Various Artists - Passacaglia Della Vita - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

To Renaissance court of Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, arrived an eccentric thirty year old man from Florence. It was 1482. He was a mathematician, anatomist, philosopher, constructor, astronomer... But not many people know, that he was also a musician. One of his 16th century biographers wrote, that the Sforzas hired Leonardo not as a painter nor architect, but - what might surprise us - as a musician and a party organizer of impeccable manners. Leonardo called music a worse sister of painting, because a painting lasts forever and music has no material form. It exists only in the moment of the performance, moreover - it dies in the moment of the birth. That's why music couldn't stand comparison to architecture or sculpture. None of Leonardo's musical compositions survived, but apart from many drawings and fragments of treatises, in his notebooks there are also rebuses and... musical riddles, all written in mirror reflection. In at least 18 riddles, Leonardo da Vinci used musical notation. These musical InchgamesInch were not only notes, but they created sentences, because according to solmisation, a method created by Guido of Arezzo, every note has it's own name - 'ut' (later replaced by a much easier to pronounce 'do'), 're', 'mi', 'fa', 'sol', 'la', 'si'. When put into shape, with decoded meaning of the text, they turn out to be incredibly powerful, hypnotic and nostalgic melodies. The present presents music inspired by Da Vinci's enigmas. Album Tracks 1. Re la Sol Mi Fa Sol 2. Trionfo de Bacco E Ariadna 3. Ostinato Vo' Seguire 4. Amore LÀ Sol Mi Fa Remirare 5. Dilla Dal Aqua 6. Cavalier Di Spagna 7. Calata Alla Spagnola 8. Venere InchVera la SchiumaInch, Canto Ad Lyram 9. Romanesca - Chi Vuol Bevere - Pesaro Ms 10. Ben Venga Maggio 11. Mille Regretz 12. Amore Mi Fa Solazzare 13. Ingenio Musicale 14. Non E Tempo D'aspettare 1

Born in Molfetta (Italy) on June 21, 1931, don Salvatore has undertaken the priestly life uniting it deeply to the musical one. Together with the ecclesial experience of assistant FUCI (Italian Catholic University Federation) in the post-conciliar years and that of director of the Schola Cantorum of the Pontifical Regional Seminary of Molfetta, he built his musical training with the masters Armando Renzi (composition), Nicola Samale (conducting), Michele Marvulli, Marcel Couraud (perfecting choral conducting), Luigi Celeghin. He has taught at the Conservatories InchE.R. DuniInch in Matera and InchN. PiccinniInch in Bari; he has been at the head of the Choir and Orchestra InchJ. SalepicoInch, an institution born within the Association and Popular School InchA. DvorakInch of which he was founder and president until his death. He has been Maestro di Cappella of the Cathedral Chapter of Molfetta. Graduated in composition, conducting, piano and specialized in choral and organ conducting, he wanted to make up for the scarce musical and liturgical knowledge of the people, dedicating himself with passion and sacrifice to the young generations of his territory, building an associative and training experience so deep to constitute a generation of musicians that still today recognize him as their mentor and teacher. The fruits of his artistic genius are numerous and of various kinds, from oratorios to popular songs; but of particular interest are his two Oratories, the two Great Cantatas for Choir and Orchestra, as well as Masses and motets. He was a man of high perspicacity, a concrete visionary, able to see things in depth and projected into the future; acute intellectual, he has always fought, driven by the insatiable need for knowledge without ever giving up the ancient.

This album presents unknown, high quality Swedish 20th century guitar music. From the nationally colored neo-classicism of Gunnar de Frumerie and Erland von Koch, over Karl-Birger Blomdahl and Sven-Eric Johanson, to Bengt Hambraeus and Gunnar Bucht. With two exceptions, these are all world premiere recordings, performed by one of Sweden's foremost guitarists, Marten Falk. Marten Falk is one of Sweden's most multi-faceted guitarists, with repertoire ranging from 16th century vihuela music over Russian 19th century Romantics until today's hardcore contemporary music. Album Tracks 1. Tre Episodi~I. Intermezzo 2. Tre Episodi~II. Notturno 3. Tre Episodi~III. Capriccioso 4. Variations on a Swedish Folk Melody 5. Seven Concert Etudes~I. Andante 6. Seven Concert Etudes~II. Vivace 7. Seven Concert Etudes~III. Poco lento 8. Seven Concert Etudes~IV. Allegro vivace 9. Seven Concert Etudes~V. Tempo di valse 10. Seven Concert Etudes~VI. Andante sostenuto 11. Seven Concert Etudes~VII. Allegro vivace 12. Heiteres Stück 13. Rondeau 14. Toccatacapriccio 15. Reconsidering Beckmesser 16. Lugete, o Veneres Cupidinesque