Con arte e maestria: Virtuoso violin ornamentation from the Italian Baroque Fifty Will Dawes (director)

Will Dawes (director)

Selected from across Marais’ five volumes of Pièces de Viole

This album represents the final recording made at Finchcocks Musical Museum

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Con arte e maestria: Virtuoso violin ornamentation from the Italian Baroque Fifty Will Dawes (director)Oliver Webber (violin) Steven Devine (harpsichord & organ) The decades around 1600 bore witness to the flourishing of a remarkable musical tradition: the art of diminution, in which simple melodies were given exquisitely virtuosic embellishments, effectively creating new works. One such creation, Francesco Rognonis ornamentation of Palestrinas Io son ferito, was captioned con arte e maestria with art and mastery referring to the consummate