Intabolatura de leuto de diversi autori Milano: Peschatore che va cantando

Featuring

Paolo Cherici
Pietro Paolo Borrono
Francesco da Milano
Marco Dall'Aquila
Alberto da Ripa

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Instruments

This recording uses both a lute and a vihuela to offer greater timbral variety, as the lute repertoire was conceived for a family of instruments rather than one specific type.

Composer Biography

Pietro Paolo Borrono, a lutenist and composer featured in the tablature, also worked as a man-at-arms and spy, even being implicated in an assassination plot against Cardinal Alessandro Farnese.

Historical Context

The Intabolatura de leuto de diversi autori was published in Milan in 1536, shortly after the city transitioned from the Sforza Duchy to Spanish imperial rule under Charles V.

Compositional Technique

The fantasias in Casteliono's tablature derive their structural resources from contemporary vocal forms like the madrigal and motet, adapting their counterpoint for the lute.

Interpretation

The album's track order is designed to create a narrative flow, beginning and ending with the piece 'Peschatore che va cantando' to evoke literary and figurative impressions.

Compositional Technique

The dances in the Casteliono tablature are essentially early suites, featuring pavanes and saltarellos, often concluding with a short Toccata.

Composition History

The 1536 Intabolatura de leuto de diversi autori was the result of a ten-year agreement between printer Giovanni Antonio Castiglione, publisher Rainaldo D'Adda, and lutenist Pietro Paolo Borrono.