Giovanna Riboli - Organ of the Badia FiorentinaThe organ of the Badia Fiorentina monastery in the centre of Florence is one of the finest surviving examples of an Italian renaissance organ, completed in 1558 by the Tuscan organ builder Onofrio Zeffirini. The characteristically Italian timbre of the organ and it's historical temperament make it the perfect instrument for performing repertoire from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. In her own booklet note introduction to the repertoire on this

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Lorin Maazel - Requiem in D minor

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Dieltiens and Naessens show that the impressive keyboard instrument can be used in a variety of ways in the continuo to present colorful and powerful Italian music of the 17th and 18th centuries