Horst Grimm - The Sordellina Book Cd

Delight yourself with Horst Grimm - The Book of Sordellina Cd

Horst grimm - il libro della sordellina

The Nuremberg-based musician and instrument maker Horst Grimm reconstructed the 'sordellina' parlor flute, which was played in the early Baroque period, based on a manuscript by Giovanni Lorenzo Baldano found in Savona, Italy.

Despite the scant historical information about this two-part instrument, he manages to interpret Baldan's difficult-to-understand tablatures using a variety of sources and combine them into a convincing overall musical picture.

Combined with period instruments, the piece creates a unique document of early 17th century Italian music.

The book of tablatures for playing the sordellina is the only surviving source with music for the sordellina. The author, Giovanni Lorenzo Baldano, compiled it between 1600 and 1603. The content is based on Neapolitan folk songs and dances.

The manuscript also contains several works for human voice with sordellina accompaniment, including four poems by Gabriello Chiabrera (1552-1638).

Horst Grimm, known among others for the Franconian group 'älabätsch', impresses on this CD with his virtuoso bagpipe playing. As a musician and instrument maker, he has been intensively researching and reconstructing this fascinating bagpipe for many years.

Contributors: horst grimm: sordellina at g & d
Barbara Grimm: viola da gamba, vielle, chitarra battente
Thomas Schulz: Vihuela, Chitarone, Battent Chitarra
Johannes Reichert: countertenore
Katharina Dustmann: percussion
Marco Ambrosini: violino d'amore

Playing time: 60:18 minutes
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