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Cima: Concerti Ecclesiastici

7/1/2000, 18 Tracks, 1:01:33

Featuring

  • Alessandro Bares
  • Santina Tomasello
  • Alessandro Carmignani
  • Paolo Fanciullacci
  • Marcello Vargetto
  • Peter Birner
  • Mauro Morini
  • Musica Figurata
  • Giovanni Paolo Cima

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Interpretation

The ensemble Musica Figurata performs on period instruments and focuses on rediscovering Italian musical heritage from the 16th and 17th centuries.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Giovanni Paolo Cima's Concerti ecclesiastici, published in 1610, are significant for being among the earliest printed works to use the term 'sonata' for solo instrumental compositions.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Cima's instrumental writing in the Concerti ecclesiastici shows distinct experimentalism, blending the polyphonic-imitative style of the French chanson with the new monodic style.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

Giovanni Paolo Cima's artistic development was strongly influenced by the Counter-Reformation movement in Milan, led by Cardinals Carlo and Federico Borromeo.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Very little is known about Giovanni Paolo Cima's life; his birth date and place are unknown, and his main certain appointment was as organist and director of music at Santa Maria near San Celso in Milan.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Giovanni Paolo Cima, despite being considered a master by his contemporaries, remains little known today, partly due to his reluctance to publish his works.

Source: Booklet

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