Valentini/ Acronym - Oddities & Trifles Format:CD trained in the classical Carnatic

trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition and Western classical music

Critically acclaimed it was nominated for a Grammy Award

performed here in Luciano Berio's orchestration by Marta Senn and the Simon Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela under the baton of Eduardo Mata

Latin America and North America

Valentini/ Acronym - Oddities & Trifles Format:CD trained in the classical CarnaticACRONYM's latest release is the first recording devoted entirely to the instrumental music of Giovanni Valentini, who for more than twenty years was Hofkapellmeister of the Holy Roman Empire before fading into obscurity. This CD pairs selections from Valentini's published 1609 canzonas with his later manuscript sonatas (many containing strange chromaticism and metric eccentricities), and consists almost entirely of premiere recordings. Alex Ross (The