Title: Another Kind of Rossi Artist: Arparla Label: Stradivarius Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 8011570373250 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2025-02-07 Number of Discs: 1
What if Michelangelo Rossi's keyboard Toccatas had been played by harpists in Rome 400 yearsago? Of all the 17th-century Italian keyboard repertoire I have attempted to play over the last thirtyyears, I find the Toccatas by Rossi to be by far the most organic, idiomatic and intuitive music to playon the arpa doppia, the chromatic triple-row Baroque harp of seventeenth-century Europe. At leastten harpists are known to have been active in Rome during this time, and archives are full of documentsand correspondence that detail performances, commissions for instruments, purchases ofstrings, harp covers and cases, and other fascinating information, which together create an idea of thewealth of music and culture before and during the reign of Pope Urban VIII.
Tracks: 1.1 Toccata Terza 1.2 Sonata Seconda A 2. Canto, (Violino, ouer Cornetto) ; Basso, Op. 6 1.3 Toccata Seconda 1.4 Toccata del Sig.r Michel'Angelo non stampate... 1700 [in re] I-Bc Ms. BB.258 1.5 Quarta Toccata 1.6 Toccata Prima 1.7 Altra toccata del Sig.r Michel Angelo non stampata [in la] I-Bc Ms. BB.258, iv. 1.8 Sonata Prima A 2. Canto, (Violino, ouer Cornetto) ; Basso, Op. 6 1.9 Partite sopra la Romanesca del Sig.r Michel Angelo Rossi Del Violino I-Bc Ms. BB.258, 2v. 1.10 Decima Toccata 1.11 Ottava Toccata 1.12 Del Sig.r Michel Angelo Toccata [in FA] I-Bc Ms. BB.258, 1r. 1.13 Quinta Toccata 1.14 Sonata La Pezzola, Violino solo, over Violino, e Basso, Op. 8
