Fortuna: Old and New Versions of an Italian Song Consort Mirabile

• Anonymous: Fortuna desperata (from Florence, 16th cent.):
• 1Anonymous: Fortuna desperata (from Florence, 16th cent.)01:31
• Fortune esperee (from London, 16th cent.):
• 2Anonymous: Fortune esperee (from London, 16th cent.)01:42
• Alexander Agricola (ca. 1446/55/60 - 1506): Fortuna desperata:
• 3Agricola: Fortuna desperata01:41
• Josquin Desprez: Fortuna disperata:
• 4Desprez: Fortuna disperata01:28
• Heinrich Isaac (1450 - 1517): Sancte Petre / Ora pro nobis / Fortuna disperata:
• 5Isaac: Sancte Petre / Ora pro nobis / Fortuna disperata01:47
• Ludwig Senfl: Virgo prudentissima / Fortuna:
• 6Senfl: Virgo prudentissima / Fortuna01:35
• Herr durch dein Blut / Pange lingua / Fortuna:
• 7Senfl: Herr durch dein Blut / Pange lingua / Fortuna04:55
• Anonymous: Fortuna disperata (from Bologna, 16th cent.):
• 8Anonymous: Fortuna disperata (from Bologna, 16th cent.)01:16
• Fortuna disperata zibaldone (from Florence, 16th cent.):
• 9Anonymous: Fortuna disperata zibaldone (from Florence, 16th cent.)01:12
• Ivana Kiš (b. 1979): Fortuna disperata (Tel Aviv, 2019):
• 10Kiš: Fortuna disperata (Tel Aviv, 2019)05:59
• Johannes Martini (1440 - 1498): Fortuna disperata (from Rome):
• 11Martini: Fortuna disperata (from Rome)01:35
• Ludwig Senfl: Es taget vor dem Walde / Fortuna:
• 12Senfl: Es taget vor dem Walde / Fortuna03:09
• Helena desiderio plena / Fortuna:
• 13Senfl: Helena desiderio plena / Fortuna03:37
• Heinrich Isaac: Fortuna desperata (from Vatican City):
• 14Isaac: Fortuna desperata (from Vatican City)02:07
• Jacob Obrecht (1457 - 1505): Missa Fortuna desperata:
• 15Obrecht: Missa Fortuna desperata: Kyrie II02:12
• Kilian Deissler: Fortuna disperata (Winterthur, 2021):
• 16Deissler: Fortuna disperata (Winterthur, 2021)09:00
• Heinrich Isaac: Fortuna desperata in mi:
• 17Isaac: Fortuna desperata in mi03:24
• Anonymous: Consideres mes incessantes plaintes / Fortuna desperata (from Vienna, 16th cent.):
• 18Anonymous: Consideres mes incessantes plaintes / Fortuna desperata (from Vienna, 16th cent.)02:22
• Cabilliau: Anima mea liquefacta est / Amica mea:
• 19Cabilliau: Anima mea liquefacta est / Amica mea02:10
• Jean Pinarol (1920 - 1989): Fortuna desperata (from Venice):
• 20Pinarol: Fortuna desperata (from Venice)02:28
• Heinrich Isaac: Sanctus:
• 21Isaac: Sanctus02:24
• Robertus Fabri: Fortuna desperata quae te dementia vertit? (Arr. for tenor & quinta vox by Santo Militello):
• 22Fabri: Fortuna desperata quae te dementia vertit? (Arr. for tenor & quinta vox by Santo Militello)01:59
• Total Runtime59:33

Info for Fortuna: Old and New Versions of an Italian Song

Fortuna Desperata was the most popular Italian song of the 15th century, indeed of the entire Renaissance. It was widely used, was intabulated for both one and two lutes, for keyboard instruments and for viols and served as inspiration for six masses and at least thirty-eight other derived settings from the 15th and 16th centuries. The recorder ensemble Consort Mirabile has compiled versions from various centuries through to contemporary compositions and recorded them with changing recorder instrumentations.

Consort Mirabile

Consort Mirabile
is a vocal and instrumental ensemble, specializing in Renaissance music while still maintaining a lively collaboration with contemporary composers. The founding members came together from different countries, drawn by a love for recorder consort playing. The inclusion of voices, sustained and enveloped by the recorders, is a distinguishing trait of the ensemble.

In 2016 Consort Mirabile was selected as one of the promising emerging ensembles by the International Young Artists’ Presentation (IYAP, Belgium). It regularly performs throughout Europe.

Consort Mirabile aims to bring the music of the Renaissance and its historical performance practice to a wide audience. It has also set itself the task of promoting new compositions for consort recorders and voice, transporting the colour and sound palette of Renaissance instruments into the contemporary music scene, and thus allowing listeners to enjoy the juxtaposition of musics from centuries far apart.

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