Italian Harpsichordists On Guitar

“The guitar is an expressive harpsichord” declared the composer Claude Debussy after a concert by the Catalan guitarist, Miguel Llobet. The classic guitar has benefited, more than most other instruments, from arrangements of music of many genres. Renaissance and Baroque music especially suit the timbre and range of the guitar and keyboard music is ideal for playing on the guitar, often direct from the original score. Debussy’s comment may be unjust to harpsichordists, but the expressive limits of the guitar may be said to outweigh those of the harpsichord. Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643 )was born in Ferrara, one of the most musically stimulating cities in Italy at the end of the 1500s. He was organist of St Peter’s, Rome and is said to have also been a magnificent harpsichordist. His influence spread not just through Italy, but also north of the Alps.

1: Passacaglia, F2.28
2: Aria Con Variazioni Detta 'La Frescobalda'
3: Aria Di Ballo
4: Giga (Presto)
5: Allegro
6: I. Preludio
7: II. Corrente
8: III. Sarabanda
9: IV. Giga
10: Partita Sopra L'aria Della Follia Da Espagna
11: Allegro in G Major (Allegretto Con Grazia)
12: Allegro Con Brio
13: Allegro
14: Sonata No. 58
15: Sonata No. 53
16: Sonata No. 61
17: Sonata No. 47
18: Sonata, K1
19: Giga/Minuetto
20: Sonata, K27
21: Sonata, K159
22: Allegro (Toccata)

Composer: Gaetano Grieco, Domenico Alberti, Domenico Zipoli, Bernardo Pasquini, Domenico Scarlatti, Domenico Cimarosa, Benedetto Marcello, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Pietro Domenico Paradisi

Number of Discs: 1

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