Frescobaldi: Toccate e partite d’intavolatura di cimbalo, libro primo

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As Christophe Rousset observes, writing for the harpsichord requires an understanding of the instrument’s limitations to turn them to advantage – admirably exemplified here. Rousset’s firm touch... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 19th Apr 2019
Catalogue No: AP202
Label: Aparté
Length: 86 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

August 2019

Instrumental Choice
International Classical Music Awards

2019

Nominee - Baroque Instrumental

Frescobaldi: Recercari et canzoni franzese fatte sopra diversi obblighi in partitura, libro primo (1615)

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Christophe Rousset (soloist)

Toccata prima, F 2.01

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Cento partite sopra passacagli, F 2.29

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Toccata nona, F 2.09

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Partite sopra l'aria della Romanesca, F 2.13

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Toccata ottava, F 2.08

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Partite sopra l'aria di Monica, F 2.37

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Toccata decima, F 2.10

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Balletto terzo, corrente e passacagli, F 2.26

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Toccata terza, F 2.03

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Partite sopra l'aria di Follia, F 2.16

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Toccata sesta, F 2.06

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Quatro correnti, F 2.20

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Toccata settima, F 2.07

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Balletto e ciaccona, F 2.32

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Toccata Seconda, F 2.02

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Balletto Primo, F 2.21

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Balletto Secondo, F 2.24

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Frescobaldi brilliantly combines improvisation and architecture. These qualities resonate with the discography of harpsichordist Christophe Rousset, whose choice of repertoire and interpretation are adventurous and serious at the same time.

Frescobaldi’s counterpoint goes along with the finest art of singing, inherited from the Italian madrigal and the flexibility of his language highlights the virtuosity of his compositions.

Christophe Rousset recorded toccate and partite on a beautiful and original harpsichord of the late 16th Century. Its sound faithfully testifies for the significant place of this First Book of harpsichord pieces in the nascent modernity of Frescobaldi. If the modal harmonies are still old-fashioned, the free beat and subtle melodies make it an indisputable baroque master, admired from Italy to France and Germany: Bach is said to have had a copy of his Fiori musicali.

This new disc by Christophe Rousset reveals the first treasures composed specifically for the harpsichord. Its repertoire was served from the beginning by musicians whose expressive boldness recalls in a musical way Caravaggio’s chiaroscuro.

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August 2019

As Christophe Rousset observes, writing for the harpsichord requires an understanding of the instrument’s limitations to turn them to advantage – admirably exemplified here. Rousset’s firm touch and steady tempos are well suited to these toccatas and suites, as is his instrument: a late 16th-century Bolognese harpsichord whose richness of tone well honours Frescobaldi’s soundworld.

July 2019

Nowhere is the marriage of sensational instrument and perceptive musician more apparent than in Rousset’s beguiling playing of the colossal Cento partite sopra passacaglia – an 11-minute tour de force bursting with daring chromaticism. Rousset’s experienced interpretations display an unerring sense of contrapuntal direction that conveys madrigalian freedom and soulful melodicism.

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