Allegri, L.: Suites Medicee (Les) - Il Primo Libro Delle Musiche (1618)
7/1/2000, 29 Tracks, 1:06:16
Featuring
Gian Luca Lastraioli
Gran Consort Li Stromenti
Lorenzo Allegri
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Composition History
Lorenzo Allegri's Primo Libro delle Musiche, a collection of eight ballets, was composed for various celebration events at the Medici court between 1608 and 1615.
Recording & Production
The Gran Consort Li Stromenti specializes in late Renaissance and early Baroque repertoire performed on original instruments, using a wide variety of period instruments.
Composer Biography
Lorenzo Allegri, also known as Lorenzino del Liuto ('little Lorenzo of the Lute'), was a lute player and composer at the Medici court in Florence.
Interpretation
This recording by Gran Consort Li Stromenti features a large ensemble of strings, winds, and plucked instruments, reproducing the size of Lorenzo Allegri's Medici orchestra.
Compositional Technique
Lorenzo Allegri was one of the first composers in Europe to devise and test the dance suite repertoire and adapt it for diverse instrumental ensembles.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Musicologist Kirkendale described Lorenzo Allegri as 'the major composer of instrumental ensemble music in Florence in the first half of the seventeenth century, specialised in dance music for the court ballet'.
Composer Biography
Lorenzo Allegri held the position of Guardaroba della Musica, custodian of the musical instruments owned by the Medici family, from 1622 to 1637.
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