Concerto Scirocco – Picchi: Canzoni da sonar con ogni sorte d’istromenti (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

“El soto dei Frari”, “the lame man of the Frari”: this was the nickname given to the Venetian Giovanni Picchi, perhaps a pupil of Giovanni Croce, in the charges pressed against him in 1610 for teaching music to the nuns in the Spirito Santo without a licence. We also find this original and hot-tempered personality in his 19 Canzoni da sonar con ogni sorte d’istromenti (Venice 1625): a collection which reveals the brilliant flair of this still little-known composer.

The detailed instrumentation given by the author allows us to recreate the typically Venetian aural splendour, with glorious sackbut choirs and virtuosic violins, recorders, cornetts and bassoon. With the Canzoni da Sonar, presented by Concerto Scirocco in the first ever complete recording of the work, Giovanni Picchi sculpts his mastery into music with a variety of vivid colours and pulsating affects, earning a place of honour in the world of the Venetian school.

Tracklist:
1. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon prima (04:59)
2. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon seconda (03:42)
3. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon terza (03:18)
4. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon quarta (03:24)
5. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon quinta (02:57)
6. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon sesta (02:57)
7. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon settima (03:33)
8. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon ottava (03:58)
9. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon nona (03:44)
10. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon decima (03:40)
11. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon undecima (04:15)
12. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon duodecima (03:02)
13. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon decima terza (04:37)
14. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon decima quarta (04:04)
15. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon decima quinta (04:15)
16. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon decima sesta (03:37)
17. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon decima settima (04:09)
18. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon decima ottava (03:14)
19. Concerto Scirocco – Canzon decima nona (03:54)