Mortua dulce cano. A Florilegium of Late Renaissance Lute Music Michal Gondko

• Giulio Cesare Barbetta (1540 - 1603):
• 1 Barbetta: Padoana ottava, Deta Zo per la Brenta 01:55
• Anonymous:
• 2 Anonymous: Ricercata 01:29
• Vincenzo Galilei (1520 - 1591):
• 3 Galilei: Calliope 01:02
• Lorenzino Tracetti (1552 - 1590):
• 4 Tracetti: Praeludium 01:50
• Simone Molinaro (1565 - 1615):
• 5 Molinaro: Saltarello 01:34
• Anonymous:
• 6 Anonymous: Currentes 04:07
• Giovanni Battista Domenicho (16 Jh.):
• 7 Domenicho: Bergamasco 03:59
• Kasper Sielicki (16 Jh.):
• 8 Sielicki: Praeambulum 00:50
• Anonymous:
• 9 Anonymous: Ballo polacho 01:37
• Jacob Reys dit Le Polonois (1550-1605):
• 10 Polonois: Courante 01:53
• Anonymous:
• 11 Anonymous: Gagliarda polacha 01:06
• Diomedes Cato (1560 - 1627):
• 12 Cato: Fantasia 04:05
• Valentin Bákfark (1526 - 1576):
• 13 Bákfark: Pass’ e mezo detto L’ongaro 02:27
• Nicolas de Rans (16Jh.):
• 14 Rans: Branles 06:13
• Anonymous:
• 15 Anonymous: Es seind doch selig alle die 03:27
• Matthias Reymann (1526 - 1625):
• 16 Reymann: Galliarda 01:25
• Johannes Spalkaiber (16Jh.):
• 17 Spalkaiber: Praeambulum 00:50
• Anonymous:
• 18 Anonymous: Jungfrau von schön Gestalt 02:11
• Benedictus de Drusina (1556 - 1573):
• 19 Drusina: Fantasia 01:52
• Anonymous:
• 20 Anonymous: Tantz des Graffen von Manßfeldt / Proportio 01:40
• John Hoskins (16Jh.):
• 21 Hoskins: Praeludium / A Gailliarde 02:38
• Anonymous:
• 22 Anonymous: Allemandt à Globe / Jigge of Cooper 02:17
• Barick Bulman (16 Jh.):
• 23 Bulman: A Paven 04:17
• Alfonso Ferrabosco I (1543 - 1588):
• 24 I: A Galliard 01:30
• Robert Askue (16 Jh.):
• 25 Askue: A Gigg 01:55
• John Whitfield (1588 - 1620):
• 26 Whitfield: The English Huntsuppe 01:04
• Anonymous:
• 27 Anonymous: Toys 05:20
• Total Runtime 01:04:33

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Dum vixi tacui; mortua dulce cano: “While I lived I was silent; dead, I sing sweetly.” Found in the portrait of the sixteenth-century lute maker Gaspar Tieffenbrucker, these words, spoken by the imaginary tone wood used for centuries in the manufacture of string instruments, fittingly depict its double life. This recording celebrates a historical instrument, whose voice time did not manage to silence: the so-called “Presbyter” (although in actual fact anonymous) lute, possibly made in Padua in 1595. One of the oldest playable lutes in existence, it was restored to its likely first configuration (a seven-course lute) and still features its original soundboard and back. Inspired by the cosmopolitan nature of the anthologies of lute music compiled at the time of the instrument’s presumed completion, Michal Gondko showcases its expressive potential with a diverse programme, placing emphasis on high-quality yet largely neglected repertoire, most of which has not been recorded to date.

Michal Gondko, Presbyter-lute 1595

Michal Gondko
has toured the United States, Europe, the Middle East, China, and Japan. He was born in Warsaw, Poland, where, as a child, he studied classical guitar. He was introduced to the lute as a teenager, a life-changing event that took him to the Schola Cantorum in Basel, where he studied with Hopkinson Smith. Michal has remained in Basel. He is founder and, along with his wife Corina Marti, artistic co-director of the medieval and early Renaissance ensemble La Morra, and has recorded for the Ramée/Outhere label. He is a recipient of the Polish Recording Producers’ Award (Fryderyk).

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