Consonanze Stravaganti
Music by Neapolitan composers Gesualdo, Lambardo,
de Macque, Mayone, Salvatore, Stella, Strozzi & Trabaci
Organ - Dionisi Romano, 1581, S.Niccolò, Florence
Harpsichord - copy by Denzil
Wraight of anon. Italian of ca. 1620 in Russell Collection
Cembalo cromatico - 19 notes
per octave, reconstruction by Denzil
Wraight
1 CD, Ars musici, Freiburg (1997), AM 1207-2
Highly recommended by the jury of International Vivaldi
Prize, Venice
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Reviews
"This disc is a definite buy, for both the wonderful
instrumental sound and for the lively and informed performances by Mr
Stembridge." Continuo Magazine
"There are few keyboard players capable of
endowing a performance with such musicality, delivered through such sensitivity
of touch and articulation....Stembridge's specialisation in the Italian
baroque repertoire is an ideal vehicle for his interpretative skills,
here focussed on that astonishing outpouring of harmonic intensity and
emotion from 16th/17th century Naples.....The organ...responds beautifully
to Stembridge's touch...I will treasure this CD." Early Music
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