Ensemble Aurora

Ensemble Aurora – The Fiery Genius: Neapolitan Instrumental Music for 1, 2, 3, and 4 Violins (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:08:38 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Arcana

The central role of Naples in the history of vocal music has so far overshadowed a rich tradition of instrumental music; only in recent years has musicological research begun bringing it to light once more, demonstrating that Naples also played a crucial role in the field of instrumental music, no less relevant than other centres more often associated with this repertory, such as Rome and Venice.

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Ensemble Aurora – On the Shoulders of Giants: Tracing the Roots of Counterpoint (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:14:28 minutes | 719 MB | Genre: Classical
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Enrico Gatti’s eighth recording for the Arcana label, and the debut album by his Ensemble Aurora in the role of string quartet, is without a doubt the most original of his discography. The result of years of research and discoveries, On The Shoulders of Giants is an exciting journey back to the roots of string quartet writing and counterpoint: from Renaissance tablatures to Mozart’s famous String Quartet in G major KV387, the first of the ‘Haydn’ Quartets, by way of Dario Castello, Johann Rosenmuller, Johann Sebastian Bach (the fourth counterpoint from The Art of Fugue) and the inevitable Corelli (Fuga a Quattro voci): a concentration of beautiful music, with a programme that encompasses different periods but with a clear main theme, which Enrico Gatti describes so well in his authoritative liner notes.

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