The recording features various cornetts, including curved cornetts by Paolo Fanciullacci and Serge Delmas, and straight and mute cornetts made by the performer, Andrea Inghisciano.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Girolamo Dalla Casa, a cornett player, defined 'mixed divisions' as comprising crome, semicrome, triplicate, and quadruplicate notes, considering them essential for true diminution.
Interpretation
The ability to improvise passages was highly valued, and this recording includes pieces where the performer, Andrea Inghisciano, improvised passages, a practice considered essential but now largely abandoned.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in two sessions: cornett and harpsichord in July 2016, and cornett and organ, organ solo, and cornett solo in June 2018.
Historical Context
In Italy, the cornett, a wind instrument, was most popular between the mid-16th and mid-17th centuries.
Compositional Technique
Divisions, or passages, were variations used by instrumentalists and singers to embellish a melodic line, often making it almost unrecognizable.
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