CD: Il Cembalo di Partenope: A Renaissance Harpsichord Tale by Catalina Vicens

Il Cembalo di Partenope: A Renaissance Harpsichord Tale, performed by Catalina Vicens First-ever full recording of an almost 500-year-old instrument masterpiece. Experience the haunting beauty of the National Music Museum's 'Neapolitan' harpsichord, ca. 1530 -- the world's oldest playable harpsichord and one of the most significant historic keyboard instruments in existence -- as expertly played by international historic-keyboard artist and scholar Catalina Vicens. Renaissance Neapolitan works from 16th-century composers like Antonio Valente, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, and Marco Antonio Cavazzoni come alive in Vicens' masterful interpretations and on this finely-preserved period instrument.  The CD comes with a free audiobook download of an imaginative story written and narrated by Ms. Vicens herself and accompanied with original music from the CD. About the harpsichord: Unsigned/maker unknown, Neapolitan school, ca. 1530. Inner/outer case. Single manual, C/E-c3 (4 octaves), 1 × 8'. Purch