Ariel Abramovich Plays Ricercars by Francesco da Milano

ByBradford Werner
2023

Ariel Abramovich performs three Ricercars (or Fantasias) by Italian Renaissance lute composer Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543) on vihuela de mano. This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s great YouTube channel. Excellent performance by Abramovich with a lovely rhythmic feel and motivic attention. I love the imitative works of Francesco da Milano but rarely have heard them on vihuela as opposed to Renaissance lute. Charm and compositional creativity fill these wonderful works.

0:00 Ricercar 84
1:14 Ricercar 81
2:10 Ricercar 16

By the way, I have an free edition and video of number 16 here.

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.