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Lirone....

...an instrument which first appeared in the italian renaissance and which was used throughout the following two hundred years primarily to accompany vocal music.

sound sample

from the opera "la morte d'orfeo" by Stefano Landi
Orfeo - Cyril Auvity / Lirone - Claas Harders
Violone - Matthieu Lusson


Oratorios and Operas which I performed :

L'Orfeo   (Claudio Monteverdi)

L'Incoronazione di Poppea  (Claudio Monteverdi)

Vespro della Beata Maria Virgine  (Claudio Monteverdi)

Marienvesper  (Chiara Margarita Cozzolani)

La Morte d'Orfeo  (Stefano Landi)

La Didone  (Francesco Cavalli)

La Calisto  (Francesco Cavalli)

L'Orfeo  (Luigi Rossi)

Madrigals by Caccini, Carissimi, Strozzi and others