FLAC (tracks) | Classical | 61:51 | 1CD | 254 MbThe Aurora Consurgens is an alchemical treatise of the 15th century usually attributed to Thomas Aquinas.

Written as a commentary on the Latin translation of the al-Mā’ al-Waraqî wa’l-Ard an-Najmīya (The Silvery Water and the Starry Earth) by Senior Zadith (Ibn Umayl), alchemist of the tenth century, it seems to fit well as a title for the project proposed to Da Vinci Classics by the Ensemble Rosaces.

Their idea of music could be not farther from a philological reconstruction; at the same time, it could be considered even close to an original ancient idea to perform the ancient improvisation performed nowadays.

Hard to define univocally, their performance boundaries spread from an unconventional approach to the music by Matteo da Perugia, with a real alchemical fusion with ancient-like contemporary improvisations that constantly “trope” the original text.

Such a unique idea of performance should not frighten the use of a guitar, an instrument surely not as ancient as the music performed, that, in this “retro-avantgardistic” context, sounds unimaginably well.

Tracklist:01. Dame playsans02. Era Venus03. Dous amis04. Dame d’humeur plaisante05. Près du soloil06. Ne me chaut07. Merçé o morte08. Gais et jolis09. Già da rete d’amor10. Venus