Alessia Luise – Nocturne, Music for Harp (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Alessia Luise – Nocturne, Music for Harp (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:08:17 minutes | 595 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Brilliant Classics

A meticulous, focused search for sound informs the selection of pieces on this recital, a voyage through 19th-century European music, in the vehicle of the nocturne, along the route of harp transcriptions. In these works, the composers capture night as a sliver of time, evoking the intimate and introspective side of the Romantic spirit. Night is also a metaphor for transformation, from darkness to light, for transcription from one musical instrument to another.

For this ‘reduction of a big thought to a practical instrument’, as Ferruccio Busoni put it in 1913, the harp was a popular choice, particularly in the late 19th century, when the instrument’s repertoire was augmented by a number of excellent transcriptions and reductions by renowned harp teachers and performers.

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