Emi Nakajima & Hayao Soneda - La Sprezzatura (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

The fascination of the four instruments played by the two musicians: Italian works of the 16th and 17th centuries - The first album of I Filatori di Musica, focusing on Italian works of the late 16th and 17th centuries, where the fascination of the four instruments played by the two musicians comes into play, and pursuing free expression beyond the research. This is a piece that pursues free expression beyond research.

The duo was formed by Emi Nakajima (recorder/flauto traverso) and Shun Soneida (harpsichord/old harp), who met at the Tokyo University of the Arts. Their repertoire includes music from the Middle Ages to the Baroque. The duo has been active since 2014, and their repertoire ranges from medieval to baroque music. Emi Nakajima graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Instrumental Music, majoring in recorder, and received the Ataka Prize from the university in 2014. She has been active in ensembles such as "Antonello" and "La Libertina" since she was a student at the University of the Arts. 2015 she moved to France, where she studied at the Conservatoire de Lyon, and in 2018 she received the Diploma for Performers DNSPM from the Department of Ancient Music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon.He completed his master's degree at the Conservatory in 2020. He studied the development of the recorder in the 17th century in historical documents, historical instruments and repertoire, and received a scholarship from ADAMI, the French Association for the Management of Copyrights in Music and the Arts, France, in 2022. He has studied recorder with Yuki Hosooka, Shigeharu Yamaoka, Yoshimichi Hamada, S. Mallmeyer, and P. Amon, and traverso with Ririko Maeda and A. Michel. She studied medieval and baroque music theory and improvisation with R. Picazo and B. Janin, and singing with A. Duraforth. Currently, in addition to performing, she gives lessons and lectures on historical performance methods. Shun Soneida was born in Ehime, Japan, and began playing the piano at the age of four, switching to the harpsichord at the age of 17. He graduated from the Department of Instrumental Music at Tokyo University of the Arts with a major in harpsichord, and moved to France in 2015, where he received his diploma in harpsichord and harp performance from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon, and in 2020, he completed his master's degree in harpsichord (basso continuo/chorepétie) at the same school, before returning to Japan.She has studied piano with Keiko Tominaga, harpsichord with Yoko Ishikawa, Naoya Otsuka, Marie Nishiyama, J.M. Aim, Y. Rechsteiner, D. Berner, and A.C. Vinay. She studied classical harp with Marie Nishiyama and A. Moyon, and received a scholarship from ADAMI, the French Society for Management of Copyrights of Musical Arts in 2020. Currently, she is working to promote the appeal of historical performance methods of music from the Middle Ages to the Baroque through concerts and online courses, and as a soloist and ensemble player of each instrument in "Soleil Levant," "Antonello," "Ensemble Academia Musica," He has also collaborated with the ensembles "Vittorio Barocco" and "Musica Rosetta".

Tracklist:
01. Sonata prima a sopran solo
02. Ancor che col partire (Arr. for Flute and Harp by R. Rognoni)
03. Sonata terza a violino solo
04. Seconde stravaganze
05. Sonata seconda a violino solo
06. Vestiva i colli (Arr. for Flute and Harpsichord by F. R. Taeggio)
07. Io son ferito ahi lasso (Arr. for Flute and Harp by F. R. Taeggio)
08. Canzon a una flautin overo corneto
09. Toccata nona
10. Canzon "La Bernardinia"
11. Ballo della battaglia
12. Sonata quinta "La Clemente"
13. La suave melodia


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