Harpa Romana - Arias & Cantatas by the 17th-Century Virtuosos

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Label
Arcana
Release Date
April 26, 2024
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • PERFORMER
      Riccardo Pisani, La Smisuranza
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 26, 2024
    • UPC
      3760195735619
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      A561
    • LABEL
      Arcana
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Canzona [17th century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

    2. Or che la notte del silenzio amica

      Composer: Orazio Michi

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

      Performer: Riccardo Pisani

    3. Più non armi la mia lira

      Composer: Orazio Michi

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

      Performer: Riccardo Pisani

    4. Toccata per spinettina sola over liuto

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

    5. Perdan quest'occhi il sole

      Composer: Orazio Michi

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

      Performer: Riccardo Pisani

    6. Arpa

      Composer: Andrea Falconieri

      Performer: Chiara Granata

    7. Infelice mia vita

      Composer: Orazio Michi

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

      Performer: Riccardo Pisani

    8. Toccata per Florete Flores

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

    9. Se l'amar non è peccato

      Composer: Mario Savioni

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

      Performer: Riccardo Pisani

    10. La Ragana

      Composer: Stefano Landi

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

    11. Vanne, mio core, alle stelle

      Composer: Giancarlo Rossi

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

      Performer: Riccardo Pisani

    12. E così dolce la pena

      Composer: Giancarlo Rossi

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

      Performer: Riccardo Pisani

    13. Una cetra s'accoglie [Bibliothèque Nationale de France RES VMC MS-77, Paris, 17th century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

    14. Vuoi ch'io mora

      Composer: Giancarlo Rossi

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

      Performer: Riccardo Pisani

    15. Lasciatemi qui solo

      Composer: Luigi Rossi

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

      Performer: Riccardo Pisani

    16. E pur volsi innamorarmi

      Composer: Marco Marazzoli

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

      Performer: Riccardo Pisani

    17. Paradigmata I

      Composer: Lelio Colista

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

    18. Misero, ed è pur vero ch'avido

      Composer: Marco Marazzoli

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

      Performer: Riccardo Pisani

    19. O che sempre mi scordi del nulla

      Composer: Marco Marazzoli

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

      Performer: Riccardo Pisani

    20. Canzon

      Composer: Rinaldo Trematerra

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

    21. Madre del Redentor (after Vespasiano Roccia)

      Composer: Giovenale Ancina

      Ensemble: La Smisuranza

      Performer: Riccardo Pisani


“What I have that is most precious I will preserve in my own name.” This belief likely 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. 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.

The ensemble La Smisuranza, with its unique formation of three double harps, accompanies the tenor Riccardo Pisani in this exhilarating musical journey. It is characterized by vibrant and ever-changing instrumental textures that alternate moments of intimacy and exuberance in accordance with the poetic text set to music. Pisani, a singer “gifted with a warm, seductive voice” (Diapason), presents the music of his home city after the recent success of "La Cetra di Sette Corde," a recording dedicated exclusively to the 17th-century tenor Francesco Rasi.