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Mayumi Hirasaki & Lorenzo Ghielmi – L’arte della scordatura – Violin Works from Biber to Tartini (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:15:25 minutes | 786 MB | Genre: Classical
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With this recording, violinist Mayumi Hirasaki, who has been Concerto Köln’s concertmaster since 2011, explores the chameleon-like possibilities of her instrument: when playing with scordatura, instead of the usual fifths interval between the violin strings, an alternative is used in which at least one string is tuned to a different pitch. This results in completely new sonic and harmonic possibilities, which Mayumi Hirasaki presents in works by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Biagio Marini and Giuseppe Tartini, among others – sometimes highly virtuosic, sometimes dance-like or cantabile. The colourful continuo group includes Lorenzo Ghielmi (harpsichord), Christoph Urbanetz (viola da gamba), Michael Freimuth (lute, theorbo, baroque guitar) and Johannes Loescher (violone).
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Concerto Köln & Mayumi Hirasaki – Pisendel (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:11:54 minutes | 779 MB | Genre: Classical
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Concerto Köln is one of the leading orchestras for historical performances and recordings of historical music. Highlighted under the latest album “Pi – Pisendel” is baroque violinist Mayumi Hirasaki, Concerto Köln’s leading concertmaster. Her inspiration for the programme was a historical role model, the violin virtuoso, composer and concertmaster Johann Georg Pisendel himself. According to Hirasaki, it should be “a programme that doesn’t just focus on me as a violinist, but unfolds the virtuosity of the whole orchestra.”
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Mayumi Hirasaki – Biber: Mystery Sonatas (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:09:46 minutes | 1,33 GB | Genre: Classical
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Mayumi Hirasaki has been researching and playing the Mystery Sonatas for over 15 years and is specialized in the scordatura technique, as she already proved in the highly acclaimed “L’arte della scordatura”. In this recording she chose to differentiate the settings of the basso continuo and in some sonatas she underlined the more intimate character of the Mystery Sonatas as a private musical matter by using a small continuo setting. The spiritual character of the music is emphasized both musically and by the artwork.
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La Divina Armonia, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Jan De Winne, Mayumi Hirasaki – Bach: Concertos (BWV 1042,1044, 1052) and Cantata ‘Non sa che sia Dolore’ (BWV 209) (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:07 minutes | 1,44 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Passacaille
With its recording of Handel organ concertos Op.4 (PAS944), the ensemble La Divina Armonia under Lorenzo Ghielmi impressively demonstrated that they can add new tunes to well-known standard repertoire, which requires interpretative taste, superior technology and exceptional natural musicality. The musicians prove that they have all of this in abundance with their recording of three Bach concertos which experienced a makeover by the performers, without distorting the works.
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