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Laura La Vecchia

A solo album of 17th century Italian music by the young Italian theorbo player Laura La Vecchia. The theorbo, with its unique tuning and bass strings, played an important role not only as a passive bass instrument but also as a solo instrument. Kapsperger opened up and popularized the possibilities of this new solo instrument, and Piccinini was involved in the invention of the archlute and pioneered its language into the theorbo. Castaldi pursued tonal beauty and extreme virtuosity “without speed,” and Bartolotti combined Italian and French diction. Laura La Vecchia’s 14-course theorbo vividly depicts a variety of sounds.Tokyo M-Plus