{"product_id":"5425004841728","title":"Bruce Dickey - La Nobilta di Milano -Music from the City of the Spanish Viceroys :The Breathtaking Collective, Cappella Mariana - Import CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce Dickey\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA three-dimensional soundscape where vocal motets and instrumental canzoni blend together like a double choir.\nA magnificent dialogue between voice and instruments that flourished in Milan under the Spanish Viceroy!\n\nFrom the high-quality early music label “Passacaille” in Belgium comes an intriguing album that sheds light on “Milan under Habsburg (Spanish Viceroy) rule”—a period often overlooked in the history of Italian music.\n\nAlthough Milan lost its political influence when the Sforza family ceded power and the city became a Spanish possession, it blossomed with a rich, unique culture under the patronage of Archbishop Federico Borromeo.\nAt the heart of this program is the “canzon-motet,” a unique genre found nowhere else outside the Milan region. It features a structure in which a vocal ensemble begins by singing a polyphonic motet, to which an instrumental ensemble responds with a lively canzon, ultimately leading to a musical dialogue between the two, akin to a double choir.\n\nFurthermore, this recording features highly expressive madrigals employing chromaticism by Francesco Rognoni Taeggio—a violin virtuoso and master of improvisational diminutions (passaggi\/ornaments)—as well as highly ornamented versions of Palestrina’s works. Furthermore, to demonstrate the innovative nature of Giuseppe Gallo, who has traditionally been overlooked, the program concludes with his monumental “Magnificat,” written in the canzone-motet form.\n\nLed by world-renowned cornetto virtuoso Bruce Dickey, the instrumental ensemble—along with an elite vocal ensemble spearheaded by Hana Brašiková—skillfully interweaves strings and wind instruments to recreate the three-dimensional, rich acoustic space of Milan during that era.\nTokyo M Plus\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Passacaille","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52699441365281,"sku":"5425004841728","price":3951.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/5425004841728.jpg?v=1779022655","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/products\/5425004841728","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}