Frescobaldi: Capricci

Frescobaldi: Capricci fatti sopra diversi Soggetti, et Arie

Sergio Vartolo
Tactus 580691 (2 CDs)

Contents:

1. Capriccio I - Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La
2. Capriccio II - La, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Ut
3. Capriccio III sopra il Cucho
4. Capriccio IV - La, Sol, Fa, Re, Mi
5. Capriccio V sopra la Bassa Fiamenga

1. Capriccio VI sopra la Spagnoletta
2. Capriccio VII sopra "Or che noi rimena" in partite
3. Capriccio VIII Cromatico con Ligature al contrario
4. Capriccio IX di durezze
5. Capriccio X di obligo di cantare la Quinta Parte senza toccarla, sempre di obligo del soggetto scritto
6. Capriccio XI sopra un soggetto
7. Capriccio XII sopra l'Aria di Rugiero

Reissued in Tactus 580670

Performers: Sergio Vartolo (harpsichord, tenor - fifth part track CD2#5)

Instrument: Harpsichord (Barthêlêmy Formentelli; copy of contemporary instrument, Rezzonico Venezia)

Playing time: 85'

Recording date: April 1991

The Capricci fatti sopra diversi Soggetti, et Arie (1624) actually continues Frescobaldi's Recercari of 1615. Although the names might suggest wildly different things to us today, the continuity is perhaps aided by mentioning the thoroughly contrapuntal English "fancy."

The work also pays a conscious debt to Luzzaschi in the introduction, as well as showing some similarities to contemporary Portuguese compositions by Manuel Coelho.

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