Born in Siena, Azzolino Della Ciaia was an italian organist, harpsichordist, composer and organ builder. He worked as an expert organ builder and most notably worked on the organ of Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri, a large 5-manual and more than 60 stop organ. Mara Fanelli and Olimpio Medori bring Ciaia's works to life with their rich musicianship.

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• World premiere recordings! • For this recording, guitarist Raffaele Carpino used the first printed editions from the 19thcentury, and deliberately performed and recorded all the scored ritornellos and da capos; he also faithfully carried out all other musical directions given by Carulli."

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It is ironic, but also profoundly right, that the words which came silently out of the pen of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) nowadays are heard frequently in concert halls, and elsewhere too. In 1992, Carlton Lowenberg, in his book Musicians wrestle everywhere: Emily Dickinson and Music, listed no less than 1,615 compositions based on her texts, by 276 different composers, from 1896 onwards; according to the musicologist Enrico Maria Polimanti, by 2007 this number had almost doubled. In 2018, Francesco Carta’s Dodici romanze su poesie di Emily Dickinson, for soprano and string orchestra, show that the growth of this repertoire is still far from stopping. The selection of poems, however, is new, and intercepts some of the most inspired moments of metaphysical disquiet in Dickinson’s whole work. The Nuova Orchestra Pedrollo di Vicenza directed by Gabriele dal Santo accompanies the soprano Naoka Ohbayashi in the performing of this very particular vision of the poet’s texts by Francesco Carta.

No other instrument but the harp reminds us so strongly of inscrutable prehistories, remote civilizations and ancestral mythologies. Such an apodictic claim can be easily questioned. However, it's opinable nature urges us to explore all the creative possibilities of the harp, which are embedded in this handful of new compositions for harp quartet. This adds to the quality of the discographic work - seven original compositions, specifically commissioned and recorded for the first time ever. The new music is performed by the Adria Harp Quartet, an ensemble born and raised precisely with the specific peculiarity of the study of the interpretation of new compositions of the contemporary Italian scenario, with the clear intent to search with all means made available by the new languages (electronic and interactive supports alongside the latest techniques devised for the harp), paths still unexplored, making use of the distinctive characteristics of this fascinating instrument.

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Performer, composer and teacher Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925) was the first internationally famous Italian concert artist. + He was conferred the highest ranks in the Kingdom, became an honorary member of the most prestigious foreign and Italian Academies and enjoyed the esteem and friendship of great musicians and men of letters. + These recordings, based on the critical edition of Bossi’s Complete Organ Works, were performed on organs built at the time the recorded pieces were composed.

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