Mélodies Méditerranéennes Sonates et Canzonas virtuoses du 17e siècle Duo

The silver Renaissance trombone and the ostentatious claviorganum were once glittering status symbols for Renaissance popes and Baroque princes. Duo GlossArte bring these treasures to life with a colourful journey of timbres around the Mediterranean that celebrates virtuosity as well asheartfelt emotion. The bright, lyrical and contoured sound of the silver trombone is perfectly suited to virtuosic passages, from Renaissance ornamentation to Baroque stylus fantasticus. The expressive richness that Spanish historical trombone virtuoso, Juan González Martínez explores finds an imaginative and charismatic counterpart in the Swiss-born organ and harpsichord specialist Lea Suter. From Venice to Seville, from Naples to Toledo–Duo GlossArte trace the virtuosos of the era. Salaverde’s Canzoniare characterised by rhythmic dance-like episodes and melodic twists reminiscent of Spanish folklore and its Moorish roots. Rhythm, harmony and figuration form a dramatic cycle in Frescobaldi‘s Partite sopra La Monica. His student, Rossi, pushes boundaries in his free fantasyToccata settima which is full of chromaticism, surprising harmonies, and dramatic changes of mood. One of the earliest compositions especially for the trombone is Rognoni's Susanna d'Orlando written in1620 which showcases all the expressive possibilities of rhetoric and ornamentation. Rognoni also skilfully expresses the instrument’s lyrical qualities in Pulchraest anima mea.