Seicento stravagante: Music for Cornetto & Keyboard

Featuring

David Brutti
Nicola Lamon
Seicento Stravagante
Giovanni Battista Fontana
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Annibale Padovano

Dario Castello
Andrea Gabrieli
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
Andrea Falconieri
Riccardo Rognoni
Angelo Notari
Anonymous (17th century)
Girolamo Dalla Casa
Giovanni Salvatore
Giovanni Martino Cesare
Francesco Rognoni Taeggio
Biagio Marini

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Composer's Artistic Vision

The music on this album illustrates how emotion can be expressed through sweet music even without words, a concept similar to Giovanni Battista Guarini's poem 'Con che soavità'.

Compositional Technique

Virtuoso instrumentalists of the late 16th century imitated virtuoso singers by dividing longer note values, a practice called diminution, in popular vocal works.

Performer Biography

David Brutti, the cornetto player, had an outstanding career as a saxophone player in contemporary and classical music before falling in love with Renaissance and early Baroque music in 2012.

Historical Context

In the late 16th century, it was fashionable in northern Italy to perform instrumental versions of French chansons.

Performer Biography

Nicola Lamon, the organist and harpsichordist, has won prizes at several national and international organ and harpsichord competitions, including the Gaetano Callido International Organ Competition.

Interpretation

The ensemble Seicento Stravagante aims to highlight Italy's historic organ heritage, using mainly authentic instruments for both solo and chamber music.

Compositional Technique

The 'Stylus phantasticus', a new instrumental style, was defined by Athanasius Kircher as being 'appropriate for instruments' because it was bound only to the composer's invention and harmony.