This album's reconstruction of a Neapolitan musical Vespers aims to recreate an 'ordinary, unexceptional solemnity' of the Baroque period, reflecting the musical material's learned polyphony with an ancient flavor.
Composer Biography
Fabrizio Dentice, a Neapolitan aristocrat, became a professional musician and the greatest Italian lute virtuoso after Francesco da Milano, after his family fell into disgrace and their possessions were confiscated.
Compositional Technique
Fabrizio Dentice's Miserere, a pseudo-polyphonic work, used chromaticism to render the chain of chords painfully expressive, and served as a model for Allegri's more famous Miserere.
Composer Biography
Giovanni Salvatore, a Neapolitan priest, was trained in the experimental circle of Carlo Gesualdo, a famous composer known for his highly expressive and chromatic madrigals.
Composition History
Giovan Maria Trabaci, a Neapolitan composer, dedicated all his sacred works written between 1602 and 1630 to the Blessed Virgin Mary, demonstrating his personal devotion.
Historical Context
In 17th-century Naples, the Marian cult was a symbol of the restless search for protection and help, intensified by tragic events like war, famine, plagues, and the 1631 eruption of Vesuvius.
Composer Biography
Francesco Provenzale, a dominant figure in Neapolitan music, taught almost all the principal composers and maestri who later became key figures of the Neapolitan school.
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