Federica Bianchi – Aquila altera (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 39:58 minutes | 786 MB | Genre: Classical
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In her recording for PASSACAILLE, the Italian harpsichordist and organist Federica Bianchi deals with the development of music for keyboard instruments from the beginning of the 15th century to the beginning of the Baroque period. The earliest works come from the famous Codex Faenza (ca. 1400-1420). Bianchi plays this repertoire on three instruments that were built based on historical models: a clavicymbalum based on a design from the first half of the 15th century and two harpsichords based on Italian models from the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Elinor Frey, Cathrine Jones, Michele Pasotti & Federica Bianchi – The Cello According to Dall’Abaco (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:56 minutes | 1,66 GB | Genre: Classical
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Giuseppe Clemente Dall’Abaco (1710-1805), son of the composer Evariso Dall’Abaco, learned to play the cello as a child. Raised in Munich, he found employment at the court of the Elector of Cologne as early as 1729 and embarked on a fascinating musical career that made him famous in London, Paris and Vienna, among other places, and even features several “eventful” episodes. French grace, German thoroughness and Italian joy of virtuosity meet in his magnificent sonatas and duos for violoncello, some of which are recorded here for the first time.
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