Awarded with the Diapason 5 (04/2016)
A painting by Giovanni Lanfranco (c. 1630) at the Palazzo Barbarini in Rome shows Venus playing on a wonderful Baroque harp. This harp – owned by Cardinal Maffeo Barbarini, the later Pope Urban VII – still exists and can be visited at the Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali in Rome today, a testament to musical performance at the court of the Barberini during the first half of the 17th century.
On the present CD, this important instrument features the musical repertoire of the same place and time. The Italian soprano Roberta Invernizzi sings arias and scenes from monodic composers, who were connected with the Barberini court; Margret Köll accompanies on a copy after the “Arpa Barberini”, built in 2007 by Eric Kleinmann, and also plays solo pieces by other Roman composers.
Released by Accent, 2016.
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
Toccata seconda arpeggiata
An error was occured
Orazio Michi dell´Arpa
Spera mi disse amore
An error was occured
Luigi Rossi
Mio ben, teco il tormento più
An error was occured
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Se l´aura spira tutta vezzosa
Fantasia
Parte sopra Lamonicha
Toccata Ottava di durezze e ligature
Canzona
Corrente Quinta
Orazio Michi dell'Arpa
Spera mi disse amore
Sospiri che uscite dall´arso mio sen
Dolce frutto amor compose
Perché cor mio
Alma che ti sollevi
Luigi Rossi
Hor che l´oscuro manto
Passacaille del Seigr. Luigi
Mio ben, teco il tormento più
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
Toccata seconda arpeggiata
Anonymous
Balletto
Madre non mi far monaca
Paolo Quagliati
Toccata dell´Ottavo Tuono
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Sandra Suatoni
Director of the Museum degli Strumenti in Rome
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Armin Linke
Photography
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Joachim Berenbold
Layout and booklet editor
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Bernhard Schrammek
Liner Notes
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Eric Kleinmann
Instrument Design
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Sylvie Coquillat
French translation
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Jason F. Ortmann
English translation
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Jean-Daniel Noir
Recording Producer
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Michael Sawall
Executive Producer
