The organ used for this recording has two consoles: one in the gallery with two 61-note keyboards and a 27-note pedalboard, and another in the nave with three 61-note keyboards and a 32-note pedalboard.
Composer Biography
Luigi Bottazzo, an organist featured on this album, became blind at the age of nine but went on to study organ, piano, cello, and composition.
Album & Artwork
The album cover features an interior view of Milan Cathedral by Luigi Bisi (1814-1886), while the back cover shows the Vittino / Vegezzi-Bossi organ from 1882-2019.
Composer Biography
Lorenzo Perosi, a priest and composer on this album, held prestigious positions in the musical chapels of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice and the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
Recording & Production
This album aims to revive and appreciate 'musical flowers'—Italian organ compositions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries—that have long been overlooked.
Composer Biography
Giovanni Sgambati, a composer featured on this album, was a pupil of Franz Liszt, an encounter that inspired Sgambati to promote symphonic music in Italy, which was then dominated by opera.
Instruments
The music on this album is performed on the historic Vittino / Vegezzi-Bossi organ, originally built in 1882 and extensively restored in 2019, located in the Parish Church of San Giovanni Battista in Centallo, Italy.
