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Ghirlanda sacra: Early 17th-Century Music in Naples

7/31/2015, 22 Tracks, 1:09:31

Featuring

  • Antonio Florio
  • Roberta Invernizzi
  • Rosario Totaro
  • Vincenzo de Gregorio
  • Daniela Del Monaco
  • Marco Bisceglie
  • Enrico Baiano
  • Antonella Ippolito
  • I Turchini
  • Collegium Gregorianum della Pietrasanta
  • Bonaventura Cerronio
  • Anonymous
  • Francesco Sabino
  • Antonio Sabino
  • Andrea Falconieri
  • Giovanni Maria Sabino
  • Scipione Stella

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Compositional Technique

Giovanni Maria Sabino was the first composer in Naples to introduce the concerted motet with violins and systematically use the solo voice in a virtuosic role over an elaborate basso continuo.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The album was recorded in Naples in September 1993, and engineered and produced by Roberto Meo and Sigrid Lee.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

The musical environment of Naples in the early 17th century was considered archaic and conservative, largely due to a strong resistance to the new concertato church style popular in the North.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Giovanni Maria Sabino was one of the first teachers at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini, laying the foundation for the 'Neapolitan School' didactic system.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

In the 16th and 17th centuries, Neapolitan scholars actively sought to demonstrate that Neapolitan was a language, not merely a dialect.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Giovanni Maria Sabino, an organist, was the most prolific Neapolitan composer of motets and a primary exponent of sacred music renewal in Naples.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

This re-edition of the album is dedicated to the memory of Marco Fodella, who played archlute on the recording.

Source: Booklet

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