The organ used for this recording is the Graziadio Antegnati organ from 1565 in the Basilica Palatina di S. Barbara, which Cavazzoni himself supervised the construction of.
Composer Biography
Girolamo Cavazzoni, the composer, may have been born in Bologna, Urbino, Rome, or Padua, as his father worked for Cardinal Pietro Bembo, who lived in various cities.
Compositional Technique
Cavazzoni's ricercars, like those in his first volume, are polythematic, reflecting a period when the ricercar mirrored the structure of the liturgical motet.
Composition History
Girolamo Cavazzoni's works largely consist of two volumes of tablature: the Libro primo, printed in 1543, and the Libro secondo, which is missing its title page and was likely published by 1549.
Interpretation
Cavazzoni's hymns use an alternatim performance mode where a sung first verse is followed by a long organ verset during which the rest of the text is chanted.
Performer Biography
Federico Del Sordo, the organist and harpsichordist, has previously recorded complete Masses by Claudio Merulo and Giovanni Salvatore, and the entire Magnificat cycle by Giovanni Battista Fasolo for Brilliant Classics.
Compositional Technique
Cavazzoni's Canzon sopra I le bel e bon is based on a chanson by Pierre Passereau, while his Faulte d'argents draws inspiration from a five-voice composition by Josquin Desprez.
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