Inventio is an inventive project at all levels, beginning with the instrumentation. Marco Ambrosini is one of very few musicians playing nyckelharpa outside the Swedish folk tradition, and Jean-Louis Matinier has similarly taken the accordion beyond any ‘folkloric’ frame of reference. On the present disc, the French-Italian duo plays a programme inspired by the baroque sonatas of Bach and Biber but also by the lyrical cadences of Pergolesi. They adapt and arrange works of each of these masters, and contribute compositions of their own. Following a path from ancient to modern music, they improvise together, finding new sound-colour combinations in the special blending of their instruments…

The album arises from an unusual, but extremely convincing symbiosis of two instruments: the nyckelharpa (also called key fiddle), which has survived in Sweden from the Renaissance to this day and has now become an essential part of Scandinavian musical life beyond this country, unfolds through the numerous resonant strings create their fascinating sound with a dazzling overtone spectrum and at the same time a wonderfully warm smoky depth. In connection with the rich color palette of a symphonic organ, Marco Ambrosini, co-founder of the ensemble Oni Wytars and the organist Eva -Maria Rusche take the listener on a Nordic-inspired sound journey in the footsteps of the composer Edvard Grieg.