Description:

Genre-crossing Francesco Tristano returns to his roots with a new studio album that uniquely juxtaposes Renaissance and early Baroque works with his own Baroque-style piano compositions. It features Renaissance keyboard works by Italian composer Girolamo Frescobaldi, English composer and organist Orlando Gibbons, John Bull, and Peter Phillips. Some tracks are played directly from the originals, while others are based on Renaissance originals and improvised by Tristano, making the entire album not just a collection of works from an older era, but a fascinating mix of classical and neo-classical music. (C)RS