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  • Malvezzi: Madrigali a 5 e 6 voci
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    Malvezzi: Madrigali a 5 e 6 voci

    Tactus Jan 2004
    1 disc
    CD
    $21.99 $10.99Save 50%
    1. Balli, Battaglie E Canzoni - 16Th Century Music For Organ An
    2. Balli, Battaglie E Canzoni - 16Th Century Music For Organ An
    Brilliant Classics

    Balli, Battaglie E Canzoni - 16Th Century Music For Organ An

    CD · 1 disc

    $13.99
    Composer
    CAVAZZONI GUAMI MALVEZZI
    Artist
    Scandali, Occhionero
    Released
    Nov 18, 2016
    This fascinating release is a unique project: the combination of church organ and percussion instruments performing early Italian keyboard music. This exciting and entertaining music has never been heard performed in this way by renowned organist Luca Scandali and percussionist Mauro Occhionero. The early keyboard music manuscripts not only included organ music for liturgical use, but also collections of dances, such as pavana, gagliarda, ricercada, saltarello, balletto, and canzona. The strong rhythmical element in these works is enhanced on this new recording by the use of percussion instruments as were in use in popular music of that period: drums, rattles, sticks, castagnets, claves, sistrum and such exotic instruments as def, djembe, darbuka, and tammorra. This music by Giovanni Picchi, Marco Cavazzoni, Gioseffo Guami, Christofano Malvezzi, and Giovanni Trabaci is recorded on a historical instrument built in 1551 by Onofrio Zeffirini.
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  • Balli, Battaglie E Canzoni - 16Th Century Music For Organ An

    Balli, Battaglie E Canzoni - 16Th Century Music For Organ An

    Brilliant Classics Nov 2016
    1 disc
    CD
    $13.99
    • Alone in the Castle - Introspective Italian Music for the Re
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    Alone in the Castle - Introspective Italian Music for the Re

    CD · 1 disc

    $19.99
    Composer
    Sperindio Bertoldo, Marco Facoli, Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Giacomo Fogliano, Cristofano Malvezzi
    Artist
    Corina Marti
    Released
    Apr 17, 2026
    Rediscover the music of brilliant Italian keyboard virtuosos whose works are rarely heard today. Songs, toccatas, ricercars, fugues, and dances come together in a richly woven program that captures the excitement of an era when instrumental music was just beginning to find it's own voice. Rooted in the expressive world of vocal madrigals yet pushing toward new independence, this repertoire reflects a moment of bold musical innovation. With charisma and imagination, Corina Marti brings these works to life, inviting listeners into intimate, personal moments at the keyboard-moments of reflection and creative freedom once enjoyed by court musicians behind the walls of Renaissance palaces.
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  • Alone in the Castle - Introspective Italian Music for the Re

    Alone in the Castle - Introspective Italian Music for the Re

    DUX Apr 2026
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99
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    1. Firenze 1616 / Dumestre, Le Poeme Harmonique
    2. Firenze 1616 / Dumestre, Le Poeme Harmonique
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    Firenze 1616 / Dumestre, Le Poeme Harmonique

    CD · 1 disc

    $11.99
    Composer
    BELLI CACCINI SARACINI
    Artist
    Le Poeme Harmonique, Dumestre
    Released
    Sep 30, 2016
    This reissue is a very useful reminder that there is much more to the world of early seventeenth century Florence than just the great work of Monteverdi, who composed Orfeo as a court opera in 1607. Sung drama was a special development in Florence, and music lovers looked for the right combination between poetry and music. The role of the camerate would have considerable significance in that development, which would lead, in full development, to opera as we know it.

    There are special problems of setting words to music which remain potent for composers of all times. Is the priority music or text? In a preface of 1605, Monteverdi contrasted prima prattica with seconda prattica. In the former, the word must subordinate itself to the music, with emotional compass limited by musical values. In the latter, things are the other way about (a bit of a simplification, but sound enough), even if the expressiveness of the text means an unevenness in balance and harmony. Monteverdi’s Orfeo exemplifies seconda prattica. So too, in its own way, does Belli’s L’Orfeo Dolente, of 1616, the main piece on this recording, supplemented by extracts from contemporary works.

    Belli’s work is not an opera in the sense that Monteverdi’s Orfeo is. Rather, it has the character of incidental music to Tasso’s play, Arminta, a set of numbers to draw out and heighten the key moments of the drama. The text of these verses is not by Tasso, but by Gabriello Chiabrera. Belli is today not well-known, but he was clearly a composer of distinctive voice; he worked at the Florentine Basilica of San Lorenzo from 1610 until 1613.

    But this music is not just a piece of archaeological interest; it stands on its own very well in performances as varied, as musical and attractive as those on this disc. Singers are uniformly fine, both individually and in ensemble, with good diction and security of tone. Performances are informed, both musically and historically, as one would expect from such fine musicians.

    – MusicWeb International (MusicWeb International)
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  • Firenze 1616 / Dumestre, Le Poeme Harmonique

    Firenze 1616 / Dumestre, Le Poeme Harmonique

    Alpha Sep 2016
    1 disc
    CD
    $11.99
  • Firenze 1616

    Firenze 1616

    Alpha Mar 2008
    1 disc
    CD
    $20.99