L'Arpa Barberini: Music for harp and soprano in Early Baroque Rome

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Köll’s hands weave their magic on a modern replica that produces a beguiling dynamic range of sonorities in a rippling toccata by Kapsberger and several pieces by Frescobaldi, and her partnership... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2016 More…

Release Date: 12th Feb 2016
Catalogue No: ACC24310
Label: Accent
Length: 63 minutes

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Kapsberger: Libro IV d'intavolatura di chitarrone

Work length2:16

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Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Libro IV d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Toccata seconda arpeggiata

Track length2:16

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Rossi, Luigi: Or che l'oscuro manto

Work length6:11

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Michi: Spera mi disse Amore

Work length5:29

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Quagliati: Toccata dell'Ottava Tuono (Il Transilvano, 1593)

Work length3:47

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Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Frescobaldi: Se l'aura spira spira tutta vezzosa

Work length3:30

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Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Michi: Sospiri che uscite dall'arso mio sen

Work length2:24

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Frescobaldi: Fantasia

Work length3:22

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Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Michi: Dolce frutto amor compose

Work length1:47

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

anon.: Madre non mi far monaca

Work length0:48

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Frescobaldi: Parte sopra lamonicha

Work length6:11

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Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

anon.: Chigi Manuscript

Work length3:33

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Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Balletto [Chigi Manuscript]

Track length3:33

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Michi: Perché cor mio

Work length3:51

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Frescobaldi: Toccate e partite d'intavolatura, Book 2

Work length5:03

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Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Toccate, canzone, versi d'hinni, Magnificat, gagliarde, correnti, Book 2: Toccata ottava, "di durezze e ligature"

Track length5:03

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Frescobaldi: Canzona

Work length4:16

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Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Rossi, Luigi: Passacaille del Seigr Louigi

Work length3:11

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Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Michi: Alma che ti sollevi

Work length3:38

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Toccate e partite d'intavolatura, Book 2

Work length1:14

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Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Toccate, canzone, versi d'hinni, Magnificat, gagliarde, correnti, Book 2: Corrente quinta

Track length1:14

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Rossi, Luigi: Mio ben teco il tormento …

Work length3:28

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Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Margret Köll (harp)
Recorded: 22-23 October / 11-12 November 2014
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Martin, Bursins, Switzerland

Mio ben, teco il tormento più

Track length3:28

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A painting by Giovanni Lanfranco (c. 1630) at the Palazzo Barbarini in Rome shows Venus playing on a wonderful Baroque harp. This harp – owned by Cardinal Maffeo Barbarini, the later Pope Urban VII – still exists. It is an extraodinary instrument, not only from an optical but also from a musical point of view: the strings are arranged in three rows, which enables chromatic playing in all keys. This is the Arpa Barberini, which can be visited at the Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali in Rome today, a testament to musical performance at the court of the Barberini during the first half of the 17th century.

On the present CD, this important instrument features in musical repertoire of the same place and time. The Italian soprano Roberta Invernizzi sings arias and scenes from monodic composers, who were connected with the Barberini court; Margret Köll accompanies on a copy of the Arpa Barberini, built in 2007 by Eric Kleinmann, and also plays solo pieces by other Roman composers.

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May 2016

Köll’s hands weave their magic on a modern replica that produces a beguiling dynamic range of sonorities in a rippling toccata by Kapsberger and several pieces by Frescobaldi, and her partnership with Roberta Invernizzi yields radiant performances of songs by composers employed by the Barberini…gorgeous music-making

May 2016

The use of a copy of such a renowned instrument as the Arpa Barberini is its main asset but it is also the quality of the music which makes this disc an unequivocal success … The collaboration of Margret Köll and Roberta Invernizzi turns out to be an ideal partnership where both use their respective qualities for an expressive and penetrating interpretation of this fascinating repertoire.

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