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Gramophone Magazine
October 2021
Editor's Choice
La Fonte Musica, Michele Pasotti
Teramo: Gloria (I)
Teramo: Credo (II)
Teramo: Gloria 'Anglicana'
Teramo: Credo 'du Vilage'
Teramo: Gloria 'Gloria laus honor'
Teramo: Credo (III)
Teramo: Gloria 'Ad ongni vento'
Teramo: Credo (I)
Teramo: Gloria 'Micinella'
Teramo: Credo 'Cursor'
Teramo: Gloria 'Rosetta'
Teramo: Credo 'Scabioso'
Teramo: D'amor languire ballata
Teramo: Rosetta (II)
Teramo: Deducto sey (I)
Teramo: Nostra Avocata
Teramo: Un fior gentil m´apparse
Teramo: Gloria 'Fior gentil'
Teramo: Credo 'Deus Deorum'
Teramo: Credo "Deus deorum"
Teramo: Cacciando per gustar / Ay cinci, ay toppi
Teramo: Nel cucul
Teramo: Amor né tossa
Teramo: Deducto sey (III)
Teramo: Plorans ploravi perché la Fortuna
Teramo: Le temps verrà tamtoust après
Teramo: Nuda non era, preso altro vestito
Teramo: Ad ogne vento
Teramo: Rosetta (III)
Teramo: State a Dio
Teramo: Benché lontan me trov´in altra parte
Teramo: Non voler, donna
Teramo: Ciaramella ballata
Teramo: Sumite, karissimi
Teramo: Movit´a pietade
Teramo: Viver ne puis
Teramo: Sol mi trafigge
Teramo: Aymè per tutto l'or
Teramo: Spesso, Fortuna
Teramo: Dime, Fortuna
Teramo: Donna poss'io sperare
Teramo: Dicovi per Certanca
Teramo: Sol mi trafigge
Teramo: Ferito già
Teramo: Be'llo sa Dio
Teramo: E' ardo in un fuogo
Teramo: Spinato intorno al cor
Teramo: Je suy navrés / Gnaff'a le guagnele
In this recording entitled Enigma Fortuna, the ensemble La Fonte Musica, directed by Michele Pasotti, aims to shed light on the mysterious and eccentric personality of Antonio Zacara da Teramo (1355-1416). A contemporary of Boccaccio, Donatello and Brunelleschi, this composer from the Abruzzi region could almost be likened to a sort of musical Hieronymus Bosch, for the texts he set to music conjure up a ‘topsy-turvy universe’ where the obscene, the imaginary and the grotesque go hand in hand. In his ballata Amor ne tossa he writes ‘Let him understand me who can, for I understand myself’, foreshadowing the proud egotism of the Romantic artists who were to come 400 years after him. With this four-CD set presenting the world premiere of Zacara’s complete works, La Fonte Musica offers us an initial approach to understanding his music. And thereby, through the timeless character of art, to understanding a so-called ‘renascent’ era that seems as ‘topsy-turvy’ as our own.
"Plainly this is an absolute must for anybody at all interested in music of the years around 1400." - Gramophone Magazine, October 2021.
