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(more) »rank: 79646from: Arte Nova Classics
:Album Description:The clavicytherium is a harpsichord with an upright case. Because it saved space, and because the sound issued directly into the room, it enjoyed a wide popularity until the late 18th century. It was first mentioned by Paulus Paulirinus of Prague in a treatise circa 1460, and the first drawing of the instrument can be found in a fresco in the Pfarrkirche St. Leonhard in Dornbach (Kärnten, Austria). Like all early keyboard instruments, the clavicytherium was not only an aesthetical-musical sound-producer, but also a cosmological instrumentum--a manifestation of harmonious world numerology in sound. For the then-receding Middle Ages and the emerging Renaissance, ...
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The Essential Tallis Scholars
(more) »rank: 11828from: Gimell UK
:Album Description:The clavicytherium is a harpsichord with an upright case. Because it saved space, and because the sound issued directly into the room, it enjoyed a wide popularity until the late 18th century. It was first mentioned by Paulus Paulirinus of Prague in a treatise circa 1460, and the first drawing of the instrument can be found in a fresco in the Pfarrkirche St. Leonhard in Dornbach (Kärnten, Austria). Like all early keyboard instruments, the clavicytherium was not only an aesthetical-musical sound-producer, but also a cosmological instrumentum--a manifestation of harmonious world numerology in sound. For the then-receding Middle Ages and the emerging Renaissance, ...
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: essential recording:The Hilliard Ensemble bathes these vital vocal works by Josquin in a Mediterranean light: clear, warm, and brilliant. Josquin was a northerner who, like so many other composers of the Renaissance, descended to Italy to pursue his career. The singers bring to life the composer's marriage of the Flemish preoccupation with technique and the southern instinct toward lyricism. This is an extraordinary disc. --Joshua Cody
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: :The son of a lute maker and prominent teacher, Melchior Neusidler was lucky enough to gain the favor of the Fuggers, a rich family of Augsburg bankers: soon his skills as a performer and their passion for his art enable him to make his living from music- despite his difficult character, which discouraged many patrons. Paul O'Dette breathes new life into the music of this now forgotten master, which at one time was to be heard all over Europe
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: :A superb crossover title of enormous appeal to the vast selection of the population that enjoys classical music, but would like to know more about it. From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and the composers who have sought to express in music the deepest of human feelings and emotions. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music - many musical expressions are also explained - with the text illustrated by performances from some of the most highly praised recordings ...
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