La Spagna: 32 Variations sur 'La Spagna'
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COSTANZO FESTA
La Spagna: 32 Variations sur 'La Spagna'
Huelgas-Ensemble / Paul Van Nevel (conductor)
[ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 1 February 2015
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The cycle of 125 variations that Costanzo Festa composed on the 37-note cantus firmus 'La Spagna' is conceived on a scale unique during the Renaissance, and may justly be described as a compositional tour de force. Comparisons with Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Goldberg Variations' are inevitable. This CD offers a first recording of 32 of the variations in instrumental performances using two differently constituted ensembles.
"a remarkable testament to the man's [Festa's] intellectual and imaginative powers." Early Music Review, February 2015
