Marco Beasley; Kiya Tabassian; Constantinople
Release Date: 30 June 2023
Label: Glossa
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8424562245037
Genres: Classical Early Music
Description
On 3 July 1502, a remarkable letter with a bold and daring proposal went on a ship from Genoa to Istanbul, signed by one of the most brilliant minds of his time: Leonardo da Vinci. It was addressed to Sultan Bayezid II and Leonardo proposed a daring project to the Sultan: the largest bridge in the world over the Golden Horn, 23 m wide, 350 m long and 40 m high! His revolutionary design never saw the light of day; only a sketch in Leonardo's notes has survived.
His revolutionary design never saw the light of day. Some 500 years after Leonardo's death, this recording gives musical expression to his unfinished architectural project and builds the bridge he envisioned between East and West. Ottoman compositions, Persian poems and 16th century Italian
frottole are heard, uniting the popular repertoire of two centres of musical culture of the time: Persia and the Ottoman Empire on the one hand, and Renaissance Italy on the other.
Under the direction of Kiya Tabassian, Italian singer Marco Beasley and the musicians of Constantinople immerse us in the imaginary and audacious world of da Vinci's drawings.
Tracklisting
Soloists, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
Eric Hoeprich, Teunis van der Zwart, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
Jonatan Alvarado; Ariel Abramovich
Graindelavoix; Bjorn Schmelzer
Paolo Pandolfo
Orphenica Lyra; Jose Miguel Moreno
Jose Miguel Moreno; Emma Kirkby
Consort of Musicke, Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley
Joanna Morska-Osinska
Il Giardino Armonico; LSO cond. Hamilton Harty
Ensemble Jerycho, Bartosz Izbicki
Klaus Haidl
The Viadana Collective, Maximilien Brisson
Sollazzo Ensemble, Anna Danilevskaia
Lina Tur Bonet, Musica Alchemica
