ANON Italian Saltarello;
CACCINI Mentre che fra doglie e pene, Sfogava Con Le Stelle, Queste Lagrim'amare, Non ha'l ciel, Amor, io parto, Tutto'i di piango, Le nuove musiche, Alme luci beate, Se voi, lagrime, a pieno, Ohimè, begli occhi, for voice & lute, Belle rose purpurine, Se in questo scolorito, Torna deh torna, Nuove musiche e nuova maniera de scriverle;
PICCININI Toccatas for lute Nos. 2, 4+6;
RAIMONDO Cassandra, Volta, Balletto, Corrente francese for lute;
KAPSBERGER Toccata for lute No. 1, Prelude for guitar & theorbo No. 1, Corrente for lute No. 10 (from Book 1 of D'Intavolatura di Lauto), Prelude for guitar & theorbo No. 5, Sarabanda (from Libro Quatro d'Intavolatura di Chitarone), Gagliarda for lute No. 10a

The collection Le nuove musiche by Giulio Caccini, also known as Romano, was published in Florence by Marescotti in 1602. Caccini’s music embodies the new way of composing and of singing. The author writes in his extensive indications to readers “not to esteem that sort of music which does not allow the words to be understood, and spoils the concept and the verse sometimes by lengthening and sometimes by shortening the syllables to fit the counterpoint, a laceration of the poetry”. The world prevails on music and this spirit remains in this beautifully programmed CD by Claudine Ansermet and Paolo Cherici.