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      Artistes / Performers 
        
        Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman, Lorenz Duftschmid, Rolf 
      Lislevand, Paolo Pandolfo, Andrew Lawrence-King 
           
          Lieu d'enregistrement / Recording site:  
        Pieve de S. Martino, Emilia 
          Dates d'enregistrement: Avril 1989 
          Recording dates: April 1989 
      Durée totale / Total time: 49"35 
       
             
        
                
             
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              En 1553, paraît à Rome son Tratado de glosas 
              sobre cláusulas y otros généros de puntos en la música de violones 
              nuevamente puestos en luz, publié en espagnol et en italien. 
              Les glosas sont des variations interprétées soit par des 
              solistes soit par deux musiciens jouant d'instruments semblables. 
              Ce traité présente également des recercadas (ou ricercari), 
              principalement des variations musicales, pouvant être jouées par 
              de petits groupes d'instrumentistes. 
               
              (Wikipedia)
                     
               
                    
                    
          
                    
                    The Trattado de Glosas (modern Spanish 
                    spelling Tratado de Glosas) is considered a masterpiece of 
                    literature for the viola da gamba. The work was published on 
                    10 December 1553, in Rome under the Spanish title 
                    Trattado de glossas sobre clausulas y otros generos de 
                    punctos en la musica de violones nuevamente puestos en luz. 
                    Its Italian title is Glose sopra le cadenze et altre 
                    sorte de punti in la musica del violone.
                     
                    (Wikipedia) 
                     
          
                    
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                      05/1991 
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                      # 363 (09/1990) 
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                      # 618 
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                      # 33 (06/2091) 
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                      14:3 (01-02 / 1991) 
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                    Diego Ortiz (ca. 1510-ca.1570  | 
                    
                     
                      
                    
                    
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              Le 10 décembre 1553, en l’un des moments privilégiés du 
              rayonnement de l’âge d’or musical espagnol, fut imprimé à Rome le 
              TRATTADO DE GLOSAS SOBRE CLAUSULAS Y OTROS GENEROS DE PUNTOS EN LA 
              MUSICA DE VIOLONES NUEVAMENTE PUESTOS EN LUZ de Diego Ortiz, connu 
              aussi sous le nom de « el Toledano ». Référence incontournable 
              pour l’étude de la pratique instrumentale du XVIe siècle, cette 
              œuvre présente un intérêt exceptionnel, tant du point de vue 
              purement historique que par sa valeur artistique, puisqu’elle 
              contient les plus beaux exemples du répertoire connu pour viole de 
              gambe (vihuela de arco ou violone) et clavecin au temps de la 
              Renaissance. 
                     
                    
                     Peu nous est connu, à ce jour, de la vie du violiste et 
                    compositeur espagnol Diego Ortiz. Les premières traces de 
                    son existence coïncident avec la date de publication à Rome 
                    du Trattado de Glosas (1553). L’étendue des connaissances 
                    que suppose la réalisation d’une telle œuvre incite à penser 
                    qu’elle a été composée alors qu’Ortiz était déjà un homme 
                    mûr (composée ou rééditée, si toutefois il venait à se 
                    confirmer que le contenu du traité a été « remis à jour » en 
                    cette année 1553). Lorsqu’il quitta son pays natal, Diego 
                    Ortiz avait déjà acquis une formation musicale complète. On 
                    en veut pour preuve l’aspect nettement précurseur de son 
                    traité du strict point de vue de l’écriture musicale. Une 
                    comparaison avec la Regola rubertina (Venise, 1542-43) de 
                    Sylvestro Ganassi, traité publié dix ans avant celui d’Ortiz 
                    et dédié tout particulièrement à l’étude de la technique 
                    violistique, ainsi que le caractère indéniablement 
                    hispanique de l’œuvre de Diego Ortiz, confortera l’hypothèse 
                    suivant laquelle Ortiz avait déjà acquis une formation 
                    musicale complète lorsqu’il quitta son pays d’origine. 
                    Toutefois, malgré de récentes recherches menées dans sa 
                    ville natale, nous continuons d’ignorer les dates exactes de 
                    sa naissance, le lieu où il reçut sa formation musicale, 
                    ainsi que le type d’activité qu’il exerça avant son voyage 
                    en Italie.  
                    
                     
               
               
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              On 10th December, 1553, at one of the highpoints in the Golden Age 
              of Spanish music, there appeared in Rome the TRATTADO DE GLOSAS 
              SOBRE CLAUSULAS Y OTROS GENEROS DE PUNTOS EN LA MUSICA DE VIOLONES 
              NUEVAMENTE PUESTOS EN LUZ by Diego Ortiz, who was also known under 
              the name “el Toledano”. An inevitable reference point for the 
              study of instrumental performance practice in the 16th century, 
              this work is of exceptional interest, both for its purely 
              historical significance and for its artistic value, since it 
              contains the finest examples of the known repertoire for viola da 
              gamba (vihuela de arco or violone) and harpsichord in the 
              Renaissance period. 
                     
                    
                    We know little today about the life of the Spanish viol 
                    player and composer Diego Ortiz. The first signs of his 
                    existence occur at the same time as the publication in Rome 
                    of the Trattado de Glosas (1553). The extent of knowledge 
                    required for the compilation of such a work leads us to 
                    think that it was composed when Ortiz was already in his 
                    maturity. It was composed – or revised, which seems to be 
                    the implication of the indication that the treatise was 
                    “nuevamente puestos en luz” (newly published), in the year 
                    1553. By the time that he left his native country, Diego 
                    Ortiz had already completed his musical education. This is 
                    shown by the clear pioneering nature of his treatise from 
                    the strict point of view of musical style. A comparison with 
                    Sylvestro Ganassi's Regola rubertina (Venice, 1542-43), a 
                    treatise printed ten years before that of Ortiz and 
                    specifically dedicated to a study of viol technique, as well 
                    as the underniably Hispanic character of the work by Diego 
                    Ortiz, supports the hypothesis that Ortiz had already 
                    completed his musical education when he left his native 
                    country. However, despite recent research in his native 
                    town, we still do not know the exact date of his birth or 
                    the place where he received his musical education or even 
                    what he did before he undertook his journey to Italy.
                     
                    
               
                    
                     
               
               
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            Reviewer: Tess Knighton 
             
            The 
            importance of Diego Ortiz's Trattado de glosas (1553) for our 
            understanding of instrumental composition and practice in the 
            sixteenth century has long been acknowledged in the text books of 
            music history. What has been less readily appreciated—largely for 
            want of a decent recording—is the value and interest of the music 
            Ortiz composed by way of illustrating his technical points on how to 
            ornament and improvise. To remedy this situation, Jordi Savall with 
            a continuo team including such stars in their respective fields as 
            Ton Koopman and Andrew Lawrence-King, has recorded a carefully 
            chosen selection of the various kinds of pieces advocated by Ortiz 
            in persuasive and impressively technically-assured performances. 
            Indeed, listening to Savall's total assurance on the gamba, the 
            sheer range of tone colour he has at his fingertips and the apparent 
            ease with which he negotiates the trickiest of passages, reminds one 
            of his great musical strengths, not so readily appreciated, I've 
            found, when he substitutes the baton for the bow—as, rather sadly, 
            seems to be increasingly the case these days.  
             
            Most immediately appealing to the nonspecialist listener will 
            undoubtedly be the selection of recercadas (or ricercars) on 
            well-known ground basses, each given a varied treatment in terms of 
            continuo accompaniment and strongly characterized by Savall who 
            brings out now the plaintive, expressive qualities of his 
            instrument, now the rhythmic, dancey edge of the chiff of bow on 
            string. The playing is always stylish, never mannered, with the 
            unfettered feel of the imaginative improviser: for once, a note that 
            describes the instrumentalist's art as ''stripped of all transcen- 
            dental pretention but abounding in life, imagination and spontaneity'' 
            can be accurately applied to the recording itself.  
             
            Savall is admirably supported at every turn by his continuo team; my 
            only slight reservation about the recording is the distracting 
            whisper of the blower in the organ-accompanied items. The inevitable 
            penalty of a closely miked recording such as this, it is a small 
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            Diapason- # 618 
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            Analyste: Gaëtan Naulleau 
             
            - Les hifistes se pâmeront avec l'album Diego Ortiz, pour lequel 
            Manuel Mohino signait en 1989 une prise de son anthologique. La 
            grosse viole italienne de 1550 au grain rugueux est là devant nous, 
            à portée de main, légèrement à gauche, secondée par quelques 
            compagnons (orgue, harpe, violone, vihuela); on voit les légers 
            mouvements de Savall et de son instrument, on suit la propagation du 
            timbre dans l'espace. Magnifique. Il n'en fallait pas moins pour que 
            nous appréciions à sa juste valeur la relecture du recueil publié 
            par Ortiz à Rome en 1553, à l'origine catalogue de gloses - 
            autrement dit, manuel illustré d'improvisation - mais ici véritable
            De natura sonoris. Sous l'archet du magicien, les diminutions 
            d'Ortiz ne sont plus des notes ajoutées, mais une façon de faire 
            "vibrer" autrement la matière résonnante du timbre". | 
           
          
            
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          Analyste: Denis 
            Morrier 
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            Denis Morrier souligne à juste titre l'importance de cet 
            enregistrement consacré aux "recarcadas" de Diego Ortiz. Il écrit: 
            "C'est ... une nouvelle révélation qu'apporte Jordi Savall (comme 
            chaque fois dans ces répertoires anciens qu'il aborde avec une 
            ouverture d'esprit peu commune, ...) ; non seulement celle d'un 
            musicien-théoricien fameux ..., mais aussi  celle d'un art 
            bouillonnant et tumultueux, animé de passions exacerbées et de 
            tensions sans cesse ravivées". 
             
            Il ajoute plus loin que "Jordi Savall offre un large aperçu des 
            différentes formes de ricercadas répertoriées par Ortiz 
            (seules celles sur des mélodies grégoriennes ne sont pas 
            représentées), agrémentant ses choix par des accompagnements d'une 
            grande variété, toujours admirablement réalisés. On peut ainsi 
            apprécier la volubilité et l'exubérance rythmique coutumière à Ton 
            Kookman dans ce répertoire - le claveciniste n'hésitant pas à 
            engager de véritables joutes virtuoses avec le soliste - ainsi que 
            l'invention et la délicatesse du harpiste Andrew Lawrence-King. 
            Aussi admirablement soutenu, Jordi Savall peut donner libre cours à 
            son inspiration poétique, déniant tout sens exclusivement décoratif, 
            mais leur offrant au contraire une vraie dimension dramatique, 
            faisant d'elles les vrais guides et révélateurs des pièces variées." 
             
            Morrier conclue son article en qualifiant Savall "d'Ange de la 
            Viole  (qui) nous livre ... un nouveau miracle, magnifiant 
            ces oeuvres didactiques pour mieux illuminer, d'une lumière 
            insoupçonnée, l'art finalement bien méconnu de la Renaissance". | 
           
          
            
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          "Denis Morier underlines quite judiciously 
            the importance of this recording of the "recarcadas" of Diego Ortiz. 
            He writes: " This is "... another revelation from Savall (as always 
            in those ancient repertories that he explores with such an open 
            mindedness,...); not only does it come from a famous musician and 
            theorician..., but it stems from a buoyant and tumultuous art, full 
            of exacerbated passions and tensions which are continuously revived." 
             
            As we read on, he mentions that "Savall provides a broad selection 
            from the various types of  ricercadas located by Ortiz (only 
            those based on Gregorian melodies are excluded), thus embelishing 
            his choices with accompaniements of a wide variety, always splendily 
            performed. We can appreciate the volubility and the rythmic 
            exhuberance which characterizes Ton Koopman's performance - the 
            hapsichordist often engaging in truly virtuso exchanges with the 
            soloist - as well as the inventiveness and delicacy of the harpist, 
            Andre Lawrence-King. Being so well supported, Jordi Savall can let 
            go all his poetical inspiration, without adornments, but giving to 
            these pieces on the contrary a truly dramatic dimension... ". 
             
            Morier concludes his review by branding Savall as "the angel  
            of the viola da gamba who performs... another miracle, giving a new 
            dimension to these didactic pieces and puts them in a new 
            perspective, shedding a new light on the Renaissance period." 
              
          
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          Reviewer: 
            
            
            J. F. Weber 
             
            The “Trattado de Glosas“ was published in Rome in 1553 by Diego 
          Ortiz, an émigré Spaniard from Toledo whose previous years have left 
          no trace, although he was clearly a mature artist educated in his 
          native country. It should be no surprise that he then went to Naples 
          where he directed the music at the court of the Spanish viceroy, who 
          was also from Toledo. 
            
            
            This work is actually a tract on viol playing illustrated by musical 
            examples. There are several types of Ricercadas (or ricercari) 
            represented in this selection, including a whole group based on “La 
            Spagna“ and a couple of short ones on “La Folia“; other groups are 
            based on Arcadelťs O felici occhi miei and Sandrin's Doulce Mémoire. 
            Some of these selections were the first examples of Ortiz ever 
            recorded, on an August Wenzinger disc (Archive ARC 3078), part of 
            which was issued in Europe as a 45-rpm single in the early 1950s. 
            
            
            Savall uses his ensemble to render these pieces with considerable 
            variety. Their skill is familiar, as is their interest in neglected 
            repertoire. The recording is very fine, captured in a suitable 
            location in Emilia not familiar from previous disc credits. Savall's 
            notes tell what little is known about the composer and concentrate 
            on the technical aspects of the music. Ortiz is better represented 
            on discs than before, but this must be one of the best productions 
            he has ever received.
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            Les analystes de Classica constatent que "Savall 
réussit ... à faire de ce recueil (du Castillan Diego Ortiz) un simple jeu d'une 
aisance confondante, où l'harmonie osée et les prouesses techniques semblent 
naturelles". On nous souligne que " peu d'artistes se sont penchés au disque, 
sur le fameux Traité des Gloses de 1553, laissé par le Castillan Diego 
Ortiz aux générations de violistes suivantes. Ce recueil, sorte d'exemple rituel 
de l'art de l'ornementation (Glosas), ou plus exactement de la 
*diminution* sur un thème simple, est aujourd'hui principalement connu des 
interprètes pour son extrême difficulté et son côté didactique." 
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            review signed by J.-N. Coucouroux, S. Friedrich, S. Perreau 
             
          
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          The reviewers acknowledge that "Savall 
            succeeds... in making an stunningly easy game of this collection of 
            works by the Castllian composer Diego Ortiz. The technical prowesses 
            and the challenging harmony of the pieces all seem so natural. They 
            mention that few musicians have tackled this famous 
          
            
            
            
            Recercadas del Trattadoleft 
          
            by Diego Ortiz to the next 
            generations of viol players. This collection, a sort of formal 
            example of the art of ornamentation (Glosas), or to be more specific 
            of the diminuendo on a simple theme, is nowaday essentially 
            recognized by musisians for its extreme difficulty and its didactic 
            value." 
            
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            This is the sixteenth disc in Alia Vox’s ‘ Heritage Series ’ 
            reissuing the recordings made by Jordi Savall and his ensemble 
            Hespèrion XX for the Astrée label in the 1980s and 1990s. There are 
            no musical additions to the original programme and the booklet 
            provides Savall’s original notes, giving a detailed account of the 
            little that is known about Diego Ortiz and an informative 
            description of the music from his Trattado de Glosas of 1553. The 
            bonus, besides the glossy new packaging, is that this hybrid SACD 
            contains not only the original standard CD recording but also two 
            high-resolution versions in DSD format, one stereo and the other 
            multi-channel. The stereo DSD version, which can be played only on a 
            dedicated SACD player, certainly sounds more detailed and airier 
            than the already impressively sound- engineered original CD version, 
            with the balance between Savall’s solo viol and the accompanying 
            instruments benefiting especially from the new format. As with 
            earlier discs in the ‘ Heritage Series ‘ , the surround-sound 
            effects (or front centre and two rear speaker tracks) on the 
            multi-channel version have been synthesized from the original stereo 
            CD recording by Alia Vox’s engineer Manuel Mohino. Not having a 
            multi-channel set-up in my hi-fi system, I cannot say how convincing 
            it sounds. 
            
            The performances certainly 
            remain utterly convincing. Since its original appearance in 1990, 
            Savall’s recording (his second after a less accomplished account for 
            Hispavox in 1970) has remained the ‘classic’ account of the music 
            from Ortiz’s Trattado de Glosas, which the Toledan viol virtuoso 
            published in Rome instead of his native Castile (hence the misprint 
            of the Spanish ‘tratado ‘ with a double ‘t’). It would be difficult 
            to make this music sound less than captivating, of course. Despite 
            their didactic purpose of illustrating Ortiz’s technical 
            explanations of how to ornament and improvise variations, these 
            pieces have considerable musical interest, especially the set of 
            recercadas (in effect fantasias) on the basse-danse La Spagna and 
            nine recercadas on a selection of toe-tapping Italian grounds, 
            including La Romanesca and La Follia , which remained immensely 
            popular with composers of the next two generations after Ortiz. 
            
             
             
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