L'Estro d'Orfeo & Leonor de Lera - L'arte Di Diminuire (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/176.4 kHz | Time - 69:04 minutes | 2.41 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front Cover
Diminutions, the art of extemporary embellishment or melodic variation, were an essential part of performance practice of the Renaissance and early Baroque periods. The basis of diminutions is the fragmentation of a long note or series of long notes into many shorter and faster ones that move around the original melody. In the 16th and early 17th centuries, a composition as written by the composer was often regarded as raw material and it was normal and even required of musicians to embellish the works performed.