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the violinist Henryk Wieniawski
It's been a good time recently to be a fan of Graham Day
who was also a falsettist
especially known for her jazz interpretations of classical pieces and styles
and went into the studio at Big Bad Sound in Los Angeles to carve out an album of material that "is more our own than ever before
Mortua Dulce Cano/ Various - Mortua Dulce Cano Fulfilled By FYE the violinist Henryk WieniawskiDum vixi tacui; mortua dulce cano: "While I lived I was silent; dead, I sing sweetly." Found in the portrait of the sixteenth century lute maker Gaspar Tieffenbrucker, these words, spoken by the imaginary tone wood used for centuries in the manufacture of string instruments, fittingly depict it's double life. This recording celebrates a historical instrument, whose voice time did not manage to silence: the so called "Presbyter" (although in actual
