Zamboni: L ultimo romano. Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, 1718 Simone Vallerotonda

• 1 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata VIII: Arpeggio 01:40
• 2 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata VIII: Alemanda 04:04
• 3 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata VIII: Giga 01:46
• 4 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata VIII: Sarabanda 02:51
• 5 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata VIII: Minuet 00:51
• 6 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata IX: Preludio 01:37
• 7 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata IX: Alemanda 02:45
• 8 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata IX: Giga 01:58
• 9 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata IX: Sarabanda 01:34
• 10 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata IX: Gavotta (Allegro) 00:48
• 11 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata V: Alemanda 03:43
• 12 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata V: Current 01:59
• 13 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata V: Sarabanda (Largo) 01:36
• 14 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata V: Minuet 00:48
• 15 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata II: Alemanda 03:29
• 16 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata II: Current 01:38
• 17 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata II: Sarabanda 01:49
• 18 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata II: Giga 01:35
• 19 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata VI: Alemanda 03:07
• 20 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata VI: Giga 01:25
• 21 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata VI: Sarabanda (Largo) 01:54
• 22 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata VI: Gavotta 00:28
• 23 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata XI: Grave 04:19
• 24 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata XI: Current 02:24
• 25 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata XI: Sarabanda (Largo) 03:04
• 26 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata XI: Minuet 00:52
• 27 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata XI: Ceccona 04:32
• 28 Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1, Sonata XI: Fuga dalla sonata VII 03:15
• Total Runtime 01:01:51

Info zu Zamboni: L ultimo romano. Sonate d intavolatura di leuto, 1718

Giovanni Zamboni Romano, originally from Rome, was a fine expert in musical counterpoint and virtuoso on the theorbo, lute, harpsichord, diminished guitar, mandola and mandolin, and also a good professional sharpener of oriental stones for jewels”. In that way our lute player is described by Ranieri Busoni. The Sonate d’Intavolatura per Leuto of 1718 are the last Italian work for lute, printed in tablature. Maybe written by himself on the sheets, being skilled in handling stones and jewelry, the style of these sonatas, reveals a deep knowledge of counterpoint, typical of the Roman school, to which he claimed to belong, adding the epithet «Roman» after his surname. Inheriting the knowledge passed on by Lorenzino, Kapsberger, and Colista, Zamboni, the last «Roman», brings to life the lute in the 18th century, fusing traditional Roman writing, made up of virtuous gighe, ciaccone and correnti, with the new melancholy sarabande and gravi in the galant style.

Simone Vallerotonda, arciliuto

Simone Vallerotonda
Roman lute-player by birth and soul, he started playing the classic guitar when he was 6, but he soon understood that it wasn’t really his thing. When he was 18 he started studying the lute and graduated with honors in Italy and in Germany. Philosophy at university has been his passion and salvation in order not to join the army! He plays as a soloist and as “continuo player” with the best ensembles and all over the world. In 2014 he founded the “I Bassifondi”, his powerful baroque trio. He is open to experimentation and works with cinema and fashion… but this is a whole other story..

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