Il Barbarino Paul Kieffer

• 1 Tenore di Napoli - (Anonymous): 02:57
• 2 Fantasia I - (Fabrizio Dentice 1539-1581): 02:56
• 3 Da poi che vidi vostra falsa fede - (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 1525-1594): 01:43
• 4 Fantasia II - (Fabrizio Dentice): 02:45
• 5 Volta de Spagna - (Anonymous): 01:11
• 6 Fantasia - (Giovanni Antonio Severino ?): 02:44
• 7 Pavana de España - (Anonymous) 03:42
• 8 Gagliarda bella - (Anonymous): 01:34
• 9 Fantasia III - (Fabrizio Dentice): 02:56
• 10 Io piango et ell' il volto - (Anonymous): 01:37
• 11 Fantasia - (Luis Maymón ?): 02:23
• 12 Volta - (Anonymous): 01:33
• 13 Ricercar - (Francesco Canova da Milano 1497-1543): 01:25
• 14 Ricercar (Francesco Canova da Milano): 01:52
• 15 Fantasia - (Giulio Severino ?): 02:55
• 16 Folias en primer tono - (Anonymous) 01:25
• 17 Fantasia - (Perino Fiorentino 1523-1552): 03:43
• 18 Fuga - (Francesco Cardone ?): 04:50
• 19 Tocata - (Anonymous): 01:17
• 20 Fantasia IV - (Fabrizio Dentice): 03:42
• 21 Canto llano y contrapunto - (Francesco Cardone): 01:59
• 22 Ricercar - (Francesco Canova da Milano 1497-1543): 02:33
• 23 Fantasia (Perino Fiorentino): 02:33
• 24 Matachin con sus diferencias (Anonymous): 03:30
• Total Runtime 59:45

Info for Il Barbarino

The culture of 16th–century lute playing reached the height of its sophistication with its genre of three- and four-voice fantasias and other dense polyphonic intabulations. Among the most prominent exponents of this style was Fabrizio Dentice - a Neapolitan gentleman of high self-esteem and difficult personality who was renowned for his dexterous fingers but considered the title of lute player to be far beneath him, and the Severino family, including Giulio and Giovanni Antonio Severino, two prominent Neapolitan lutenists who, like many others from the region, also travelled to Barcelona and Madrid. Other Neapolitan lutenists such as Francesco Cardone and Luis Maymón are also featured on this disc along with pieces from the 1536 Neapolitan print of Francesco Canova da Milano and pieces by his young student Perino, a visitor of the southern city. While no dance music from any of these sophisticated lutenists has survived, the late 16th–century Barbarino lute book from Naples luckily contains echoes of this less serious genre as well.

The young American lutenist Paul Kieffer based in southern Germany brings this music to life on two gut-strung instruments that transport the listener to another time. Paul performs in this video clip the sole surviving work of Giovanni Antonio Severino of Naples.

Paul Kieffer, lute, vihuela de mano

Paul Kieffer
entdeckte seine Liebe zur Laute schon während seiner Jugend. Im Alter von 26 Jahren veröffentlicht er nun sein zweites Soloalbum (Arcana | Outhere Music). Das erste, das dem königlich französischen Lautenisten Jacob Polonois gewidmet ist, erhielt bereits internationale Anerkennung durch zahlreiche Experten der Lauten- und Alte Musik-Szene. Kieffer trat in Festivals für Alte Musik in Utrecht, Brügge, Ambronay und Barcelona auf und gab Solokonzerte in Italien, Deutschland, Frankreich, der Schweiz, den USA und Kanada. Als Kammermusiker spielte er in den meisten europäischen Ländern (z.B. Berlin – Philharmonie Großer Saal; Paris – Cité de la Musique; Madrid – Teatro Real; Lissabon – Grande Auditório da Gulbenkian; Moskau – Bolshoi Theatre; St. Petersburg – Bolshoi Zal; Athen – Megaron) sowie weltweit. Er konzertiert regelmäßig mit bedeutenden Künstlern der Alten Musik und mit Ensembles wie Concerto Copenhagen (DK), Scherzi Musicali (BE), Ensemble La Fenice (FR), Capriccio Barockorchester Basel (CH), MusicAeterna (RU), Neumeyer Consort (DE), Ensemble Phoenix (DE) und anderen. Zurzeit arbeitet er als Repetitor auf Lauten und verwandten Instrumenten an der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, wo er auch sein Studium mit Auszeichnung absolvierte.

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