Various Composers - Renaissance (Shani Diluka)

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1. John Eccles - The Mad Lover: V. Aire. Ground (arr. Diluka)
2. William Byrd - Pavan and Two Galliards: I. The Earl of Salisbury Pavan
3. Anonymous - My Lady Carey's Dompe (arr. Diluka)
4. William Byrd - Pavana Lachrymae (after Dowland's "Flow My Tears")
5. John Dowland - My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home
6. Girolamo Frescobaldi - Toccate e partite d'intavolatura, Libro 1: Partite cento sopra il passacagli
7. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Panis angelicus (arr. Diluka)
8. Girolamo Frescobaldi - Toccate e partite d'intavolatura, Libro 1: Partite sopra l’aria di Folia
9. Claudio Monteverdi - Sì dolce è'l tormento, SV 332 (arr. Diluka)
10. Henry Purcell - Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in A Minor, Z. 663: I. Prelude
11. Henry Purcell - Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in A Minor, Z. 663: II. Allemande
12. Henry Purcell - Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in G Major, Z. 660: I. Prelude
13. Henry Purcell - Harpsichord Suite No. 2 in G Minor, Z. 661: II. Allemande
14. Henry Purcell - Come, Ye Sons of Art Away, Z. 323: Sinfonia (arr. Diluka)
15. Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: Dido's Lament (arr. Diluka)
16. Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 6 No. 4: II. Adagio (arr. Diluka)
17. Domenico Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, Kk. 87
18. Domenico Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Kk. 159 "La caccia"
19. Domenico Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, Kk. 27
20. Domenico Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 466
21. Domenico Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 141
22. George Frideric Handel - Keyboard Suite in G Minor, HWV 434: IV. Menuet (withalternate Kempff version)
23. George Frideric Handel - Keyboard Suite No. 3 in D Minor, HWV 428: I. Prelude
24. George Frideric Handel - Keyboard Suite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427: I. Adagio
25. George Frideric Handel - Chaconne in G Major, HWV 435
26. Johann Sebastian Bach - Keyboard Concerto, BWV 974: II. Adagio (after Marcello's Oboe Concerto in D Minor)

Shani Diluka, piano

Date: 2025

Label: Warner Classics

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Shani Diluka’s album Renaissance explores the humanist spirit of the Renaissance through works by Byrd, Frescobaldi, Dowland, Monteverdi, and others. Many pieces, rarely heard on modern piano, are performed with a sensitivity that evokes the intimacy of the harpsichord and clavichord. The recording reflects on how Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance traditions shaped the evolution of European classical music.

Shani Diluka, Monaco-born to Sri Lankan parents, is a pianist of rare cultural breadth, bridging Eastern and Western traditions. A prodigy discovered at six through Princess Grace’s talent program, she became the first Paris Conservatoire graduate from the Indian subcontinent, later training at the Lake Como International Piano Academy under mentors like Leon Fleisher and Martha Argerich. Guided by Buddhist values, she approaches music as a path of compassion and humanism. Performing in leading venues worldwide with top orchestras and quartets, her acclaimed discography—ranging from Schubert to cross-cultural projects—reflects intellectual rigor and artistic imagination. A dedicated educator, she also mentors young talents in Sri Lanka.