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)