SOUNDS FEEDING IDEAS
CATALOGUE
The Canzonette by Paolo Rolli (1687–1765) were among the greatest lyrical successes of eighteenth century Europe. The poet, renowned for his cantatas, his extraordinary Italian translation of Milton’s Paradise Lost, and his opera libretti for Porpora and Handel, likely oversaw the musical settings of the Canzonette himself, often reworking compositions by Handel and popular tunes of the time, such as the dance Aimable Vainqueur. Simple yet delightful melodies accompany amorous skirmishes between nymphs and shepherds, while also celebrating wine and the pleasures of love. This collection offers a unique glimpse into the eighteenth-century Arcadian world through the original work of one of its greatest poets. The vocal cast of the recording includes Ann Hallenberg, Giuseppina Bridelli, Chiara Brunello, Francesca Cassinari, Marina De Liso, Valeria La Grotta, Anastasia Terranova.
Track list: 1-24. Paolo Rolli (1687-1765), Canzonette (Complete Collection Recording) | Deluxe edition CD/Book.
Total time: 74:41 | 24 tracks | Recorded at Sala Piatti, Bergamo (Italy), in January 2025 | Recording producer and Sound engineer: Stefano Aresi & Andrea Friggi | Booklet contains liner notes in English by Stefano Aresi and lyrics in Italian and English.
Antonio Farina (fl. 1675)
VENERE E MARTE
Seventeenth-Century Neapolitan Dialogues GL002
Valeria La Grotta, soprano
Mauro Borgioni, baritone
I Musici del Gran Principe
Samuele Lastrucci, director
At the close of the seventeenth century, Farina, Minei, and Netti created some of the most popular pieces of their day. Their dialogues for soprano and bass offer a colorful palette of emotions. This recording presents the first modern performance of several pieces that once enchanted Neapolitan evenings. Their interplay of contrasting passions is a breathtaking musical postcard from the Bay of Naples.
Track list: 1-11. Antonio Farina (fl. 1675), Venere e Marte | 12. Giovanni Lorenzo Minei (1651-1719), Sinfonia from Hor ch'in morbide piume | 13. Giovanni Cesare Netti (1649-1686), Olimpia abbandonata | 14. Giovanni Lorenzo Minei, Sinfonia from Eccomi, o bella | 15-22. Giovanni Lorenzo Minei, Vizio e Umiltà | 23-29. Giovanni Cesare Netti, Filli e Pastore.
Total time: 55:49 | 29 tracks | Recorded at Certosa di Firenze, Firenze (Italy), in November 2023 | Recording producer and Sound engineer: Rino Trasi | Booklet contains liner notes in English by Brad Carlton Sisk and lyrics in Italian and English.
SJUNGANDE DANSER
Singing Dances from the North
GL003
Brú
Krishna Nagaraja
In this recording Brú explores repertoire from the folk dance and song heritage of Sweden, Finland, and Norway. Traditional tunes are blended with musical elements as diverse as baroque, contemporary, and a pinch of heavy metal. Tales about magical beings, spells, hope, and deceit unfold against the alluring backdrop of Nordic nature. The contrast between life and death, love and despair, is sometimes resolved tragically, but at other times with a more humorous, down-to-earth outlook.
Track list: 1. Trall Set | 2. Lappfjärd Set | 3. The Blue Goat Set | 4. Herr Olof | 5. Dansen Ungdom | 6. Martins Begravning | 7. O Tysta Ensamhet | 8. Näcken och Jungfrun | 9. Polska After Somebody in Värmland | 10. Brú(den)s Farväl.
Total time: 48:58 | 10 tracks | Recorded at Kortiston Tila, Ohkola (Finland), in March 2024 | Recording producer and Sound engineer: Anthony Marini & Mikko Murtoniemi | Booklet contains liner notes in English by Krishna Nagaraja & Mats Edén, and lyrics in Swedish, Finnish, and English.
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
SONATE PER CEMBALO op. VII
GL004
Andrea Friggi, harpsichord
In 1758 the London publisher John Walsh, sensing a marketing opportunity, issued a collection of harpsichord sonatas under the name of Johann Adolf Hasse. The volume includes genuine compositions by Hasse alongside some works that are in all likelihood not by him. Walsh’s editorial decisions reveal a discerning musical judgment, and the pieces gathered in the collection are of consistently high quality. The present recording offers the complete set, performed on an original 1768 harpsichord by the Amsterdam builder Carl Fredrik Laescke .
Track list: 1-20. John Walsh's, Sonate per cembalo composte dal Sig.r Giovanni Adolfo Hasse op. VII (Complete Collection Recording)
Total time: 76:27 | 20 tracks | Recorded at Schuilkerk De Hoop, Diemen (The Netherlands), in November 2025 | Recording producer: Riccardo Casamichiela | Sound engineer: Andrea Friggi | Booklet contains liner notes in English by Andrea Friggi.
METAMORPHOSEN
Memories, Traces, Rebirths
GL005
Luca Quintavalle, harpsichord
RELEASE: 4 September 2026
Luca Quintavalle brings together composers from different generations and aesthetic backgrounds, to reveal a remarkable plurality of musical languages, where historical forms, transcriptions and new works intersect. Through these works, past and present meet in a continuous process of musical metamorphosis, and the harpsichord emerges as a living medium of invention. .
Track list: 1-6. Wolfgang Rihm (1952-2024), Sechs Preludes | 7. Joan Magrané Figuera (1988), Fantasia sobre Una matinada fresca | 8. Maurilio Cacciatore (1981), Breve VII | 9-11. Alex Nante (1992), Tres preludios para Jacobo Fijman sur la folie et la sainteté | 12. Benjamin Attahir (1989), La Capricieuse | 13-14. Luis De Pablo (1930-2021), Dos improvisaciones para clave | 15-17. Hans Abrahamsen (1952), Three American Studies | 18. Mikel Urquiza (1988), Contrapluma | 19. Régis Campo (1968), Perpetuum mobile | 20. Chris Dench (1953), ‘…flickering instantiation…’ | 21. Régis Campo (1968), Pagamania !
Total time: 71:29 | 21 tracks | Recorded at Fondazione Science & Music, Montecastelli Pisano (Italy), in September 2025 & January 2026 | Recording producer & Sound engineer: Victor Osadchev | Booklet contains liner notes in English by Luca Quintavalle.