Psalterist Franziska Fleischanderl (Photo: Alejandro Gomez)
The salterio or psaltery was the Baroque era’s hammered dulcimer. Franziska Fleischanderl plays a baroque salterio that has survived to this day. She’s joined by soprano Chelsea Zurflüh and Basel’s La Cetra Baroque Orchestra, bringing us works by Corelli, Porpora, Vivaldi, Vinci, Locatelli, and more. Recorded live in concert March 20, 2025 in Basel’s St. Martin’s Church.
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Playlist
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Concerto grosso in D, Opus 6, No. 4
Giovanni Battista Costanzi (1704-1778)
“L’innocenza che rendesti,” Tirsi’s aria from Elpino, Tirsi, e Angelo, cantata a tre voci
Florio Ubaldi (fl. 1708-1746)
Sonata per salterio
Girolamo Chiti (1679-1759)
“Qui tollis peccata mundi,” from Missa O beata trinitas
Girolamo Chiti (1679-1759)
Dicite in gentibus
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Double Mandolin Concerto in G, RV 532
arranged for salterio and violin
Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764)
Introduzioni Teatrali in D, Opus 4, No. 1
Leonardo Vinci (ca 1690-1730)
“Lascerò d’esser spietata,” Berenice’s aria from act 2 of Il Farnace
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
“Lascia omai le brune vele,” from Il delirio amoroso HWV 99
arranged for psaltery
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)Violin Concerto in B minor, RV 387, “Per Signora Anna Maria”
“Ho nel petto un cor sì forte,” Giustino’s aria from act 2 of Il Giustino
Third movement (Allegro) from Violin Concerto in E minor, RV 275 (encore)
Girolamo Chiti (1679-1759)
Dicite in gentibus (encore)
ARTISTS
Franziska Fleischanderl, psaltery
Chelsea Zurflüh, soprano
La Cetra Baroque Orchestra, Basel
Andrea Marcon, conductor
