Julia Fritz – Notari & Fontana (Early Baroque Music from the Basilica di Santa Barbara, Mantua) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Julia Fritz – Notari & Fontana (Early Baroque Music from the Basilica di Santa Barbara, Mantua) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:33 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © audite Musikproduktion

Compared to the Italian centres of power – Milan, Florence and Rome – the Lombardian city of Mantua in the Po Valley is small in size. All the more prestigious was the commitment to the arts by the ruling Gonzaga dynasty: artists such as Andrea Mantegna, Giulio Romano and Leon Battista Alberti created lasting masterpieces in their paintings and architecture for them, whilst musicians such as Giaches de Wert and Claudio Monteverdi consolidated Mantua’s reputation throughout Europe. Their stage was within the grand complex of the ducal palace and the adjoining church of Santa Barbara: an impressive synthesis of the arts consisting of Mannerist architecture and painting – and an ideal space for music.

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