Prisma – The Seasons (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Virtuoso sonatas, tarantellas and chaconnes from seventeenth-century Italy are performed here with contagious energy by the young ensemble PRISMA, a laureate of the emerging programme. The four musicians accompany this colourful programme of variations on the theme of the seasons with their own improvisations.

The four winds, sons of Aurora and Astreos, bring the different characters into music: Zefiro the sweet wind of spring, Boreas the winter’s cold, Notos the heat and tempest of summertime, and Euros the thunderstorms of autumn. PRISMA explores those traits of the four winds in Italian music of the 17th century with its virtuoso sonatas by Uccellini, Fontana or Turini, as well as the Renaissance standards like the Canario or the Ciaccona from which the group has collected and put together the best variations by different composers, as well as their own versions.

Tracklist:
1. Prelude for Recorder 00:54
2. Vestiva i colli e le campagne intorno (Arranged by Elisabeth Champollion and Alon Sariel) 03:13
3. Trio Sonata in D minor “E tanto tempo hormai” 03:27
4. Maritati insieme la Gallina, e’l Cucco fanno un bel concerto 01:50
5. Ciaccona: Variations (Arranged by Franciska Anna Hajdu and Dávid Budai) 03:47
6. Prelude for Violin Solo 01:44
7. La Luciminia contenta 03:16
8. Sonata settima 04:53
9. Canario 01:58
10. Prelude for Lute Solo – Upon La Mi Re (Arranged by Alon Sariel and Dávid Budai ) 03:13
11. La Cattarina, Op.12, No.10 04:08
12. Sonata duodecima 06:30
13. Passacalle (Arranged by Dávid Budai) 03:10
14. Interlude: Improvisation on Les Feuilles Mortes 01:40
15. Tarantella: Variations (Arranged by Dávid Budai) 01:39
16. Prelude for Viola Da Gamba Based on “Retirata” from Baletto Secondo (Arranged by Dávid Budai and Elisabeth Champollion) 01:53
17. La suave melodia 02:19
18. Sonata a due canti 05:46
19. Mantovana: Variations (Arranged by Dávid Budai ) 03:12