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Dialogue for Two Organs

4/6/2005, 11 Tracks, 1:07:33

Featuring

  • Bianka Pezic
  • Luigi Celeghin
  • Luigi Cherubini
  • Baldassare Galuppi
  • Muzio Clementi
  • Ferdinando Bonazzi
  • Giuseppe Busi
  • Francesco Canneti

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Instruments

Pietro Nacchini, born in Dalmatia, built approximately five hundred instruments during his career, many of which survive in Venice and other locations.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

The two organs featured on this recording are located in the Basilica della Misericordia of Sant'Elpidio a Mare and were built by two of the greatest organ-builders of the Veneto: Pietro Nacchini and his pupil Gaetano Callido.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Gaetano Callido, a native of Este, was also a prolific organ-builder, constructing four hundred instruments and being appointed organ-maker to St Mark's in Venice in 1770.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

Organ improvisation has a centuries-old tradition, as evidenced by Girolamo Diruta's 16th-century organ treatise Il Transilvano, which describes a duel between two organs at St Mark's in Venice.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded on the Gaetano Callido (1785) and Pietro Nacchini (1757) organs at the Basilica Pontificia Maria SS. della Misericordia in S. Elpidio a Mare, Italy, from June 10th to 12th, 2002.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Luigi Celeghin, one of the organists on this recording, is Emeritus Professor of Organ at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome and honorary inspector with the Ministry of Cultural Activities for early instruments in Italy.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The works on this album are dialogues for two organs, originating from the practice of alternatim, where the instrument adds to and draws inspiration from complex polyphonic textures.

Source: Booklet

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