Rinaldo ardito: Frammenti inediti pubblicati sul manoscritto originale

In this newly issued volume listeners are invited into the world of a long‑lost epic that once followed Ariosto’s celebrated Orlando Furioso, offering a fresh glimpse of the poet’s later imagination. The manuscript, rescued from the dusty shelves of forgotten archives, contains twelve cantos of the unfinished Rinaldo Ardito, a tale of heroic quests, courtly love, and the turbulent politics of the era. Accompanying the verses are scholarly notes that trace the fragment’s tangled transmission, from the curious claims of a 16th‑century Florentine bibliophile to the modern editors who finally brought the text to light.

Listeners will hear the poet’s familiar blend of lyrical bravura and witty irony, as he sketches Rinaldo’s daring exploits against a backdrop of rival factions and looming war. The fragments reveal Ariosto’s evolving style, hinting at themes of honor, destiny, and the fragile line between myth and history that would have intrigued his contemporaries. While the work remains incomplete, the restored passages illuminate a vibrant, if unfinished, continuation of the chivalric saga, inviting you to imagine how the story might have unfolded.