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Sweelinck: Fantasias, Toccatas & Variations

Sweelinck: Fantasias, Toccatas & Variations

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Cover CKD 589
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Classical
Code
CKD 589
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$22.00
  • Praeludium Toccata [21]
    Composer(s) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Artist(s) Richard Egarr

    Praeludium Toccata [21]

    06:07
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  • Phantasia à 4 [5]
    Composer(s) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Artist(s) Richard Egarr

    Phantasia à 4 [5]

    13:44
    $4.60
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  • Paduana Lachrimae [66]
    Composer(s) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Artist(s) Richard Egarr

    Paduana Lachrimae [66]

    05:03
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  • Toccata Primi Toni [20]
    Composer(s) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Artist(s) Richard Egarr

    Toccata Primi Toni [20]

    04:51
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  • Fantasia Crommatica A4 [1]
    Composer(s) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Artist(s) Richard Egarr

    Fantasia Crommatica A4 [1]

    08:09
    $3.40
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  • Toccata [30]
    Composer(s) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Artist(s) Richard Egarr

    Toccata [30]

    04:23
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  • Esce Mars [58]
    Composer(s) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Artist(s) Richard Egarr

    Esce Mars [58]

    05:05
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  • Toccata 2di Toni [24]
    Composer(s) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Artist(s) Richard Egarr

    Toccata 2di Toni [24]

    03:16
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  • Fantasia [3]
    Composer(s) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Artist(s) Richard Egarr

    Fantasia [3]

    09:36
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  • Mein junges Leben hat ein Endt [60]
    Composer(s) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Artist(s) Richard Egarr

    Mein junges Leben hat ein Endt [60]

    06:31
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  • Ut re mi fa sol la à 4 voci [6]
    Composer(s) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Artist(s) Richard Egarr

    Ut re mi fa sol la à 4 voci [6]

    09:24
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Total running time: 76 minutes.

    Album information

    Following his acclaimed Linn debut, One Byrde in Hande, Richard Egarr turns to the music of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck for his new recording of fantasias, toccatas and variations. 

    As well as being a notable composer Sweelinck was a skilled improviser and keyboard virtuoso whose knowledge of the stylistic innovations of his English contemporaries, such as Byrd and Morley, was evident in his work. Egarr performs on a harpsichord designed after Ruckers (1638); its strict ¼-comma meantone tuning highlights the amazing chromaticism present in Sweelinck’s music. This is particularly evident in the famous Fantasia Crommatica, a highly improvisatory, boundary-pushing work that showcases many of Sweelinck’s innovations in keyboard composition.

    Within his lifetime Sweelinck was most celebrated for his variations on the popular tune Mein junges Leben hat ein Endt; Egarr relishes the intricate counterpoint which builds from the simple theme into a masterpiece of inexhaustible invention and limitless variety. A selection of fantasias and toccatas complete the programme in which Egarr’s passion for the harpsichord and Sweelinck’s music are enthusiastically conveyed.