Sweelinck - The Art of Variation: Secular Cycles
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Label: Challenge Classics
Cat No: CC72926
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 27th January 2023
Contents
Works
Allemande Gratie, SwWV318Ballo del Granduca, SwWV319
Est-ce Mars, SwWV321
Ich fuhr mich uber Rheine (Ick voer al over Rhijn), SwWV322
Malle Sijmen (Simple Simon), SwWV323
Mein junges Leben hat ein End, SwWV324
Paduana Lachrymae, SwWV328
Pavana Philippi, SwWV329
Pavana hispanica, SwWV327
Soll es sein, SwWV330
Unter der Linden grune, SwWV325
Von der Fortuna werd ich getrieben, SwWV320
Artists
Fabio Antonio Falcone (harpsichord)Works
Allemande Gratie, SwWV318Ballo del Granduca, SwWV319
Est-ce Mars, SwWV321
Ich fuhr mich uber Rheine (Ick voer al over Rhijn), SwWV322
Malle Sijmen (Simple Simon), SwWV323
Mein junges Leben hat ein End, SwWV324
Paduana Lachrymae, SwWV328
Pavana Philippi, SwWV329
Pavana hispanica, SwWV327
Soll es sein, SwWV330
Unter der Linden grune, SwWV325
Von der Fortuna werd ich getrieben, SwWV320
Artists
Fabio Antonio Falcone (harpsichord)About
Fabio Antonio Falcone presents the well-known sets of variations on secular songs and dances. A specialist in 16th-century keyboard repertoire, Falcone revives these celebrated masterpieces, highlighting the wealth of their contrasting shades in a recording rich in contrasting colours, enhanced by the use of the famous Johannes Ruckers harpsichord (1632/1745) preserved at the Musée d'art et d'histoire in Neuchâtel.
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.
Among Sweelinck's pieces for keyboard instruments, the variations cycles form a significant group. They include variations on chorale melodies, melodies from the Genevan Psalter, Lutheran songs, as well as on secular models. The latter, however, are undoubtedly the most delightful pieces Sweelinck ever composed, for they reveal the composer's lighter, sometimes humorous side. It seems that Sweelinck composed most of the keyboard works in the last two decades of his life. This is evidenced by a mature style, compositional perfection, and unity.
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