Domenico Pellegrini, another composer on this album, uses dissonance sparingly, sometimes making it seem almost accidental, as in his Corrente detta la Grimalda or Toccata Seconda.
Performer Biography
Albane Imbs, a performer on this album, expanded her instrument range to include theorbo, archlute, and Baroque guitar after initially studying the Renaissance lute.
Recording & Production
This album is Albane Imbs's first solo album.
Compositional Technique
Bellerofonte Castaldi's Capricci a due stromenti is the only known music written for a duo of theorbo and tiorbino, a miniature theorbo he invented himself.
Performer Biography
Rolf Lislevand, a performer on this album, played electric guitar in clubs and studios, which influenced his approach to early music through improvisation.
Composer Biography
Bellerofonte Castaldi, one of the composers on this album, led such an adventurous life that it "surely merits a film adaptation!"
Instruments
The tiorbino, a miniature theorbo invented by composer Bellerofonte Castaldi, is tuned an octave higher than a standard theorbo.
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