La Gamba

Mika Suihkonen · Ballo della Battalia · BATTALIA · Diego Ortiz

2010 · ABCD 301

Credits

Performers: Mika Suihkonen — Viola da gambaBallo della BattaliaBATTALIA
Composers: Diego OrtizChristopher SimpsonMarin MaraisAntoine Forqueray

About this release

Mika Suihkonen viola da gamba
Ballo della Battalia
Rhythmically and lightly on the viola da gamba
The new album La Gamba offers works by four rhythm musicians of the time who lived in the 16th-18th centuries: Diego Ortiz (c. 1510-1570), Christopher Simpson (c. 1605-1669), Marin Marais (1656-1728) and Antoine Forqueray (c. 1671-1745). The disc features Diego Ortiz's ricercare from the textbook Trattado de Glosas (Treatise on Decorations) in a lattaro atmosphere. During the ricercarie holiday, Simpson's four preludes and grounds from the gamba playing guide The Division Viol will be heard. Among the "learning material" of the masters of improvisation and decoration, Suihkonen includes two famous masterpieces of gamba music, they are Marin Marais' Spanish Folia and Antoine Forqueray's Chaconne. Gambist Mika Suihkonen and Ballo della Battalia offer great playing. Specializing in early music, Battalia has established its position in the Finnish music scene and has also been successful abroad. In Battalia, the world-famous early music guru Andrew Lawrence-King plays on the record.

Tracks

1.Recercada Primera (Passamezzo Antiguo)comp. Diego Ortiz (1510-1570)ISRC FIABA10000102:12
2.Recercada Secunda (Passamezzo Moderno)comp. Diego Ortiz (1510-1570)ISRC FIABA10000111:44
3.Prelude in D majorcomp. Christopher Simpson (1602-1669)ISRC FIABA10000121:22
4.Ground in D majorcomp. Christopher Simpson (1602-1669)ISRC FIABA10000134:39
5.Prelude in A minorcomp. Christopher Simpson (1602-1669)ISRC FIABA10000140:47
6.Ground in A minorcomp. Christopher Simpson (1602-1669)ISRC FIABA10000152:06
7.Recercada Quarta (La Gamba)comp. Diego Ortiz (1510-1570)ISRC FIABA10000162:40
8.Recercada Ottava (La Gamba)comp. Diego Ortiz (1510-1570)ISRC FIABA10000173:16
9.Folies d’espagnecomp. Marin MaraisISRC FIABA100001818:51
10.Recercada Quinta (Passamezzo Antiguo)comp. Diego Ortiz (1510-1570)ISRC FIABA10000193:08
11.Prelude in G minorcomp. Christopher Simpson (1602-1669)ISRC FIABA10000201:02
12.Ground in G majorcomp. Christopher Simpson (1602-1669)ISRC FIABA10000212:28
13.Prelude in E minorcomp. Christopher Simpson (1602-1669)ISRC FIABA10000222:00
14.Ground in E minorcomp. Christopher Simpson (1602-1669)ISRC FIABA10000236:28
15.Quinta pars (La Ruggiero)comp. Diego Ortiz (1510-1570)ISRC FIABA10000242:40
16.Recercada Tercera (Passamezzo Moderno)comp. Diego Ortiz (1510-1570)ISRC FIABA10000252:00
17.Chaconnecomp. Antoine Forqueray (1671/2-1745)ISRC FIABA10000267:26
18.Recercada Sesta (La Romanesca)comp. Diego Ortiz (1510-1570)ISRC FIABA10000271:54
19.Recercada Settima (La Romanesca)comp. Diego Ortiz (1510-1570)ISRC FIABA10000281:32

Reviews

Suihkonen improvisoi rouheasti
Mika Suihkonen muusikkoystävineen järjestää kuulijalle riemukkaan kuuntelu- ja oppimistuokion.
Espanjalaisen Diego Ortizin (n. 1510-70) tanssipohjaiset recercadat ovat jännittäviä rytmisessä vaihtelussaan ja uusiutuvassa melodiikassaan. Englantilaisen Christopher Simpsonin (n. 1602-69) groundit ovat gamban ketteryyden juhlaa. Mukana on myös Marin Marais’n Folies d’Espagne , jossa ”Lampaanpolskasta” kehkeytyy 32:n huimasti kasautuvan muunnelman taiturinäyttö.…
Helsingin Sanomat · Veijo Murtomäki
”You will want this delightful program on your shelf, and it will be worth listening to over and over again. […] Ortiz’s music brings a pronounced Latino flavor to the program and makes for a lot of enjoyable listening. A great many ”strumming” instruments are used: guitar, harp, and theorbo, as well as harpsichord. All of this contributes energy and makes the music very listenable.”
CRAWFORD Guide March/April 2012 · American Record