Insalata
METRONOME / 1994
A rich salad from Monteverdi to Sondheim, typical of the mix I Fagiolini served up to their audiences back in the 90s.
Interestingly, the group didn't work on a core sound: that depended entirely on the repertoire. So Gombert, Da Flecha, Monteverdi (Matthew Brook’s powerful account of ‘Audi coelum’ from the 1610 Vespers), Bach, Purcell (early Robin Blaze), Debussy and William Brooks’ infamous Madrigal No.4 ‘Nellie was a lady’ belong to very different soundworlds.
REVIEWS
“Lively, imaginative, even anarchic…
a group with the potential versatility
of a Meredith Monk”
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
“There is tremendous élan here”
AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
ABOUT
TRACKLISTING
01. Gombert - J'ay mis mon coeur
02. Da Flecha - La Bomba (excerpt)
03. D’India - Dispietata pietate
04. Monteverdi - Vago augelletto
05. Anon - Hey trolly loly lo
06. Janequin - La Chasse (pt2)
07. Infantas - Loquebantur variis linguis
08. Monteverdi - Audi Coelum
09. Purcell - Sweeter than roses
10. Bach - Singet dem Herrn (last movt)
11. Debussy - Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder
12. Britten - A Death
13. Trad.arr. Tippett - Early one morning
14. R.Williams - Is 5 (No.2)
15. W.Brooks - Madrigal No.4 (Nellie was a lady)
16. Sondheim (arr.R.Williams) - Losin' my mind
SINGERS & PLAYERS
Anna Crookes, Carys Lane - sopranos
Richard Wyn Roberts, Robin Blaze - countertenors
Nicholas Hurndall Smith, Hugh Wilson - tenors
Roderick Williams, Matthew Brook
(with David Clasen) - baritones
Patrick Ardagh-Walter - bass
Elizabeth Kenny - theorbo
David Burchell - organ
Robert Hollingworth - director
