Music of the Italian Renaissance

Jacques Arcadelt (Composer), Fillippo Azzaiolo (Composer), Francesco (da Milano) Canova (Composer), Marchetto Cara (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), Joan Ambrosio Dalza (Composer), Antonio Caprioli (Composer), Vincenzo Capirola (Composer), Adrian Willaert (Composer), Francesco Spinacino (Composer), Bartolomeo Tromboncino (Composer), Marco dall'Aquila (Composer), Josquin Desprez (Composer), Pietro Paulo Borrono (Composer), Giovanni Domenico del Giovane da Nola (Composer), Shirley Rumsey (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Shirley Rumsey
• Composer: Jacques Arcadelt, Fillippo Azzaiolo, Francesco (da Milano) Canova, Marchetto Cara, Anonymous, et al.
• Audio CD (May 1, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B0000013UZ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,533 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #28 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Chansons
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just listen to the samples, January 1, 2003

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This review is from: Music of the Italian Renaissance (Audio CD)

Shirley Rumsey is such a gifted singer and musician. Each piece is so hauntingly beautiful. I find it amazing that someone with this much talent isn't better known. Oh well, if you are tired of the crap that is passing for music these days, just buy this cd and turn off the radio.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPERB VALUE, April 26, 2001

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This review is from: Music of the Italian Renaissance (Audio CD)

This is a beautiful album in all ways - lovely choice of repertoire, songs sung in believable period style with a clear strong voice, vibrant instrumentals. Usually when an artist both sings and plays, one of these elements is weaker. Not so here! If you like Renaissance music, get this - it's well worth its overly-modest price.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Program, January 3, 2002

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Percy Smogg (Tulsa, OK USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music of the Italian Renaissance (Audio CD)

The main strength of this recording is the overall program. The selection of pieces, the order in which they are played, and the musical interpretation here make for a good recital. The interpretations I think are a little different than what is typical giving the listener a new perspective on some of these pieces. For example, one usually hears a Dalza Piva as a fairly driving dance piece; but on this recording the Piva is presented as a quietly sweet piece, and it works. Other than some unique, but tasteful interpretation, there is nothing especially outstanding about the performance here, good or bad. There are singers, such as Emma Kirkby, that have given early music vocal performances vastly superior to anything here; and there are lute players running around that can play Ms. Rumsey right into the ground. But this recording, taken as a whole, is enjoyable, bears up well to repeat listening, and is an excellent value.