L'Occhio del Cor La Reverdie & Christophe Deslignes

• Francesco Landini (ca. 1330 - 1397):
• 1 Poiché partir convienmi, donna cara 04:14
• 2 Tante belleçe in questa donna stanno 03:10
• 3 Che cosa è quest'amor che 'l ciel produce 04:45
• 4 Nella tuo luce tien la vita mia 04:19
• 5 Non arà may pietà questa mia dona 02:52
• 6 L'alma mie piang'e mai non può aver pace 04:30
• 7 Gram·piant'agli ochi, greve doglia al core 05:41
• 8 Per un amante rio tal pena sento 03:58
• 9 Divennon gli ochi mie nel partir duro 04:54
• 10 Ochi dolenti mie che pur piangete 03:49
• 11 Mostrommi Amor già fra le verdi fronde 03:31
• 12 Che pena è questa al cor 03:25
• 13 Non per fallir di me tuo vista pia 06:08
• 14 Muort'oramai deh misero dolente 04:59
• 15 Guard'una volta incià verso 'l tuo servo 04:38
• Total Runtime 01:04:53

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Francesco Landini war der berühmteste florentinische Trecento-Komponist, der als Multi-Instrumentalist bekannt ist, insbesondere als Virtuose an der Orgel. Im Alter von 7 Jahren verlor er sein Augenlicht, aber trotz seiner Behinderung brillierte er im Studium der Musik und aller freien Künste: Könnte der Zustand der Blindheit die poetische Kreativität von Landini beeinflusst haben? LaReverdie untersucht zusammen mit Christophe Deslignes diese Hypothese mit einem neuen Projekt, das sowohl bekannte Meisterwerke als auch bisher nie aufgenommene Stücke präsentiert und Zeichen sucht, die sich in den Versen und der Musik von „Magister Franciscus Coecus“ verbergen. Der Bezug auf die Augen aus dem literarischen Topos wird in vielen Texten Landinis zu einem melancholischen poetischen Mittel, um die Entfernung, die Abwesenheit oder den Verlust der geliebten Frau auszudrücken, die sich nur das "Auge des Herzens" (L'Occhio del Cor) vorstellen kann. Diese Aufnahme füllt eine Lücke des Spätmittelalters mit einer bisher unerforschten Perspektive auf den bedeutenden Autor und Komponisten Landini. Eine leidenschaftliche Arbeit über die starke Bindung zwischen Poesie und Musik, durch die musikwissenschaftliche Recherche der Quellen von Davide Daolmi hervorragend begleitet.

La Reverdie
Christophe Deslignes, Organetto

La Reverdie
In 1986 two pairs of young sisters from Italy (Claudia e Livia Caffagni, Elisabetta ed Ella de Mircovich) founded the Medieval ensemble LaReverdie: the name, derived from a poetic genre that celebrates the return of Spring, reveals perhaps the principal trait of a group that for 25 years now has captivated audiences and critics alike for the variety in its approach to the vast and varied musical repertoire of the Middle Ages and first Renaissance.

Since 1993 the famous cornetto player Doron David Sherwin is member of the group, both as player and singer.

In 2008 Ella de Mircovich, who had led several projects - basically conceived from an anthropological and literary point of view - dealing with a mainly North European repertoire, said farewell to the group: a divorce due to overwhelming artistical disagreements.

Presently the ensemble performs in groups from three to fourteen musicians, depending on the repertoire.

The deep research, together with the experience achieved thanks to the long and intense activity, have made laReverdie an absolutely unique ensemble, both for the extraordinary enthusiasm they share and communicate to their audiences, as well as for their assured and natural virtuosity in playing and singing.

They have recorded 18 Cds, 14 for Arcana and co-produced by the German broadcast company WDR, which have received various awards from the European press, such as the Diapason d’Or de l’Année (the first awarded to an Italian ensemble in the category of Early Music), eight Diapasons d’Or, thirteen 10 de Répertoire, three 10 from Crescendo, two ffff from Télérama, three “5 stars’ from Musica and one A from Amadeus. In 2000 the Festival International de Santander chose a live recording of a concert given by the group that year to be issued as a CD with the title laReverdie en Concierto. The recent CD "Carmina Burana - Sacri Sarcasmi" (Arcana A353) is one of the three Finalist 2010 Midem Classical Awards in the category Early Music.

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