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Spiritillo Mediterraneo

Cristina Prats Costa

Label
Pentatone
EAN / barcode
8720929575824
Release date
1 May 2026
Format
Digital
Violist Cristina Prats Costa makes her solo album debut with "Spiritillo Mediterraneo", a vibrant portrait of the sound world of 17th and early 18th-century music characterized by Mediterranean cultures. Inspired by Andrea Falconieri's "Il Spiritillo Brando", the album takes the spiritillo - a mischievous, inspiring spirit - as a metaphor for baroque imagination: a rich wealth of invention, improvisation and richly ornate dialogues. The Mediterranean appears here not as a border, but as a crossroads where Italian virtuosity, Spanish rhythmic fire and French elegance meet. Music by Andrea Falconieri, Nicola Matteis, Gaspar Sanz, Santiago de Murcia, José de Nebra, Heinrich Biber, Jean-Féry Rebel and Antonio Vivaldi reflects this exchange, vividly colored by the use of castanets, which contribute an unmistakable Iberian rhythmic vitality. The Spanish pieces appear in Cristina Prats Costa's own arrangements, making the album's musical journey even more personal. "Spiritillo Mediterraneo" is a deeply personal album that also reflects Cristina Prats Costa's own artistic path. Rooted in her Spanish heritage and shaped by years of performing in Europe, North and South America and Asia, the album places ornament at its center - not as decoration, but as a story. With Italian brilliance, French refinement and the earthy pulse of Spanish dance and guitar traditions, these interpretations combine historical insight with an individual voice. The result is a recording full of rhythmic energy, intimacy and color, guided by a curious, agile and vibrant spirit.
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Tracklist

  1. 01 Il primo libro di canzone: Il Spiritillo Brando 01:02
  2. 02 Il primo libro di canzone: La Suave Melodia 02:42
  3. 03 Il primo libro di canzone: Corriente dicha la Cuella 01:16
  4. 04 Il primo libro di canzone: Brando dicho el Melo 01:10
  5. 05 Sonata No. 5 in E Minor C. 142 11:24
  6. 06 Ayres for the Violin: Aria malinconica. Adagio 03:08
  7. 07 Ayres for the Violin: Ground in E Major 04:38
  8. 08 Ayres for the Violin: Sarabanda amorosa. Adagio 02:49
  9. 09 Fandango (Arr. for Violin, Basso Continuo & Castanets by Cristina Prats Costa) 03:13
  10. 10 Ayres for the Violin: Adagio in A Minor 02:05
  11. 11 Ayres for the Violin: Aria in D Minor 01:27
  12. 12 Españoleta (Arr. for Violin, Basso Continuo & Castanets by Cristina Prats Costa) 06:33
  13. 13 Ayres for the Violin: Giga. Al genio Turchesco 01:01
  14. 14 Ayres for the Violin: Aria. Adagio in C Minor 01:51
  15. 15 Ayres for the Violin: Allegro. Preludio prestissimo 00:58
  16. 16 Ayres for the Violin: Diverse Bizarrie sopra la vecchia Sarabanda ò pur Ciaccona 04:44
  17. 17 Ayres for the Violin: Preludio in A Minor 02:02
  18. 18 Ayres for the Violin: Passaggio rotto. Andamento veloce 02:13
  19. 19 Ayres for the Violin: Un poco di maniera Italiana 01:17
  20. 20 Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 208 "Grosso Mogul": II. Recitativo. Grave 02:25
  21. 21 Ayres for the Violin: Aria ridicola 00:57
  22. 22 Nasce la pena mia (Arr. for Strings by Johann Schop) 06:51
  23. 23 Seguidillas (Arr. for Violin, Basso Continuo & Castanets by Cristina Prats Costa) 02:09
  24. 24 Violin Sonata No. 7 in G Minor: Sarabande 03:54
  25. 25 Ayres for the Violin: Aria burlesca 02:18

Source: MusicBrainz

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