Ensemble Il Narvalo & Federico Del Sordo – Corradini: Canzonas and Sonatas (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 59:00 minutes | 635 MB | Genre: Classical
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Works attributable with certainty to Nicolò Corradini (1585–1646) – likely from Cremona as opposed to Bergamo or Rome as erroneously suggested in the past – are limited to a few printed editions, among them the Primo libro de Canzoni francesi a 4 e alcune suonate (a copy of which has come down to us, printed by Gardano in Venice in 1624). It includes ten French canzonas and four sonatas, works most likely conceived to be performed by several instrumentalists, including one or more possible continuists (because of the speed of some passages and the separation between different parts of often more than an octave).
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Coro Istituzione Armonica, Ensemble Il Narvalo & Alberto Turco – Dal Barba: Requiem and Other Sacred Music (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:08:33 minutes | 416 MB | Genre: Classical
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Daniel Pio Dal Barba (1715–1801) is known for his role as maestro di cappella at Verona Cathedral, as well as his successful career as an opera composer and male soprano, also in Verona. His large catalogue of liturgical music is mostly well preserved, and his sacred music can be considered a simplified version of the dominant style (in terms of harmony, counterpoint and timbre) of the first half of the 18th century. His compositions were most often written for a relatively small ensemble (three or four voices, two violins and basso continuo), whereas works by his contemporaries would typically include wind instruments also.
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Coro Istituzione Armonica, Ensemble Il Narvalo & Alberto Turco – Marcello: Psalm 42 & 50 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 57:44 minutes | 564 MB | Genre: Classical
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Stylish new recordings of two expansive psalm settings from 18th-century Venice.
The catalogue boasts no shortage of fine recordings of the cello sonatas and other chamber music by the Venetian nobleman Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739). However, his sacred vocal output, for which he was most highly esteemed in his own time, remains almost unknown. Several musicians are gradually redressing the balance; none more experienced in realising music of the period with flair and authenticity than Alberto Turco, whose extensive discography includes two critically acclaimed albums on Brilliant Classics, of sacred music by Giovanni Battista Fasolo (95512) and organ masses by Claudio Merulo (95145).
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