Anna Pasetti

Anna Pasetti – Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz: Sonates en forme de scènes (Instrumental) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:13:10 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
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A native of Prague, Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz (1747-1790) acquired a passion for the harp at a young age and, after the encouragement of Haydn, became one of the most renowned harpists in Paris. His innovations in harp design enhanced its sound, and his compositions were highly appreciated by his contemporaries and for a long time after his tragic death. Recorded here together for the first time, the six Sonates en forme de scènes adopted the German sensitive style and used free form as a medium for maximum expressive depth, being admired by one commentator for their ‘profound sense of harmony and unexpected modulations’.

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Anna Pasetti – Christmas Harp Music (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:11:27 minutes | 397 MB | Genre: Classical
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Christmas has always been a source of inspiration for musicians, and this harp album contains many Christmas pieces and famous melodies.
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Anna Pasetti – De Marin: 3 Sonatas, Op. 15 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:07:26 minutes | 801 MB | Genre: Classical
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Marie-Martin Marcel de Marin (1796–1850) was a French composer who led both personal and professional lives that are worth reviewing today. He was a mathematician, an expat, the Captain of Versailles’ Dragoons, a violinist and above all a composer. His harp compositions are very different from the repertoire of his contemporaries. His music features quite a peculiar mix of stylistic elements of various origins, including the heritage of the great Baroque composers and the early 18th-century style of French keyboard music. He succeeded in creating a language for the harp that was acclaimed as revolutionary during his lifetime and is still today worth rediscovering, revealing Marin to be a forerunner of a style that was found in harp music only at the beginning of the 20th century.

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