Dating from circa 1570, the violin used in this recording is the Andrea Amati Carlo IX , so named after its maker, Cremonese luthier Andrea Amati, and Charles IX, the king of France at the time and the likely dedicatee (based on its filigreed arms and motto, Pietate et Justitia ). Violinist and Baroque authority Federico Guglielmo plays this important historical instrument, and he is joined by soprano Cristina Fanelli, organist Davide Pozzi, and theorbist Diego Cantalupi in a program of chamber and vocal music from the ...
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Dating from circa 1570, the violin used in this recording is the Andrea Amati Carlo IX , so named after its maker, Cremonese luthier Andrea Amati, and Charles IX, the king of France at the time and the likely dedicatee (based on its filigreed arms and motto, Pietate et Justitia ). Violinist and Baroque authority Federico Guglielmo plays this important historical instrument, and he is joined by soprano Cristina Fanelli, organist Davide Pozzi, and theorbist Diego Cantalupi in a program of chamber and vocal music from the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It was in this transitional period between the Renaissance and the Baroque eras that the violin rose to prominence from the ranks of string consorts and processional bands to become the dominant solo instrument in Western music for more than four centuries. Of the composers included, Claudio Monteverdi surely ranks at the top of the group, while the names of Tarquinio Merula, Giovanni Amigone Mantovano, Giulio Belli, Francesco Carubelli,...
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