Fabio Antonio Falcone – The Art of Variation – Secular Cycles (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:40 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Classical
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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, although considered an isolated phenomenon, transformed Amsterdam into the centre of interest for keyboard music. Today, Sweelinck is considered not only one of the most famous organists, but also one of the leading composers of his time and the last great master of Dutch and Flemish polyphony. His work is not conceivable without Venetian and, most importantly, English models. Even though he was not widely travelled, Sweelinck remained amazingly well informed throughout his life.
Despite his fame and importance, not a single work for keyboard instruments survives in an autograph source, not even in a copy authorised by the composer. His keyboard works have survived in some thirty scattered and not always reliable manuscripts. This body of work is far from complete, and the copies mostly date from after the composer’s death. It is thanks to Sweelinck’s pedagogical activity and his numerous students, that the compositions have survived at all.
Tracklist:
1-1. Fabio Antonio Falcone – Ballo del Granduca, SwVW 319 (04:47)
1-2. Fabio Antonio Falcone – Pavana Philippi, SwVW 329 (08:13)
1-3. Fabio Antonio Falcone – Mein junges Leben hat ein Endt, SwVW 324 (05:51)
1-4. Fabio Antonio Falcone – Unter der Linden grune, SwVW 325 (05:12)
1-5. Fabio Antonio Falcone – Ich fuhr mich uber Rheine, SwVW 322 (06:22)
1-6. Fabio Antonio Falcone – Pavana Hispanica, SwVW 327 (02:33)
1-7. Fabio Antonio Falcone – Soll es sein, SwVW 330 (07:51)
1-8. Fabio Antonio Falcone – Von der Fortuna werd ich getrieben, SwVW 320 (03:12)
1-9. Fabio Antonio Falcone – Esce mars, SwVW 321 (04:26)
1-10. Fabio Antonio Falcone – Paduana Lachrymae, SwVW 328 (05:20)
1-11. Fabio Antonio Falcone – Malle Sijmen, SwVW 323 (01:12)
1-12. Fabio Antonio Falcone – Allemande Gratie, SwVW 318 (03:36)
