Performers:
Cristina Majero (tibiae, fistulae, lyra, syrinx, bucina, vox,
tympanum), Roberto Stanco (tibiae, fistulae, lyra, bucina, tympanum,
scabillum, rhombus), Gaetano Delfini (tuba, bucina, sistrum), Marco
Brunelli (cornu, bucina, crotala), Daniele Ercoli (obliquum calamum,
tympanum), Anna Cirigliano (danza, cymbala, tintinnabulum), Paola
Nappi (danza, cymbala, tintinnabulum)
Playing time: 55' 28"
Recording site and date:
Kiki Studio, ??? [2001 or prior], rel.: 2001
Comments:
Information from owned CD.
There is no Emmuty label number on the CD, VE 003 is the catalogue
number.
In 364 BC. Rome was afflicted by a terrible pestilence. In order
to appease the anger of the Gods, LVDI SCÆNICI were created
which featured "Ludiones" (Etruscan dancers and actors)
who "dancing to the sound of tibia without singing themselves
and without miming the meaning of the sound, moved, not without
grace, in Etruscan manner" (Livy VII, 2)
Some musical instruments of that period have survived and there is
an abundance of figurative illustrations. This material together
with description by Latin authors has enabled us (Lvdi Scænici)
to reconstruct these instruments and therefore allow us to here
(sic!) their sounds and combinations. We are able to reproduce a
plausible choreography thanks to the large number of image of dance.
(from CD leaflet).
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