Composer says no: Milan, Mantua
Donald Macleod explores Girolamo Frescobaldi鈥檚 discovery of his own agency 鈥� rejecting households whose wooing of him wasn鈥檛 sufficiently enticing.
Girolamo Frescobaldi established the keyboard style that would dominate Europe in the Baroque era. His life throws a light on the nepotism and patronage at the heart of Italy in the 17th century, and how it created extraordinary music and spectacle.... breaking the bank in the process.
Donald Macleod and his guest Robert Quinney, Director of the Choir of New College, Oxford, explore Frescobaldi's story alongside some of the other great musicians of is time, who fell into his orbit.
Today, Donald and Robert look at Girolamo Frescobaldi鈥檚 discovery of his own agency 鈥� rejecting households whose wooing of him wasn鈥檛 sufficiently enticing, as successful composers across Europe were beginning to assert their own worth.
Partite Sopra Ciaccona - Corrente
(arr. K. Buhl-Mortensen, A. Christensen and M. Westheimer)
Kristian Buhl-Mortensen, baroque guitar
Monica Westheimer, harpsichord
Il primo libro delle fantasie:
Fantasia prima, sopra un soggietto
Fantasia seconda, sopra un soggietto solo
Francesco Tasini, organ
Francesco Soriano: Missa Nos autem gloriari oportet:
Gloria
Regensburg Vokalsolisten
Josef Kohlh盲ufl, director
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Tu es Petrus a 6
Westminster Cathedral Choir,
Martin Baker, conductor
Fiori musicali: Messa della Domenica:
Canzon post il Comune
Bergamasca
Ton Koopman, organ
Toccate e partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo et organo, libro primo:
Toccata quarta
Balletto prima
Corrente del balletto
Passacagli
Richard Lester, harpsichord
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Partite Sopra Ciaccona - Corrente
Performer: Kristian Buhl-Mortensen. Performer: Monica Westheimer. Music Arranger: Kristian Buhl-Mortensen. Music Arranger: Monica Westheimer.- CLASSICO : CLASS CD-125.
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Fantasia prima, sopra un soggietto
Performer: Francesco Tasini.- TACTUS : TC580607.
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Fantasia seconda, sopra un soggietto solo
Performer: Francesco Tasini.- TACTUS : TC580607.
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Francesco Soriano
Missa Nos autem gloriari oportet: Gloria
Ensemble: Regensburger Vokalsolisten. Director: Josef Kohlh盲ufl.- TYXart : TXA15058.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Tu es Petrus a 6
Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Director: Martin Baker.- HYPERION : CDA-67785.
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Messa della Domenica: Canzon post il Comune; Bergamasca
Performer: Ton Koopman.- ERATO : 4509-96544-2.
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Toccata quarta
Performer: Richard Lester.- NIMBUS : NI5870.
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Balletto prima
Performer: Richard Lester.- NIMBUS : NI5870.
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Broadcast
- Wed 20 Sep 2023 12:00成人快手 Radio 3
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