Suites and Variations

KTC 1532 . 1CD . 8711801015323 . 04/05/2015 . None

Suites and Variations

Composer(s):
  • Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)
Artist(s):

“Anyone with the good fortune to have played or studied under the guidance of the renowned Bernardo Pasquini in Rome, or who has at least heard or seen him play, has been privileged to observe the truest, noblest, and most beautiful style of playing and accompanying.” (Francesco Gasparini, L’armonico pratico al cimbalo, Venice, 1708, p. 62)

Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710) is considered as the most important Italian composer of keyboard music between Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643) and Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757). Together with Alessandro Melani (1639–1703), Alessandro Stradella (1644–1682) and Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725), he was also one of the most successful composers of Roman oratorios and operas. And as a harpsichordist he was a sorts of alter ego of the highly revered Archangelo Corelli (1652–1713). Both often worked together and, along with Alessandro Scarlatti, were honourably admitted into the Accademia dell’Arcadia on 26 April 1706. Numerous pupils made the pilgrimage from all over Europe to study with Pasquini, including Francesco Gasparini, Giovanni Maria Casini, Georg Muffat, Johann Philipp Krieger and Domenico Zipoli. George Frideric Handel and Domenico Scarlatti must also have known the composer and his playing.

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Track listing

1 Corrente con Variazione in A. la mi re 02:28
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
2 Suite in e - Alemanda (I)* „per l´inglese di Scozia“ 02:19
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
3 Suite in e - Corrente 01:23
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
4 Suite in e - Giga 00:37
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
5 Suite in e - Gavotta 00:41
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
6 Tastata in g „per il Signor Melani“ 02:39
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
7 Partite diverse di Follia in d 07:47
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
8 Suite in B - Alemanda X 02:24
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
9 Suite in B - Corrente 02:10
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
10 Suite in B - Giga 01:03
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
11 Toccata Quinta in e 03:09
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
12 Variazioni in c „per Francia“ 05:38
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
13 Suite in h - Alemanda IX 03:35
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
14 Suite in h - Corrente 00:59
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
15 Suite in h - Bizzaria 00:42
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
16 Variazioni in C (per Petronilla) 07:56
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
17 Toccata in B 03:18
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
18 Suite in g - Alemanda (IV) 02:28
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
19 Suite in g - Corrente 01:02
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
20 Passagagli in g 03:21
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
21 Variazioni d`Invenzione in d. sol re - I-IV 06:35
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
22 Variazioni d`Invenzione in d. sol re - V-VII 'in Corrente' 04:06
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
23 Variazioni d`Invenzione in d. sol re - VIII-XI 06:23
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
24 Suite in a - Alemanda V 02:48
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
25 Suite in a - Corrente 01:06
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
26 Suite in a - Giga 00:46
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'
27 Suite in a - Bizzaria 00:51
artists: 'Lydia Maria Blank'
composers: 'Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710)'