Lex Eisenhardt, the performer, also authored a widely acclaimed monograph on the baroque guitar titled 'Italian Guitar Music of the Seventeenth Century, Battuto and Pizzicato'.
Compositional Technique
Domenico Rainer's music for baroque guitar combines the Italian-French mixed battuto-pizzicato style with the innovative compositional style of Arcangelo Corelli.
Composer Biography
Little is known about the life and work of Domenico Rainer, the composer featured on this album, and it is uncertain if he ever published his guitar works.
Performer Biography
Lex Eisenhardt, the performer on this album, is a specialist in early plucked instruments and was among the first to make recordings of Fernando Sor's music on a period instrument.
Historical Context
The discovery of Rainer's works challenges the previous assumption that the era of Italian solo repertoire in battuto-pizzicato style ended around 1700.
Instruments
The baroque guitar used for this recording is a copy of an instrument made by Antonio Stradivarius, crafted by Bert Kwakkel.
Composition History
The music of Domenico Rainer, an unknown composer, was discovered in a large 230-page manuscript in the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
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