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Mazzaferrata / Instrumental Ensemble - Canzonettas & Cantatas For 2 Voices Op. 3

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Format: CD
Rel. Date: 04/18/2025
UPC: 5028421965048

Canzonettas & Cantatas For 2 Voices Op. 3
Artist: Mazzaferrata / Instrumental Ensemble
Format: CD
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- This disc presents the first recording of the Canzonettas & Cantatas Op.3 by Giovanni Battista Mazzaferrata (c.1640-1681), an Italian composer and organist from Pavia, the pupil of Tarquinio Merula. He held positions as Maestro di cappella at Vercelli Cathedral and at the Accademia della Morte in Ferrara.- These vocal works are on secular poetry, mostly dealing with Love, expressing both blissful happiness or tormented frustration. - The emotions in the text are expressed by Mazzaferrate through modulations, cadences and an original use of chromatism. - Beautifully sung by the three vocal soloists Carlotta Colombo, Marta Fumagalli and Mauro Borgioni. The Instrumental Ensemble includes trombone, guitar and organ/harpsichord.
        
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