Ratas del viejo Mundo and Floris de Rycker – Ossesso (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 53:38 minutes | 551 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ramée
Jealousy, tenderness, loneliness and longing, desire, unattainability, sensuality, frustration, love, lust and loss in all their configurations come together in Ossesso. The old masters allow us no escape from the painfully vivid portrayals of their experiences. Tromboncino and Gesualdo exemplify the extremes of which obsessiveness is capable, in their music as in their lives; in this sense, they are precursors to Phil Spector, Sid Vicious, or Bertrand Cantat. – A selection of absolutely touching madrigals about love and affliction that represent the kaleidoscope of feelings and emotions of their composers, be it in the late Middle Ages or in the Renaissance, interspersed with some instrumental pieces.
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Ratas del viejo Mundo, Floris de Rycker – Music at the Farnese Court in Renaissance Parma (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 49:38 minutes | 499 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Passacaille
The ensemble Ratas de viejo mundo lets us discover the richness of the musical heritage of Parma, which developed into a leading musical centre under the Farnese, at the latest in the 16th century. At the Farnese court, Flemish musicians such as Cipriano de Rore or Josquin Persoens achieved great fame and had a decisive influence on the development of instrumental music and the madrigal.
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