Corrado Rojac - Romanze per voce e armonica a mantice di Giuseppe Greggiati (1842-1843) (2023) Hi-Res

The reconstruction of the instrument of the time, thanks to its description provided to us in the smallest details by Giuseppe Greggiati, gives us back the sound of the accordions or, better, harmonics of the nineteenth century. And with it their musical dimension. Greggiati writes for bellows harmonica, giving us the first repertoire for this instrument, and it absolutely had to be disclosed, on the copy of the instrument of the time, from which my first recording of music for bellows harmonica, the first box set.

The discovery of a further repertoire for voice and bellows harmonica by the same author is also of absolute importance. This is the reason for another recording, another CD-DVD box set, this time dedicated to the chamber dimension of Giuseppe Greggiati's bellows harmonica. In both cases it is an interesting repertoire, inspired above all by the Italian bel canto, therefore by Rossini, but also by Donizetti and Bellini.

All this stems from a contact made with the Municipal Library of Ostiglia, in the province of Mantua, which manages the "Fondo Greggiati" and the manuscripts of the musician from Ostiglia, to whom all my gratitude goes.