial Reviews
Its overall length (upwards of 160 cm) and great number of strings (up to 16 courses) makes the chitarrone one of the more spectacular instruments of the early baroque. The name probably means 'large kithara', after the instrument played by the Classical Greek poets, and it was first developed as a bass lute in order to accompany singing and recitative - indeed it appears to have become the favourite instrument in Italy for accompanying the voice by 1600. It also enjoyed a short-lived but rich flowering as a solo instrument, however, to which the three virtuosi of the album title all contributed greatly, as performers as well as composers. Between 1604 and 1640, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (also known as Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger),
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Alessandro Piccinini and Bellerofonte Castaldi published a number of collections of chitarrone music, from which Jakob Lindberg has chosen some favourite dances, arias, toccatas and passacaglias. Combined into seven suites, they provide rich opportunity to enjoy the particular timbre and the special playing techniques of this splendid instrument, the chitarrone. Highly regarded both for his live performances and his many recordings, Jakob Lindberg has a long-standing interest in the many varieties of lutes, including lute mandorée, orpharion and archlute, and has now dedicated himself to researching their relative - research which informs both the performances and Lindberg's own liner notes. Read less
Works on This Recording
2.
Canzona for Lute no 1 by Giovanni Kapsberger
Performer:
Jakob Lindberg (Chitarrone)
Period: Baroque
Date of Recording: 03/2011
Venue: Länna kyrka, Sweden
Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs.
3.
Bergamasca by Giovanni Kapsberger
Performer:
Jakob Lindberg (Chitarrone)
Period: Baroque
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 03/2011
Venue: Länna kyrka, Sweden
Length: 2 Minutes 54 Secs.
5.
Passacaglia (from Book 4) by Giovanni Kapsberger
Performer:
Jakob Lindberg (Chitarrone)
Period: Baroque
Date of Recording: 03/2011
Venue: Länna kyrka, Sweden
Length: 4 Minutes 12 Secs.
10.
Romanesca con partite variate by Alessandro Piccinini
Performer:
Jakob Lindberg (Chitarrone)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1623
Date of Recording: 03/2011
Venue: Länna kyrka, Sweden
Length: 6 Minutes 18 Secs.
11.
Intavolatura di liuto, Book 2: Corrente no 1 by Alessandro Piccinini
Performer:
Jakob Lindberg (Chitarrone)
Period: Baroque
Written: Bologna, Italy
Date of Recording: 03/2011
Venue: Länna kyrka, Sweden
Length: 1 Minutes 20 Secs.
13.
Libro I d'intavolatura di lauto: Corrente 1 by Giovanni Kapsberger
Performer:
Jakob Lindberg (Chitarrone)
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1611; Italy
Date of Recording: 03/2011
Venue: Länna kyrka, Sweden
Length: 3 Minutes 6 Secs.
14.
Toccata for Lute no 13 by Alessandro Piccinini
Performer:
Jakob Lindberg (Chitarrone)
Period: Baroque
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 03/2011
Venue: Länna kyrka, Sweden
Length: 2 Minutes 16 Secs.
17.
Intavolatura di liuto, Book 2: Corrente no 2 by Alessandro Piccinini
Performer:
Jakob Lindberg (Chitarrone)
Period: Baroque
Written: Bologna, Italy
Date of Recording: 03/2011
Venue: Länna kyrka, Sweden
Length: 1 Minutes 20 Secs.
21.
Furiosa corrente, for chitarrone by Bellerofonte Castaldi
Performer:
Jakob Lindberg (Chitarrone)
Period: Renaissance
Date of Recording: 03/2011
Venue: Länna kyrka, Sweden
Length: 1 Minutes 47 Secs.
22.
Prelude for guitar & theorbo No. 5 by Giovanni Kapsberger
Performer:
Jakob Lindberg (Chitarrone)
Period: Baroque
Date of Recording: 03/2011
Venue: Länna kyrka, Sweden
Length: 1 Minutes 4 Secs.
24.
Capona by Giovanni Kapsberger
Performer:
Jakob Lindberg (Chitarrone)
Period: Baroque
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 03/2011
Venue: Länna kyrka, Sweden
Length: 1 Minutes 31 Secs.
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