The Fall of the Leaf Giulia Nuti

• Anonymous:
• 1 Anonymous: Prelude 01:25
• John Dowland (1563 - 1626): Solus cum sola:
• 2 Dowland: Solus cum sola: Pavan (Arr. for Keyboard) 04:43
• 3 Dowland: The Frog: Galliard (Arr. for Keyboard by John Wilbye) 01:31
• Martin Peerson (1571 - 1651):
• 4 Peerson: The Primrose, FVB 271 01:21
• John Tomkins (1586 - 1638):
• 5 Tomkins: John Come Kiss Me Now 04:02
• John Dowland:
• 6 Dowland: Piper’s Pavan (Arr. for Keyboard by Martin Peerson) 05:37
• 7 Dowland: Piper’s Galliard "If My Complaints" (Arr. for Keyboard by William Byrd) 01:19
• Martin Peerson:
• 8 Peerson: The Fall of the Leafe, FVB 272 01:25
• William Byrd (1543 - 1623):
• 9 Byrd: The Bells, FVB 69 05:13
• John Dowland: The Firste Booke of Songes:
• 10 Dowland: The Firste Booke of Songes: No. 5, Can She Excuse 01:32
• William Tisdall (1570 - ?):
• 11 Tisdall: Almand, FVB 213 01:36
• 12 Tisdall: Coranto 01:10
• John Amner (1579 - 1641):
• 13 Amner: O Lord, in Thee is All My Trust 09:15
• Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620):
• 14 Campion: Shall I Come? (Arr. for Keyboard) 01:06
• Thomas Morley (1558 - 1602): Passamezzo:
• 15 Morley: Passamezzo: Pavan 02:38
• Giulio Caccini (1551 - 1618):
• 16 Caccini: Amarilli mia bella (Arr. for Keyboard by Peter Philips) 03:24
• Anonymous:
• 17 Anonymous: In Sorrows Drown’d (Arr. for Keyboard by Briant Ladlawe) 01:24
• John Dowland:
• 18 Dowland: Lachrymae: Pavan (Arr. for Keyboard by Fernando Richardson) 05:10
• James Harding (1550 - 1626):
• 19 Harding: Galliard in D Minor (Arr. for Keyboard by John Bull) 02:24
• Total Runtime 56:15

Info for The Fall of the Leaf

Celebrating the golden age of English keyboard music from the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, this personal anthology features works by the greatest composers of the time. John Dowland’s beguiling Pavanes and Galliards, transcribed by Martin Peerson and William Byrd, are punctuated by John Tomkins’ dazzling song-variations, Thomas Morley and William Tisdall’s whirling dances, and ravishing madrigals set by Peter Philips and others. John Amner’s masterful O Lord, in Thee is all my trust contrasts with William Byrd’s evocative, chiming variations The Bells , showcasing the different styles of these composers.

This recording extends Giulia Nuti’s oeuvre of critically acclaimed recordings on historical harpsichords; her solo recital Le Cœur et l’oreille: Manuscript Bauyn (Arcana, 2017), recorded on the harpsichord built by Louis Denis in 1658, was awarded the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. In this recording Giulia plays an exquisite Italian virginal from c. 1575.

Giulia Nuti, Rucellai Virginal, ca. 1590

Giulia Nuti
studied viola at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole (Firenze). She plays viola and keyboards in the band Underfloor, that she joined in 2011 after contributing to their previous albums.

She was a member of Hypnodance and Lightshine. She played several times at the Premio Ciampi (an Italian national award for songwriters) with artists like Graziano Romani, Simone Felice, Emma Tricca, Claire Hamill, Underfloor, Kenny White. She worked as a musician and arranger on the italo-american hip hop artist DropAflo’s debut album (Warner Italia, 2004). She played viola and violin on Ernesto De Pascale’s first solo album, “Morning Manic Music” (2007) , and she co-wrote few of the songs. In 2006 she joined a project of traditional music from Sicily led by Salvatore Meccio, with whom she recorded the album “Salvatore Meccio – Una Rosa per Natale” (Materiali Sonori Associated, 2006). In 2007 she joined the project “Salvatore Meccio and Bandakaleido”. She played the viola on Graziano Romani’s “Tre Colori” album (2006) and she kept collaborating with him on all of his following releases.

In 2008 she played on the album “My Land is your land” by Ashley Hutchings (Fairport Convention, Steeley Span, Albion Band) and Ernesto De Pascale (Esoteric Recordings/Cherry Red). In 2009 she played with the English songwriter Claire Hammil (the author of the song You Take My Breath Away) in her italian mini tours and recorded with her. Besides Underfloor, she collaborates with other projects and artists as Le Macchie di Rorschach, Pericle Sponzilli, Chiara White, Fabrizio Berti Jug Band.

As a journalist, she wrote for Rosso Fiorentino and for the magazine of Slow Food Italy. She currently writes for Jam, l’Ambasciata Teatrale and Il Popolo del Blues (www.ilpopolodelblues.com), that she edits together with the editor in chief Michele Manzotti. With Michele Manzotti and Fabrizio Berti , since 2011 she hosts Il Popolo del Blues radio show, broadcasted on Controradio (www.controradio.it) on saturady night and sunday afternoon, bringing on Ernesto De Pascale’s activity.

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