Federico Del Sordo, the organist on this album, teaches at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia and the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome, and has dedicated over fifteen years to studying the alternatim repertoire.
Historical Context
The delay in publishing Fasolo's Annuale may have been due to the deadly plague epidemic that struck Venice between 1630 and 1632, interrupting Vincenti's printing activity.
Instruments
The album features the Antegnati-Formentelli organ of the Verona Cathedral, originally built by Giovanni Giacomo Antegnati and Graziadio Antegnati, and restored by Barthelemy Formentelli.
Compositional Technique
Fasolo's Annuale includes three complete Mass cycles: Missa in Dominicis diebus, Missa in Duplicibus diebus, and Missa Beatae Mariae Virginis.
Historical Context
The hymns in Fasolo's Annuale refer to the version of the Breviarium Romanum prior to the reform implemented by Pope Urban VIII in 1631-32.
Compositional Technique
Fasolo proposes the hymns in a strict alternatim version, alternating between choir and organ, a practice explained by Adriano Banchieri in 1605.
Composition History
Giovanni Battista Fasolo's Opus VIII, the Annuale, was published in 1645 by Alessandro Vincenti, more than ten years after its composition.
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