This album is a collection of baroque music pieces, ordered and re-titled for telling a story freely inspired from a poem of Cecco Angiolieri: Cecco Angiolieri was born in Siena in 1260, son of Angioliero, who was himself the son of Angioliero Solàfica who was for several years a banker to Pope Gregory IX; his mother was Lisa de' Salimbeni, from a powerful Senese family. There are about 150 sonnets attributed to Angiolieri which pick up the goliardic tradition and the tradition of poesia giocosa, and which, using colourful and realistic expressions, were impudent and light-heartedly blasphemous. One of Cecco's more well-known poems is the sonnet S'ì fossi foco, arderei 'l mondo (If I were fire, I would burn the world), which expresses his misanthropy as well as his passion for living.

The full track list list and where each piece originates is:

01. If I were wind I would tempest you
a. Georg Philipp Telemann, Symphony TWV 50 III (extract)
b. Antonio Vivaldi, Concert RV 377 II
c. Antonio Vivaldi, Concert RV 388 - I

02. If I were water in a canon I would drown you
a. Teleman, Sonata TWV 44,32 I
b. Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D min

03. If I were fire
a. Johann Pachelbel, Musical Delight n.4 - IV

04. If I were moon
a. Teleman, Sonata TWV 44,32 III

05. If I were sun
a. Georg Philipp Telemann, Symphony TWV 50 I

06. If I were pope
a. Georg Philipp Telemann, Gypsy Sonata in D min I

07. If I were emperor
a. Georg Philipp Telemann, Symphony TWV 50 II

08. If I were forest
a. Georg Philipp Telemann, Symphony TWV 50 III

09. I would burn the world
a. Johann Pachelbel, Musical Delight n.2 - II
b. Johann Pachelbel, Musical Delight n.4 - IV

10. If I were Antonio
a. Antonio Vivaldi, Concert RV 275 II

11. I would take the graceful girls
a. Johann Pachelbel, Musical Delight n.5 V

12. The wobbly girls I would not
a. Teleman, Concert TWV 43, A4 III

13. I would glow other than the world
a. Johann Pachelbel, Musical Delight n.2 II

14. But I am not Antonio
a. Antonio Vivaldi, Concert RV 291 II

15. Therefore drink a canon of someone else
a. Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D min

1. If I were wind I would tempest you
2. If I were water in a canon I would drown you
3. If I were fire
4. If I were moon
5. If I were sun
6. If I were pope
7. If I were emperor
8. If I were forest
9. I would burn the world
10. If I were Antonio
11. I would take the graceful girls
12. The wobbly girls I would not
13. I would glow other than the world
14. But I am not Antonio
15. Therefore drink a canon of somone else

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 5/19/2012
Bezdin Ensemble lives in Zurich Switzerland

Tagged as: Classical, Choral

1. Bach Violin Concertos by Lara St John: Bach violin concertos
2. Reclaimed Property by Kalabi: chillout music for late nights and early mornings
3. Mozart 4 Quartets for Strings and Winds by American Baroque: Spectacular Baroque and Classical chamber music
4. Hidden Sky by Jami Sieber: enchanting cello compositions
5. Vivaldi - The Four Seasons by Lara St John: Bach violin concertos
6. The Ice Castle by Kirsty Hawkshaw: ambient electronica
7. Daydream by Robin Stine: jazzy, bluesy numbers that immediately sound like comfortable standards
8. A Balm for Sisyphus by Luke Gartner-Brereton: music for minds
9. Tasabasaba by To Life!: Music as a journey through tribal landscapes, rhythmic dance, hypnotic trance.
10. Concerto Barocco by Voices of Music: Lilting Renaissance & Baroque vocal interpretations
11. Christmas Music by Magnatune Compilation: the best music from Magnatune
12. Shed Your Skin by Ray Montford: Evocative, melodic and haunting instrumental guitar music
13. Influenza Italiana by Ensemble Mirable: rare and extraordinary music of the Baroque
14. The Black Dragon by Canconier: Medieval music from the 12th to the 15th centuries
15. Beginning of a Journey by Yumi Kurosawa: melodic and mixed world tunes on Japanese Koto
16. Cancionero by Dufay Collective: instrumental and vocal music from the Middle Ages and Reniassance
17. Across The Night by Rildrim: electronic music becomes poetry
18. CD1-Bach Cello Suites by Vito Paternoster: cellist extraordinaire
19. Assumpta est Maria by Vox Nostra: gorgeously complex and rich vocals using manuscripts from the middle ages
20. Conversations Galantes by Ensemble Mirable: rare and extraordinary music of the Baroque

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