La smisuranza

Riccardo Pisani & La smisuranza – Harpa Romana. Arias & Cantatas by the 17th-Century Virtuosos (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:33 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Arcana

“What I have that is most precious I will preserve in my own name”. This is most likely the belief that guided a series of harpists – ranging from Leonardo Mollica, the most renowned virtuoso of the late Renaissance, to Orazio Michi, Marco Marazzoli and Giovan Carlo Rossi (brother of the better-known Luigi) – to change their names to Leonardo, Orazio, Marco, and Carlo “dall’Arpa” respectively. Although none of the above were actually born in Rome, this was the place where their careers played out. Restoring an identity to these musicians is the express aim of this recording project. And the resulting portraits of these virtuosos of the “queen of instruments” are the outcome of lengthy research, study, transcription and arrangement carried out by Riccardo Pisani and Chiara Granata.

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