Trabaci: Ancidetemi pur, per l'Arpa

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.

Este Libro es de Don Luis Rossi, kept in the British Library in London, is a faithful representative of the musical tastes of the early baroque. It is a hand-written manuscript in which the young Luigi Rossi, during the time of his service to the Court of Naples, noted highly significant pieces by composers who had been important to him during his training, and had fed his imagination.

Early music harp expert Frances Kelly traces the development of the harp from the simple medieval instrument, via gothic, double and triple harps to the modern double action harp. She brings each harp to life with suitable music of its day.