The Pera Ensemble combines the instrumental and vocal traditions of Ottoman court music with historical European music, using authentic instruments and drawing on musicological research.
Composer Biography
Gaspar Sanz, a Spanish composer and guitarist, significantly influenced the development of the guitar with his educational treatise on the Baroque guitar, Instrucción de Música sobre la Guitarra Española.
Composer Biography
Andrea Falconieri, an Italian composer and lutenist, experimented with combinations of Italian and Spanish musical styles, possibly due to his travels through France and Spain.
Composer Biography
Girolamo Frescobaldi, a significant 17th-century keyboard composer, was praised by a music scholar 40 years after his death as having no peer and being unsurpassed by any master.
Composer Biography
Barbara Strozzi, a female composer born in Venice in 1619, was a pupil of Francesco Cavalli, who was himself a pupil of Monteverdi.
Composer Biography
Claudio Monteverdi, a pivotal figure in the development of opera, served as Maestro di cappella of St Mark's, Venice, one of the most important musical posts in Italy at the time.
Album & Artwork
The album's concept, 'Moments of Love', was inspired by the idea that music helps us remember fleeting, life-changing moments of joy, pain, and yearning.
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