BASSO OSTINATO Passacaglias & Chaconnes (CD)

Basso Ostinato
Passacaglias & Chaconnes

Giovanni Picchi (16th and 17th century)
1. Pass’e Mezzo (from Intovalatura di Balli d’ Arpichordo, 1621) 5’48
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
2. A New Ground (Z.T682) 2’22
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
3. Chaconne from partita 2 BWV1004
(Transcription P.J. Belder) 12’54
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1657)
4. Ground MB39 7’06
Louis Marchand (1669-1732)
5. Chaconne in D minor
(from Pièces de Clavecin 1702) 3’40
Louis Couperin (1626-1661)
6. Prélude in C M.9 3’36
7. Passacaille in C M.27 5’43
Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783)
8. Fandango in D minor R146 12’08
Bernardo Storace (1637-1707)
9. Ciaconna (1664) 5’52
Georg Muffat (1653-1704)
10. Passacaglia in G minor
(from Apparatus musico-organisticus, 1690) 7’01
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
11. Cento Partite sopra Passacaglia (primo libro di Toccate… 1637) 11’40
Total time 77’58

Pieter-Jan Belder harpsichord
Harpsichords by:
Cornelis Bom after Giusti (2003) (track 1, 4, 9, 11)
Titus Crijnen after Blanchet (2013) (track 3, 8)
Titus Crijnen after Ruckers (2014) (track 2, 5, 6, 7, 10)