Scaramanzia Rolf Lislevand

• Antonio Carbonchi (b Florence; fl 1640–43): Romanesca
• 1Romanesca03:34
• Giovanni Battista Granata (1620/1621 – 1687): Capricci armonici
• 2Capricci armonici05:00
• Antonio Carbonchi: Capona
• 3Capona02:38
• Francesco Corbetta (ca. 1615-1681): La guitarre royalle dediee au roy de la Grande Bretagne: Passacaille - Prelude - Sarabande - Gigue
• 4La guitarre royalle dediee au roy de la Grande Bretagne: Passacaille - Prelude - Sarabande - Gigue06:41
• Antonio Carbonchi: Calata per cantare
• 5Calata per cantare02:38
• Traditional: Tarantella
• 6Tarantella (arr. R. Lislevand and T.H. Johnsen)01:05
• Antonio Carbonchi: Corrente franzese
• 7Corrente franzese01:54
• Domenico Pellegrini (early 17C - c.1682): Passacagli per tutte le lettere
• 8Passacagli per tutte le lettere07:55
• Antonio Carbonchi: Scaramanze
• 9Scaramanze05:51
• Francesco Corbetta: La guitarre royalle dediee au roy de la Grande Bretagne: Sarabande
• 10La guitarre royalle dediee au roy de la Grande Bretagne: Sarabande02:19
• Traditional: Canarios
• 11Canarios (arr. R. Lislevand and T.H. Johnsen)03:48
• Total Runtime43:23

Info for Scaramanzia

Continuing a line of striking albums for Naïve, such as Murcia’s Codex, 'Alfabeto', or Vivaldi’s music for mandolin and lute, Rolf Lislevand now offers a recording that connects music from the past and sheds light from the present. From a very specific repertoire, works for guitar and basso ostinato in the Italian 17th century, Lislevand creates a bewitching and modern musical universe, based on music and improvisations inspired by Carbonchi, Corbetta, Granata, Pellegrini or traditional music.

“it’s the delightful melody of Carbonchi’s “Calata per Cantare”, from strummed intro to a mesmeric braiding of runs and counterpoints, that’s most memorable here.” (The Independent)

Rolf Lislevand, baroque guitar Thor-Harald Johnsen, baroque guitar Bjørn Kjellemyr, colascione Ulrik Gaston Larsen, baroque guitar, theorbo

Rolf Lislevand
Born in Oslo in 1961 Rolf Lislevand studied the classical guitar at the Norwegian State Academy of Music before entering the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basle where he worked with Hopkinson Smith and Eugène Dubois. In the late eighties he started playing in Jordi Savall’s groups such as Hespèrion XX, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and the Concert des Nations. Lislevand whose solo recordings have won numerous international prizes is now a professor at the Staatliche Musikhochschule in Trossingen.

Booklet for Scaramanzia