Episode 1. Spain and Italy‪.‬ Battuto and Pizzicato – Concertzender | Klassiek, Jazz, Wereld en meer

The story of the guitar begins in Spain, shortly after 1500. We first hear music for the vihuela, the Spanish counterpart of the lute. In Italy, at the beginning of the 17th century a transition is taking place to a new style, the Seconda pratica. Now the accompaniment of the solo voice takes the centre stage, and, like the theorbo, the guitar is frequently used for this purpose. Around that same time, chord playing on the five-course guitar flourishes in Spain as well, and the refined polyphony of the vihuela is abandoned.

Luys de Narváez (fl. 1526-1549)

1. Fantasía del quarto tono

2. Ay arde coraçon¬

Lex Eisenhardt, vihuela

(cd Music for Vihuela, Etcetera KTC 1114, 1991)

Juan Vásquez (fl. 1511-1560)

3. Con qué la lavaré

Ensemble la Colombina

(cd Canciones, Romances, Sonetos, Accent 95111, 2000)

Miguel de Fuenllana (fl. 1554–1574)

4. Con qué la lavaré

Lex Eisenhardt, vihuela

(cd La Guitarre Royalle, Etcetera KTC 1199, 1998)

Diego Ortiz (fl. 1553–1576)

5. Passamezzo antiquo

6. La Romanesca

7. La Folia

Les Basses Réunis

(cd Trattado de glossas, Alpha 56, 2020)

Luys de Narváez (fl. 1526–1549)

8. Diferencias sobre “Conde Claros”

9. Diferencias sobre “O Gloriosa Domina”

Lex Eisenhardt, vihuela

(cd Music for vihuela, Etcetera KTC 1114, 1991)

Anonymous

10. O Gloriosa Domina (Gregorian hymn)

La Capella Real de Catalunya with Jordi Savall

(cd La Ruta de Oriente, AliaVox AVSA9856, 2008)

Estéban Daza (c. 1537–1590)

11. A tierras agenas

12. Quién te hizo Juan pastor

13. Ay mudo soy

Maria-Luz Álvarez, soprano. Lex Eisenhardt, vihuela

(cd Spanish Songbooks, Emergo Classics EC 3928-2, 2000)

Francesco Corbetta (1615–1681)

14. Ciaccona

Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(cd Canta Venetia!, Etcetera KTC 1316, 2006)

Martino Pesenti (c. 1600–1648)

15. Io non raggiero il piède

Maria-Luz Álvarez, soprano. Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(cd Canta Venetia!, Etcetera KTC 1316, 2006)

Francesco Corbetta

16. Corrente

Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(personal archive)

Giovanni Paolo Foscarini (fl. 1620 – 1649)

17. Balletto il fedel amante

18. Corrente Francese

Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(cd Canta Venetia!, Etcetera KTC 1316, 2006)

Domenico Obizzi (c. 1611–1630)

19. E pur di novo

Maria-Luz Álvarez, soprano. Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(cd Canta Venetia!, Etcetera KTC 1316, 2006)

Francesco Corbetta

20. Prelude from the suite in D minor (1671)

Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(personal archive)