Composer: Claudio Ambrosini
Performer: Andrea Dandolo, Stefano Maiorana
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Arcana
Catalogue: A541
Release: 2023
Size: 947 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Ambrosini: At the Murazzi, Ancient Sea Fortifications
02. Kapsberger: [Untitled] (I)
03. Ambrosini: Tastata
04. Kapsberger: Corrente
05. Ambrosini: Tastata riflessa
06. Ambrosini: Steps Into the Flood (Aquagranda 2019)
07. Kapsberger: Toccata I
08. Ambrosini: Toccata
09. Kapsberger: Gagliarda
10. Ambrosini: Aria
11. Ambrosini: Gondolas Moored at the Biennale Gardens
12. Kapsberger: [Untitled] (II)
13. Ambrosini: Canzone
14. Kapsberger: Ricerchata
15. Ambrosini: Canzone in eco16.
17. Ambrosini: Moored Cruise Ships
18. Kapsberger: Aria Veneziana
19. Ambrosini: Sarabanda
20. Kapsberger: Libro IV d’intavolatura di chitarrone: Battaglia
21. Ambrosini: Ciaccona
22. Ambrosini: High Tide in St. Mark’s Square, Bells and Chorus of Seagulls
23. Kapsberger: Toccata II
24. Ambrosini: Ricercare
25. Kapsberger: Romanesche
26. Ambrosini: Children at the Frari (Tomb of Monteverdi)
27. Ambrosini: Arpeggiata
“Io, Kapsberger nato in Venetia…”. “I, Kapsberger, born in Venice…” Works by the famous theorbo virtuoso Kapsberger have often been recorded, but little space has so far been given to repertoire drawn directly from manuscript sources. Kapsberger maintained a privileged relationship with his city of birth throughout his life. The Venice of Willaert, Gabrieli and Monteverdi, however, is not just a magnificent past: it is still alive today and continues its musical tradition in the so-called Second Venetian School of Malipiero, Maderna, Nono and whose most recent protagonist is Claudio Ambrosini (1948-), winner of the Prix de Rome and the Leone d’Oro at the Venice Biennale, whose works have already been recorded, among others, on the Kairos and Stradivarius labels. Kapsberger, Segret Pages reveals an astonishing instrumental challenge between lesser-known works by Kapsberger in which we admire ideas and creative intuition, and Ambrosini’s unpublished works, which contain equal amount of creativity and unexpected possibilities for the instrument. Stefano Maiorana is a Kapsberger specialist who has already published a critically acclaimed monograph on the composer; Entre dos almas, his recent album for baroque guitar, has been equally successful.