"What I have, what is most precious, I will keep in my own name". This is probably the conviction that prompted a number of harpists - from Leonardo Mollica, the most famous virtuoso of the late Renaissance, to Orazio Michi, Marco Marazzoli and Giovan Carlo Rossi (brother of the better known Luigi) - to change their names to Leonardo, Orazio, Marco and Carlo "dall'Arpa" respectively. Although none of them were actually born in Rome, this was the place where their careers took place. Restoring the identity of these musicians is the explicit aim of this recording project. The portraits of these virtuosos of the "Queen of Instruments" are the result of lengthy research, studies, transcriptions and arrangements carried out by Riccardo Pisani and Chiara Granata. The ensemble La Smisuranza, with its unique formation of three double harps, accompanies tenor Riccardo Pisani on this intoxicating musical journey, characterized by lively and ever-changing instrumental textures that alternate moments of intimacy and exuberance in harmony with the poetic text set to music. Pisani, a singer with a "warm, seductive voice" (Diapason), presents the music of his home town following the recent success of La Cetra di Sette Corde (jpc 10736853), a recording dedicated exclusively to the 17th century tenor Francesco Rasi.