ROSA DEI VENTI (Die Windrose/ The Wind Rose) Fiori Musicali Austria

• Fiori Musicali Austria:
• 1Austria: Sicilian - Mamma mi l’ati persu lu rispettu01:54
• 2Austria: Neapolitan - Lu guarracino04:05
• Nicola Matteis (1650 - 1713):
• 3Matteis: Nicola Matteis - Aria amorosa06:13
• Fiori Musicali Austria:
• 4Austria: Sicilian - Cu ti lu dissi03:24
• 5Austria: Traditional Griko - Oriamu pisulina04:08
• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736):
• 6Pergolesi: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Sinfonia in F major for Cello and Harpsichord - Comodo – Allegro – Adagio - Presto06:32
• Nicola Matteis:
• 7Matteis: Nicola Matteis - Ground after the Scotch humour02:27
• Fiori Musicali Austria:
• 8Austria: Apulian - Tarantella di Sannicandro02:10
• Nicola Matteis:
• 9Matteis: Nicola Matteis - Aria malinconica02:37
• Fiori Musicali Austria:
• 10Austria: Sicilian - Ninna nanna04:40
• Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801):
• 11Cimarosa: Domenico Cimarosa - Sonata in A minor - Siciliano01:59
• 12Cimarosa: Domenico Cimarosa - Sonata in B-flat major - Allegro01:58
• Emanuele Barbella (1718 - 1777):
• 13Barbella: Emanuele Barbella - Sonata IV in G minor - Alla Napolitana, sul fare di Pulcinella04:00
• Fiori Musicali Austria:
• 14Austria: Neapolitan - Tarantella napoletana01:26
• 15Austria: Traditional Griko - Aremu rindineddha03:31
• Total Runtime51:04

Info for ROSA DEI VENTI (Die Windrose/ The Wind Rose)

Baroque world music - Four musicians, a Sicilian, a Catalan, a South Tyrolean of Italian origin (with Slovenian roots) and a Viennese, meet in Vienna to play together out of love for baroque and traditional music from southern Italy. Coming from all points of the compass, like the 'Rosa dei Venti - the wind rose', the sounds of violin, cello and harpsichord mingle in an intimate embrace with the intense songs of southern Italian world music. With the programme 'ROSA DEI VENTI', the Ensemble Fiori Musicali Austria draws on the rich musical tradition of southern Italy, which has its roots in various cultures. The programme focuses on serenades and love songs in Griko, a language that combines ancient Greek, Byzantine-Greek and Italian elements and is spoken in the Magna Graecia region of southern Italy's Apulia (Salento) and occasionally in Sicily. The songs are part of the traditional music of the Greek colony in Italy. The songs from Sicily are touching with their rough tenderness and are reminiscent of the most diverse oriental and Arabic influences from the Mediterranean region. The programme combines music from the southern Italian Renaissance and Baroque periods with folk songs. Different variations of the tarantella add a dance-like note to the programme.

Fiori Musicali Austria:

Irene Coticchio, voice, tambourine
Alenka Brecelj, baroque violin, back voice
Carles Muñoz Camarero, baroque cello, back voice
Marinka Brecelj, harpsichord, conductor

Fiori Musicali Austria
The ensemble Fiori Musicali Austria was founded by harpsichordist Marinka Brecelj with the idea of playing early music from Italy. The programming has expanded over the years, and even though the focus has remained on Italy, crossover elements currently enrich the musical spectrum. The ensemble's repertoire is constantly opening up to elements of traditional Italian, Sephardic, Turkish, Syrian or South American music.

Marinka Brecelj
was born in Bolzano, where she received her diploma in piano as a concert subject. She then studied harpsichord, piano and ensemble conducting at the Vienna Conservatory and the "G. Verdi" Conservatory in Milan. At the same time she studied musicology at the University of Bologna where she graduated with distinction in 1994.

As a harpsichordist she has performed in several cities in Italy, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Slovenia, Colombia, Peru and Mexico. She has participated in several festivals and concert cycles as a soloist (Wiener Festwochen, Intenationales-Komponistinnen-Festival in Kassel, Jeunesse in Milan, Festival Alte Musik Rovinj).

In 2002 she founded the early music ensemble "fiori musicali austria" with which she performs extensively.

Her extensive repertoire includes works from the Baroque period as well as contemporary compositions; some of them have been dedicated to her.

Booklet for ROSA DEI VENTI (Die Windrose/ The Wind Rose)