Pellegrini & Padovano: Complete Organ Music

This collection of Toccatas, Ricercars and Canzones by Annibale Padovanoand Vincenzo Pellegrini comprises examples of all the main forms o fItalian organ music of the Renaissance, the Golden Age in which keyboardmusic flourished and huge leaps of development were made.

Padovano was an organist at the famous San Marco in Venice, while Pellegrini was Maestro di Cappella at the Milan Cathedral, both composers made valuable contributions to the development of the keyboard style, in which imitative elements and a healthy dose of ornamentation and virtuosity found their place.

Played on the 1565 historic organ of Graziadio Antegnati organ in theBasilica of Santa Barbara in Mantua, Italy. Luca Scandali is one of theforemost organists of Italy, artist and scholar, who already made severalsuccessful recordings for Brilliant Classics, a.o. by Galuppi, of whichFanfare Classical Magazine wrote: "the performance themselves aresuperb. Organist Luca Scandali understand this repertoire perfectly andrenders it with grace, vitality and imaginative use of varying registrations,all captured in clear, warm recorded sound".

Luca Scandali also wrote the extensive, scholarly liner notes in thebooklet, which also contains all the specifications and photo of the organ.