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Italian opera singer (1908-1958)
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Con arte e maestria - Virtuoso violin ornamentation from the dawn of the Italian Baroque
Con arte e maestria - Virtuoso violin ornamentation from the dawn of the Italian Baroque, Oliver Webber, Steven Devine, Monteverdi String Band In Focus; Resonus Classics Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 5 November 2019 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A dazzling yet intelligent and engaging exploration of the Italian virtuoso art of ornamentation in the early BaroqueWhen the Milanese violinist Francesco Rognoni captioned his piece Io son ferito (from the second volume of his Selva di varii passaggi) 'Modo di passeggiar con arte e mestria' - ' manner of ornamenting with art and mastery' he used a phrase which is still used today 'con arte e maestria' to denote excellence and consummate craftsmanship in creative fields.On this Monteverdi String Band In Focus disc from Resonus Classics, two members of the Monteverdi String Band, Oliver Webber (violin) and Steven Devine (organ and harpsichord) return the phrase to its original use and explore […]
2021-03-10 08:15:06
Vocal Cords: for his debut recording guitarist Andrea Belmonte explores early 19th-century Italian guitar music
Vocal cords: Italian themes for guitar; Andrea Belmonte; KHA Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 9 March 2021 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) A charming disc which creates a collage of lyrical movements from early 19th century Italian guitarist composers, and showcases the singing style of young Italian guitarist Andrea BelmonteUnder the title of Vocal cords, this charming debut recital by guitarist Andrea Belmonte on the KHA label explores the legacy of Italian guitarist and composer Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) with music by Giuliani along with Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Niccolo Paganini, Gioachino Rossini, Domenico Cimarosa, Luigi Legnani, Matteo Carcassi, Giulio Regondi, Francesco Molino, Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti and Ferdinando Carulli. Born in 1996, Andrea Belmonte is a young Italian guitarist with catholic tastes, his repertoire ranges from baroque to flamenco not to mention contemporary and jazz, and his thesis for his first degree was an in depth study of […]
2020-09-02 12:43:25
A distinct voice: a new disc from Resonus explores Florent Schmitt's Mélodies, a wide-ranging survey of song by an under-rated composer
Florent Schmitt Mélodies; Sybille Diethelm, Annina Haug, Nino Aurelio Gmünder, René Perler, Fabienne Romer, Edward Rushton; Resonus Classics Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 28 August 2020 Star rating: 4.5 (★★★★½) Spanning over half a century, a survey of the songs of Florent Schmitt reveals a fascinating side to this still under-rated composer Florent Schmitt is an intriguing figure, a lesser-known 20th century French composer whose work is not entirely unknown but who still does not have a strongly defined profile. Ever since the 1970s, when performances of his large-scale setting Psaume XLVII began to appear in concert halls and on disc, individual works or groups of works have come to the fore without Schmitt's career being in strong focus, most recently and most intriguingly in 2017 the BBC Symphony Orchestra performed Schmitt's Antoine et Cléopâtre Suites, music from a 1920s production of Shakespeare's play translated by Andre […]
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