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Corbetta: La Guitarre Royalle

Gabriele Miracle, Simone Vallerotonda, Bor Zuljan (lute), Monica Piccinini (soloist), Davide Benetti (soloist), Stefano Todarello, Francesca Boncompagni (soloist), I Bassifondi

Corbetta: La Guitarre Royalle
there’s a real sense of a relaxed, even jazzy leaning into not just the music’s but the plucked string’s poignantly evanescent quality.

Corbetta: La Guitarre Royalle

Gabriele Miracle, Simone Vallerotonda, Bor Zuljan (lute), Monica Piccinini (soloist), Davide Benetti (soloist), Stefano Todarello, Francesca Boncompagni (soloist), I Bassifondi

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there’s a real sense of a relaxed, even jazzy leaning into not just the music’s but the plucked string’s poignantly evanescent quality.

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After "Roma ’600", dedicated to the cultured and popular music of the Eternal City, I Bassifondi explore the music of the most famous baroque guitarist in 17th-century Europe, who brought the guitar to England and then to the court of the Sun King in France: Francesco Corbetta. The trio, led by Simone Vallerotonda, welcomes a special guest, Bor Zuljan, one of the best lutenists on the scene, with whom Simone Vallerotonda plays a concerto and several "pièces de caractère" for two guitars. This collection represents the triumph of virtuosity, refinement and harmonic experimentation in the 17th century. A music that takes the guitars beyond their limits, competing, and perhaps surpassing, their historical rival, the lute. To seal the recording there are four vocal tracks dedicated to the Kings of England and the Duke of York, in the French style. A visionary recording of rare beauty!

Contents and tracklist

I. Prelude
Track length0:51
II. Alemande
Track length3:10
III. Sarabande
Track length2:30
IV. Passacaille
Track length1:52
V. Menüet
Track length1:17

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February 2024

there’s a real sense of a relaxed, even jazzy leaning into not just the music’s but the plucked string’s poignantly evanescent quality.
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