anon.: Toccata

Mara Galassi is active as a soloist (on a variety of instruments, from the Gothic harp, to Renaissance harps with brays to double and triple row instruments) and has worked with many of the best ensembles in the European early music field.

As musicologist Mara Galassi has carried out extensive research in the field of historical harps: Her first solo recording on Glossa was 'Il viaggio di Lucrezia', a historical fantasy based on the travels of harpist Lucretia Urbana between 1584 and 1615 and featuring the music from Galassi’s beloved Italian 17th century with composers active in Italy at the time and played on an arpa doppia.

This collection of works from the baroque, classical and early romantic periods, demonstrates the enormous range of the large Holzhey organ at the former Abbey church in Rot an der Rot. Played by organ expert Franz Raml, we can hear the instrument in all its glory.