Vincenzo Bonizzi: Complete Works for Viola Bastarda (Venice 1626)

Little is known of Vincenzo Bonizzi’s life, but he lived and worked mostly in Parma, and is remembered by music historians for writing the last work for the viola bastarda published in 1626. The viola bastarda was described as ‘the queen of instruments’ – it stands midway between tenor and bass viols in terms of size and tuning. Bonizzi’s Alcune opere di diversi auttori is a mixture of original music and pieces drawn from numerous sources, all of which are of high musical value and technical difficulty.

Title: Complete Works for Viola Bastarda (Venice 1626)
Composer: Vincenzo Bonizzi

Performers:
Paolo Biordi, viola bastarda
Andrea Perugi, harpsichord

Barcode: 8007144080457
CDS8045
Category: Classical | Instrumental
Formats: Physical and digital
Audio Format: DDD
Audio resolution: SD (44-16)/HD (192-24)/ADM/Flac
Notes: Ita / Eng
Recording place: 'Rosso Fiorentino - recording & listening space',
Firenze, Italy
Recording date: 14th - 17th November 2022
Packaging: Jewelbox
Duration: 50:20 min.

Featured tracks: Tracks Nos. 01 and 07

Album Mood: brilliant, melancholy, sweet, relaxing

Instruments specific details:
Viola Bastarda (with gut strings): Paolo Biordi, Certaldo (FI) 2021, from M.Praetorius “Syntagma Musicum” 1619
Harpsichord: Franco Barucchieri, Firenze 1983, copy from an Italian Anonymous, early 17th Century (Museo Stibbert, Florence)

RELEASE DATE: 18th October 2024

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