The
Many Sounds of Rigoletto; the Music
behind the Music
In 1850,
Giuseppe Verdi began composing an opera based on a contentious play that was
banned in France. Victor Hugo’s Le Roi S’amuse featured a licentious
ruler who did whatever he wanted, including seducing women and killing their
husbands, and who did so without worrying about any consequences.
But
Verdi’s opera was not complete fiction.
The title character in Rigoletto
was based on a real jester, Nicolas Ferrial,
called Triboulet, who lived from 1479 to 1536.
The sumptuous Renaissance setting of the opera influenced the composer,
as did music from that time period.
Collectio
Musicorum (“Collection of Music”) presents highlights from Verdi’s opera
alongside music of earlier composers, including Tromboncino, Landini, Monteverdi,
Attaingnant, Sermisy, Gonzaga, Jannequin, Rossi, and others who are less well
known, including the single surviving piece by the mysterious French composer
Abel.
This is a complete recording of the longest concert Collectio Musicorum ever gave.
Rigoletto Prelude….…Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), arr. Antonio Melchiori (1827-1897)
La Guerre…………….……………………………….Clément Janequin (c.1485– 1558)
Pavane “La Rote de Rode” and Galliard…………….Pierre Attaingnant (c.1494-c.1552)
Minuet and Perigordino from Rigoletto……………………………Verdi, arr. Melchiori
Minuet from Don Giovanni…………………WA Mozart (1756-1791), arr. pub. c. 1809
Bienheureuse est la saison …………………………..Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490-1562)
Dont vient cela…………………………..……………………………………….Sermisy
Estans assis aux rives acquactiques……….…………………………Abel (16th century)
Exalta regina Gallie………………….……………………..Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)
Radetzky March……………Johann Strauss, Senior (1804-1849), arr. A. Brunner 1892
Te Deum……………………………...…………Duke Guglielmo Gonzaga (1538-1587)
Pavana “La Favola d’Hercole” and Gagliarda “La Gamba”..anonymous Italian (16th century)
Lamento d’Arianna…………………………………….Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Correnta terza detta la Cecchina…………………………..Salamone Rossi (c1570-1630)
Prelude and Waltzes from Act IV of Faust………………Giacomo Panizza (1804-1860)
“Zitti, zitti” from Rigoletto…………………….………………………………….Verdi
Per scriptores………………………………………………anonymous Italian (c.1500)
Io son de gabbia……………………………………...…..Michele Pesenti (c1470-1528)
Se la lumacha……………….………...………..Bartolomeo Tromboncino (1470-1535)
Passepied from Le Roi s’amuse ………......…………………..Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
“La rà, la rà, la rà” from Rigoletto……...…………………………Verdi, arr. Melchiori
Chanson antique from Le Roi s’amuse………...…………………………….. Delibes
Two ricercare from Regola Rubertina………..…………Silvestro Ganassi (1492-1565)
“La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto………………………………Verdi, arr. Melchiori
“Bella figlia dell’amore” from Rigoletto…………………………………………Verdi
Musica son………...………………………………….Francesco Landini (c.1325-1397)
Rigoletto Blues………René DeKnight (1913-2004); text George Botsford (1874-1949)
The encore is a chanson by Francois I
Elizabeth Bates, soprano
Rigoletto Prelude….…Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), arr. Antonio Melchiori (1827-1897)
La Guerre…………….……………………………….Clément Janequin (c.1485– 1558)
Pavane “La Rote de Rode” and Galliard…………….Pierre Attaingnant (c.1494-c.1552)
Minuet and Perigordino from Rigoletto……………………………Verdi, arr. Melchiori
Minuet from Don Giovanni…………………WA Mozart (1756-1791), arr. pub. c. 1809
Bienheureuse est la saison …………………………..Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490-1562)
Dont vient cela…………………………..……………………………………….Sermisy
Estans assis aux rives acquactiques……….…………………………Abel (16th century)
Exalta regina Gallie………………….……………………..Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)
Radetzky March……………Johann Strauss, Senior (1804-1849), arr. A. Brunner 1892
Te Deum……………………………...…………Duke Guglielmo Gonzaga (1538-1587)
Pavana “La Favola d’Hercole” and Gagliarda “La Gamba”..anonymous Italian (16th century)
Lamento d’Arianna…………………………………….Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Correnta terza detta la Cecchina…………………………..Salamone Rossi (c1570-1630)
Prelude and Waltzes from Act IV of Faust………………Giacomo Panizza (1804-1860)
“Zitti, zitti” from Rigoletto…………………….………………………………….Verdi
Per scriptores………………………………………………anonymous Italian (c.1500)
Io son de gabbia……………………………………...…..Michele Pesenti (c1470-1528)
Se la lumacha……………….………...………..Bartolomeo Tromboncino (1470-1535)
Passepied from Le Roi s’amuse ………......…………………..Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
“La rà, la rà, la rà” from Rigoletto……...…………………………Verdi, arr. Melchiori
Chanson antique from Le Roi s’amuse………...…………………………….. Delibes
Two ricercare from Regola Rubertina………..…………Silvestro Ganassi (1492-1565)
“La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto………………………………Verdi, arr. Melchiori
“Bella figlia dell’amore” from Rigoletto…………………………………………Verdi
Musica son………...………………………………….Francesco Landini (c.1325-1397)
Rigoletto Blues………René DeKnight (1913-2004); text George Botsford (1874-1949)
The encore is a chanson by Francois I
Elizabeth Bates, soprano
Andy
Bhasin, violin
Philip
Carter, violin, viola
Jeff S. Dailey, recorder, crumhorn,
bass
Patrick Fennig, countertenor
Richard Lippold, baritone
Christopher
Morrongiello, lute, mandolin
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Arnie
Tanimoto, viola da gamba, cello
Christopher Preston Thompson, tenor
Richard Walker,
recorder, crumhorn, baritone
James Wetzel,
piano
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