Pluto-Ensemble, Marnix De Cat, Hathor Consort & Romina Lischka - John Coprario: Parrot or Ingenious Parodist? (2022) [24/96]

Was John Coprario taking credit for someone else’s work when, under his own name, he made transcriptions of more than fifty Italian madrigals for a consort of viols? Such an accusation would be based on false premises, as anything resembling copyright was unknown at the beginning of the seventeenth century and for long afterwards; the use of musical material by someone else was rather considered as a respectful examination of ideas that were so promising that one wanted to think them through further. When transcribing these Italian madrigals, Coprario was not only extending an established tradition but also transcending it. He did not simply omit the text in his madrigal fantasias as had been customary in the 16th century, but also took the polyphonic setting even further, enriching it with instrumental possibilities that voices alone could not match. He also rearranged certain parts so that the original vocal work is not always immediately recognisable. Coprario, besides being one of the first to give ensemble music an instrumental identity, was no musical parrot, but an ingenious parodist.

Tracklist:
1. Pluto-Ensemble & Marnix de Cat – Come dal ciel (02:22)
2. Romina Lischka & Hathor Consort – Fantasia No. 6 (03:04)
3. Pluto-Ensemble & Marnix de Cat – Io son ferito, ahi lasso (02:31)
4. Romina Lischka & Hathor Consort – Fantasia No. 2 (02:55)
5. Pluto-Ensemble, Marnix de Cat, Romina Lischka & Hathor Consort – Fantasia "Cor mio" (03:09)
6. Romina Lischka & Hathor Consort – Fantasia "Il vago" (02:22)
7. Pluto-Ensemble & Marnix de Cat – Il vago e lieto aspetto (01:49)
8. Pluto-Ensemble & Marnix de Cat – La tra ’l sangue e le morti, SV 67 (02:01)
9. Romina Lischka & Hathor Consort – Fantasia Latral: Parte seconda (02:22)
10. Pluto-Ensemble & Marnix de Cat – O voi che sospirate a miglior note (03:06)
11. Romina Lischka & Hathor Consort – Fantasia "O voi che sospirate" (02:35)
12. Pluto-Ensemble, Marnix de Cat, Romina Lischka & Hathor Consort – Crudel, perché mi fuggi (01:46)
13. Pluto-Ensemble & Marnix de Cat – Caggia fuoco dal cielo (00:55)
14. Romina Lischka & Thomas Baeté – Fantasia "La caccia" (01:34)
15. Pluto-Ensemble & Marnix de Cat – Fuggi e sai fuggir (01:42)
16. Pluto-Ensemble, Marnix de Cat, Romina Lischka & Hathor Consort – Gitene Ninfe (04:21)
17. Romina Lischka & Hathor Consort – Fantasia "Gitene Ninfe" (02:35)
18. Romina Lischka & Hathor Consort – Fantasia "O che vezzosa" (02:16)
19. Pluto-Ensemble, Marnix de Cat, Romina Lischka & Hathor Consort – O che vezzosa Aurora (01:28)
20. Pluto-Ensemble & Marnix de Cat – Udite, lagrimosi Spirti d’Averno (02:38)
21. Pluto-Ensemble, Marnix de Cat, Romina Lischka & Hathor Consort – Fantasia "Udite, lagrimosi spirti" (03:29)


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