Musiche italiane dal XVI al XVIII secolo organo Liborio Grisanti in S. Cristina a Torino Pier Paolo Strona organo Italian Music from the XVIth to XVIIIth century The Liborio Grisanti Organ in the church of St. Cristina, Turin The organ music recorded on this CD has been selected bearing in mind the features and the sound quality of the organ they were played on. The aim was to show the wide variety of sounds which could be drawn from the registers and their combinations. Moreover it should not be forgotten that much of the vitality of this music comes from the special quality of the sound of ancient italian organs. The organ, built in 1748 by Liborio Grisanti, a famous organ-builder from Naples, for the Confraternita in San Michele di Asti, was restaured in 1962 by the Emilio Piccinelli firm, Ponteranica (Bergamo). It was trans- ferred together with the main altar to the church of St. Cristina, San Carlo square, downtown Turin. The organ has one manual keyboard with 45 keys, 4 octaves from “do” to “do” (the first octave is short), 11 registers and a pedal board with one short octave always connected to the manual keyboard. The keyboard is mechanically connected to the pipes. Registers: Principal (P), VIII, XV, XIX, XXII, XXVI, XXIX, Flute VIII, Flute XII, Cornet (2 octaves), the Human Voice. The church of St. Cristina, designed by Carlo Cognengo di Castellamonte in accordance with the wishes of Maria Cristina of France, was built in the XVIIth century. The facade was added by Filippo Juvarra in the early XVIIIth century. The photograph on the cover, by Nicola Strona, shows a view of the Liborio Grisanti organ in St. Cristina’s church, Turin. Audiophile recording made in 2010 Pier Paolo Strona is a civil engineer, researcher in the field of the numerical models of structures, photographer and author of books and calendars. He is a pianist performing both in Italy and abroad, with a repertoire ranging from the most important classical composers to ragtime, Latin American as well as asian music. http://pierpaolo-strona.arty.it Efrem Mirolo is an aerospace engineer and an art lover. He paints, plays dif- ferent instruments and takes photos. Music accompanies his life and inside him it blends with science leading to the design of loudspeakers, recording systems and to their "musical" set-up. Thanks to Guido Donati, who teaches the organ and organ composition at the “Conservatorio Statale di Musica G.Verdi” in Turin, and Luigi Malandra, family doctor and organist, who gave helpful suggestions and advice which clarify many points of interpretation. Strona Libretto cd6 organo_CD 6ante 29/11/10 15:32 Pagina 1
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Musiche italiane dal XVI al XVIII secolo
organo Liborio Grisanti in S. Cristina a Torino
Pier Paolo Strona organo
Italian Music from the XVIth to XVIIIth centuryThe Liborio Grisanti Organ in the church of St. Cristina, Turin
The organ music recorded on this CD has been selected bearing in mindthe features and the sound quality of the organ they were played on. Theaim was to show the wide variety of sounds which could be drawn fromthe registers and their combinations. Moreover it should not be forgottenthat much of the vitality of this music comes from the special quality of thesound of ancient italian organs.
The organ, built in 1748 by Liborio Grisanti, a famous organ-builder fromNaples, for the Confraternita in San Michele di Asti, was restaured in1962 by the Emilio Piccinelli firm, Ponteranica (Bergamo). It was trans-ferred together with the main altar to the church of St. Cristina, San Carlosquare, downtown Turin. The organ has one manual keyboard with 45keys, 4 octaves from “do” to “do” (the first octave is short), 11 registersand a pedal board with one short octave always connected to the manualkeyboard. The keyboard is mechanically connected to the pipes.Registers: Principal (P), VIII, XV, XIX, XXII, XXVI, XXIX, Flute VIII, Flute XII,Cornet (2 octaves), the Human Voice.
The church of St. Cristina, designed by Carlo Cognengo di Castellamontein accordance with the wishes of Maria Cristina of France, was built in theXVIIth century. The facade was added by Filippo Juvarra in the early XVIIIthcentury.
The photograph on the cover, by Nicola Strona, shows a view of the LiborioGrisanti organ in St. Cristina’s church, Turin.
Audiophile recording made in 2010
Pier Paolo Strona is a civil engineer, researcher in the field of the numericalmodels of structures, photographer and author of books and calendars. Heis a pianist performing both in Italy and abroad, with a repertoire rangingfrom the most important classical composers to ragtime, Latin American aswell as asian music.http://pierpaolo-strona.arty.it
Efrem Mirolo is an aerospace engineer and an art lover. He paints, plays dif-ferent instruments and takes photos. Music accompanies his life and insidehim it blends with science leading to the design of loudspeakers, recordingsystems and to their "musical" set-up.
Thanks to Guido Donati, who teaches the organ and organ composition atthe “Conservatorio Statale di Musica G.Verdi” in Turin, and Luigi Malandra,family doctor and organist, who gave helpful suggestions and advice whichclarify many points of interpretation.
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Musiche italiane dal XVI al XVIII secoloorgano Liborio Grisanti in S. Cristina a Torino
La scelta degli autori e delle musiche registrate nel CD è stata fatta avendo sem-pre presenti le caratteristiche dell’organo su cui andavano eseguite, con l’intentodi presentare la ricca gamma di suoni ottenibili dai registri disponibili, anche sepochi, e dalle loro combinazioni, esaltandone la bellezza e l’armonia. Viceversa sideve considerare anche che queste musiche, suonate su uno strumento anticocome l’organo di Santa Cristina, vivono di questi suoni e acquistano valenze diffi-cilmente ottenibili su altri tipi di strumenti più recenti.
L’organo, costruito nel 1748 dal napoletano Liborio Grisanti per laConfraternita in San Michele di Asti, fu restaurato nel 1962 dalla Ditta EmilioPiccinelli di Ponteranica (BG) e trasportato insieme all’altare maggiore nellachiesa di S. Cristina in piazza San Carlo, nel cuore di Torino. L’organo, a tra-smissione meccanica, dispone di una tastiera con 45 tasti, 4 ottave da “do”a “do” con la prima ottava corta, 11 registri e una pedaliera con ottavacorta, collegata sempre alla tastiera.Registri: Principale (P), VIII, XV, XIX, XXII, XXVI, XXIX, Flauto VIII, Flauto XII,Cornetto (2 ottave), Voce umana.
S. Cristina, voluta da Maria Cristina di Francia, fu costruita verso la metàdel ‘600 su progetto di Carlo Cognengo di Castellamonte. La facciata fu rea-lizzata da Filippo Juvarra all’inizio del ‘700.
La fotografia in copertina, di Nicola Strona, presenta la facciata dell’organoLiborio Grisanti in S. Cristina a Torino
Registrazione Audiophile realizzata nel 2010
RegistrazioneD. Zipoli
1. Verso I Ripieno - Verso II PVerso III P, XIX - Verso IV P, VIII
2. Canzona sol minoreP - P, XV - P, VIII, XV
3. Elevazione I - P, Voce umana4. Al Post Comunio - Flauto VIII5. Verso I Ripieno - Verso II P
Verso III P, VIII - Verso IV P, XIX6. Canzona re minore - P, XV7. All’Elevazione II - P, Voce umana8. All’Offertorio - P, VIII, XV9. Pastorale: - P, Cornetto
Flauto VIII - P, Flauto XIIG. Gabrieli
10. Ricercare - P, XVD. Scarlatti
11. Sonata K87 - PAnonimo (Venezia)
12. Verso I P, VIII, XV, XIXVerso II P, Flauto XII - Verso III P, XIX
Bernardo Pasquini (1637 – 1710)13. Partite sopra la Aria della Folia
de EspagnaTema P, Cornetto - Var.1 PVar.2 P, VIII, XV - Var.3 RipienoVar.4 P, Flauto XII - Tema Flauto VIII
Benedetto Marcello (1686 – 1739)14. Fuga (I) - P, XV15. Cantabile - P16. Fuga (II) - P, XV
Baldassare Galuppi(1706 – 1785)
17. Sonata per flautoFlauto VIII, Flauto XII
18. Andante in re minoreP, Flauto VIII
19. Allegro in re minoreP, XV - P - P, XV
20. Largo in fa maggioreP, Voce umana
21. Allegro in la minore - P, XV22. Sonata con risposta di flauto
P, Flauto VIII - Flauto VIII23. Andante in sol maggiore
Pier Paolo Strona ingegnere civile, ricercatore nel campo dei modelli nume-rici di strutture, fotografo, autore di libri e calendari, è attivo come pianistae organista in Italia e all’estero con un repertorio che spazia dai più impor-tanti compositori classici al ragtime, alle musiche latino-americane e a quel-le asiatichehttp://pierpaolo-strona.arty.it
CD Scott Joplin, Ragtime PPS001J.S. Bach, Goldberg Variationen BWV988 PPS002Eastern Echoes (G.I. Gurdjieff & T. De Hartmann) PPS003Valzer Venezuelani del XIX secolo PPS004 Domenico Scarlatti, 19 Sonate PPS005Music from The New Forest at Wessex Institute WITMusic-1
LibriG. Donati, P.P. StronaNel Giardino delle Meraviglie, Una passeggiata all’ombra delle VariazioniGoldberg di J.S. Bach Trauben, Torino, 2008
Efrem Mirolo ingegnere aerospaziale e amante dell'arte, disegna, fotografa,suona. La musica lo accompagna da sempre e in lui si intreccia con la scien-za nella realizzazione di diffusori acustici, di sistemi di registrazione e nellaloro messa a punto "musicale".
Ringraziamenti a Guido Donati, Professore d’organo e composizione organi-stica al Conservatorio Statale di Musica “Giuseppe Verdi” di Torino, e a LuigiMalandra, medico e organista, che hanno contribuito con discussioni, scam-bi di opinioni, suggerimenti e consigli al raggiungimento di una più chiara con-sapevolezza nelle scelte interpretative.
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