Galilei: Music for Lute Christian Zimmermann

• Michelangelo Galilei (1575 - 1631): Corrente No. 1 in G Minor:
• 1 Galilei: Corrente No. 1 in G Minor 01:34
• Corrente in G Major:
• 2 Galilei: Corrente in G Major 02:00
• Corrente No. 2 in G Minor:
• 3 Galilei: Corrente No. 2 in G Minor 01:52
• Corrente in B-Flat major:
• 4 Galilei: Corrente in B-Flat major 01:38
• Corrente in F Minor:
• 5 Galilei: Corrente in F Minor 01:39
• Volta in F Minor:
• 6 Galilei: Volta in F Minor 01:53
• Volta in E-Flat major:
• 7 Galilei: Volta in E-Flat major 01:54
• Toccata in D Minor:
• 8 Galilei: Toccata in D Minor 02:43
• Corrente in A Minor:
• 9 Galilei: Corrente in A Minor 01:44
• Volta in C Major (1):
• 10 Galilei: Volta in C Major (1) 02:07
• Toccata in C Minor:
• 11 Galilei: Toccata in C Minor 01:29
• Saltarello in C Minor:
• 12 Galilei: Saltarello in C Minor 01:24
• Saltarello in F Minor:
• 13 Galilei: Saltarello in F Minor 01:32
• Volta in G Major:
• 14 Galilei: Volta in G Major 01:37
• Volta in C Major (2):
• 15 Galilei: Volta in C Major (2) 01:41
• Vincenzo Galilei (1520 - 1591): Passamezzo in C Minor:
• 16 Galilei: Passamezzo in C Minor 02:35
• Passamezzo in F Minor:
• 17 Galilei: Passamezzo in F Minor 02:35
• Fantasia ottava:
• 18 Galilei: Fantasia ottava 01:16
• Ricercare No. 3:
• 19 Galilei: Ricercare No. 3 01:18
• Gagliarda:
• 20 Galilei: Gagliarda 01:34
• Gagliarda Moravia:
• 21 Galilei: Gagliarda Moravia 01:25
• Ruggieri:
• 22 Galilei: Ruggieri 02:03
• Ricercare No. 6:
• 23 Galilei: Ricercare No. 6 02:51
• Gagliarda la caccia:
• 24 Galilei: Gagliarda la caccia 01:05
• Cantilene for 2 Voices & Lute:
• 25 Galilei: Cantilene for 2 Voices & Lute 01:58
• Contrapunto No. 4:
• 26 Galilei: Contrapunto No. 4 01:35
• Contrapunto No. 5:
• 27 Galilei: Contrapunto No. 5 01:36
• Ricercare del primo tuono per naturale:
• 28 Galilei: Ricercare del primo tuono per naturale 01:33
• Gagliarda Euterpe:
• 29 Galilei: Gagliarda Euterpe 02:21
• Gagliarda Calliope:
• 30 Galilei: Gagliarda Calliope 02:19
• Contrapunto No. 1:
• 31 Galilei: Contrapunto No. 1 02:01
• Contrapunto No. 2:
• 32 Galilei: Contrapunto No. 2 02:35
• Total Runtime 59:27

Info for Galilei: Music for Lute

The German musician Christian Zimmermann, on two historical copies of Renaissance instruments, is delivering to us this interesting anthology dedicated to the lute works by the Galilei family: Vincenzo and Michelangelo, respectively father and brother of the famous Galileo. Vincenzo, also harpsichordist, gamba violist and theorist, introduced both his sons to the art of music and, although we have news that Galileo himself was an excellent lutist, no traces of his compositions remains, while his father and brother were authors of various collections printed from 1563 to 1620. Michelangelo even became lutist at the court of Maximilian i, elector and duke of Munich. The music proposed by Zimmermann consists of a varied overview of the musical forms dedicated to the lute in the Renaissance era: fantasias, ricercars, galiardes, counterpoints, currents, saltarelli, toccatas, in addition to the inevitable “aria di ruggiero", the famous instrumental bass coming from the lyrics of the Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.

Christian Zimmermann, lute

Christian Zimmermann
was born in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1954. He studied the classical guitar at the Conservatory in Karlsruhe with Mario Sicca. Thereafter he devoted himself entirely to the lute studying at the Cologne Conservatory with Michael Schäffer and at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Eugen Dombois.

During his artistic career, both as soloist (recitals) and as an ensemble performer (sacular and sacred repertoire, operas, oratories) he has mastered a style of interpretation which combines authenticity with spontaneity.

Through the use of other period instruments (Vihuela, Baroque- guitar, Chitarrone), Christian Zimmermann has been able to widen the sound spectrum needed for a historically correct and musically convincing rendering of early music. Moreover, years of practical ensemble music-making have enriched his experience in improvising, a highly significant element in the field of early music.Christian Zimmermann has broadcast on radio and television with the following companies: SWF (Südwestfunk), BR (Bayerischer Rundfunk), RAI ( Milan ). An accompanist on the lute for masterclasses and performances of historic dances with Barbara Sparti at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Festival Urbino.

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