Composer: Giulio Caccini, Athanasius Kircher, Georg Friedrich Handel, Kevser Hanim, Barbara Strozzi, Francisco Tárrega, Tomaso Antonio Vitali, François Couperin
Performer: Fiori Musicali Austria, Marinka Brecelj
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Gramola
Catalogue: GRAM99279
Release: 2022
Size: 372 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Caccini: Nuove musiche e nuova maniera di scriverle
01. No. 35, Dalla porta d’oriente
02. trad.: Yo me enamore de un aire
03. Kircher: Antiodotum tarantulae
04. Kircher: Modo hypodorico in D Minor
Handel: Alcina
05. Tornami a vagheggiar
06. Hanım: Nihâvend longa
07. Strozzi: Amor dormiglione
08. Tárrega: Capricho árabe
Vitali: Sonata, Op. 4 No. 12
09. La Follia
10. trad.: Üsküdara gideriken
11. trad.: Scalerica de oro
12. Couperin: Les baricades mistérieuses (from Pièces de clavecin II: Ordre 6ème in B flat)
13. trad.: Yo era niña
14. trad.: Dance from the Black Sea
15. trad.: Adio querida
The Ensemble Fiori Musicali Austria was founded by the Italian harpsichordist and pianist Marinka Brecelj in 2002 to perform Renaissance and Baroque music from Italy. Over the years, crossover elements of traditional Italian, Sephardic, Oriental or South American music have also enriched the spectrum, as can be impressively experienced on the album “Baroque Arabesque”:
Oriental instruments such as oud (Orwa Saleh) and various frame drums (Pat Feldner) and last but not least the singing of the Turkish singer Özlem Bulut blend with harpsichord (Marinka Brecelj), viola da gamba (Pia Pircher) and Baroque violin (Julia Kainz) to form an extremely fascinating melange of Orient and Occident. Arias by Georg Friedrich Haendel or Giulio Caccini, instrumentals by Athanasius Kircher, Kevser Hanim, Francisco Tárrega or François Couperin and traditional songs of the Sephardic as well as from the Eastern Mediterranean immerse the audience in past eras and other cultures.