Mala Punica, Pedro Memelsdorff - Paolo da Firenze: Narcisso speculando (2002)

Tracklist

01. Fra duri scogli
02. Un pellegrin uccel
03. Amor, deh dimmi
04. Lena virtù
05. Istampita instrumentale "Isabella"
06. Non più infelice
07. Era Venus
08. Istampita instrumentale "Cosa non è"
09. Godi Firenze
10. Girando un bel falcon
11. Istampita instrumentale "Un c'osa"

There is a fair amount of documentation on the ecclesiastical and diplomatic career of Don Paolo di Marco, abbot and tenorista of Florence in the early 15th century. Less well known are his allegorical madrigals which are perhaps the most innovative, and certainly the most virtuosic of this period. Apparently innocent bucolic or mythological texts conceal philosophical intrigues, political ideas and moral precepts.Their poetry and music still speak intensely to us six centuries later.

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