Maximilian Ehrhardt – Diminutions (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:07:22 minutes | 2,74 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Carpe Diem Records Berlin
Presumably in the second half of the 16th century, a form of harp was developed in Italy to enable players to meet the growing musical demands of the time. By adding one or two parallel rows of strings, the “arpa doppia” – a double harp – was created, which appears under this name in historical sources. This instrument was used prominently in Claudio Monteverdi’s opera “L’Orfeo” (1607), when Orpheus begs the ferryman Charon in the underworld to take him to the ruler of the realm of the dead in order to save his beloved Eurydice. However, apart from this famous ritornello, only a few compositions specifically for this type of harp have survived from the 17th century. Although the “Arpa Doppia” is listed as an accompanying instrument in some vocal collections of the time, apart from a few original solo works by the Neapolitan composers Ascanio Mayone (1570-1627), Giovanni Maria Trabaci (1575-1647) and Gregorio Strozzi (1615-1687), there are fewer than ten pieces specifically for this instrument.
Tracklist:
01. Maximilian Ehrhardt – GAME 10-4-1 Diminuendo (08:34)
02. Maximilian Ehrhardt – Ancidetemi pur d’Archadelt passagiato (06:04)
03. Maximilian Ehrhardt – Susanna’s lament (04:53)
04. Maximilian Ehrhardt – Susana (05:25)
05. Maximilian Ehrhardt – Neural Variations (06:02)
06. Maximilian Ehrhardt – Est-ce Mars (05:24)
07. Maximilian Ehrhardt – Bucolic (07:06)
08. Maximilian Ehrhardt – Gaybergier de Toma Crequilion (04:56)
09. Maximilian Ehrhardt – A distant relation (03:44)
10. Maximilian Ehrhardt – Amarilli di Julio Romano (03:32)
11. Maximilian Ehrhardt – Il Matto (05:46)
12. Maximilian Ehrhardt – Io mi son giovinetto (05:49)