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Basso Ostinato: Passacaglias & Chaconnes

1/26/2018, 11 Tracks, 1:17:21

Featuring

  • Pieter-Jan Belder
  • Giovanni Picchi
  • Henry Purcell
  • Ferruccio Busoni
  • Thomas Tomkins
  • Louis Marchand
  • Louis Couperin
  • Padre Antonio Soler
  • Bernardo Storace
  • Georg Muffat
  • Girolamo Frescobaldi

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Instruments

Three different harpsichords are used on this recording, built by Cornelis Bom, Titus Crijnen after Blanchet, and Titus Crijnen after Ruckers.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Pieter-Jan Belder, the harpsichordist, has made over 140 CD recordings, mostly solo and chamber music productions.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

All the pieces on this album, which feature obsessive repetition, are in fact dances.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The pieces on this album were recorded over several years as 'extras' during many recording sessions for other disks.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Pieter-Jan Belder won the Leipzig Bach harpsichord competition in 2000.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album features a collection of ostinato pieces, not necessarily chaconnes or passacailles, but all kinds of pieces that feature obsessive repetition, usually on a harmonic basis.

Source: Booklet

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