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Via Wikipedia: Detail from 'The Luteplayer', c.1596, by Caravaggio (1571-1610). Public Domain.
Italian delights for winds, strings, and keyboard instruments, with performances by Piffaro, Gustav Leonhardt, Pallade Musica, and more.
- Domenico da Piacenza: Lioncello vechio. Performed by La Morra.
- Giovanni Battista Bovicelli: Diminutions on 'Io son ferito ahi lasso' by Palestrina. Performed by Bruce Dickey, cornetto.
- Dario Castello: Canzona 'La Cappellina'. Performed by Pallade Musica.
- Girolamo Frescobaldi: Capriccio sopra la bassa fiamenga. Performed by Gustav Leonhardt.
- Giovanni Battista Bononcini: Sonata in A minor for 2 cellos. Performed by Roel Dieltiens and Richte van der Meer.
- Anon.: La morte de la ragione (Pavane) - La traditora (Gagliarda); Bel fiore; La rocha el fuso - El desperato - La lavandara. Performed by Piffaro.
- Marc Antonio Cavazzoni: Perdone moi sie folie. Claudio Veggio: Recercada a 4 No. 1. Performed by Liuwe Tamminga at the Lorenzo da Prato organ in San Petronio, Bologna.
- Maurizio Cazzati: Passacaglio. Performed by La Badinerie.
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