| Naxos | The music of Trabaci, like that of Frescobaldi, is only partly designed for the organ. In fact the term Intavolatura di organo (organ tablature) in Frescobaldi’s Toccatas points merely to the form of writing, that for a keyboard instrument. As can be gathered from Trabaci’s Preface to the Readers of Book I, this is music that can be played on any instrument, but more properly on the organ and harpsichord. The same idea is confirmed in the Preface to Book II, although it would seem from certain comments that here the composer prefers the harpsichord. In fact at the head of a composition certainly intended for the organ, the Cento versi sopra li Otto Toni Ecclesiastici (A hundred versets on the eight church modes), written ‘to delight the world and the professional organist’ (per giovare al mondo, ed a chi fa professione d’Organista), he does not hesitate to add that ‘since Nature, … in such fair order, has found an instrument of such worth as the harpsichord, composed of so many keys, I had to, and was able to, make use of it on this sort of occasion, as I have already done’ (già che la Natura … … con sì bell’ordine ha trovato un istrumento di tanto valore, com’è il Cimbalo composto di tanti tasti … … io dovea, e poteva in questa sorte d’occasione avvalermene, come già ho fatto). |
| Disc No: 8.553553-56 | |
| Price: Sek. 295 | |
| Name: Trabaci - Keyboard Music (Book II, 1615) | |
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| Order |
| Composer | Opus | Music | Key | Performer |
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Ricercate Tono I-XII | Andrew Lawrence King, harp Sergio Vartolo, organ | ||
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Cento Versi sopra li Otto finali Ecclesiastici - Primo Tono | |||
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Cento Versi sopra li Otto finali Ecclesiastici - Secondo Tono | |||
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Cento Versi sopra li Otto finali Ecclesiastici - Terzo Tono | |||
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Cento Versi sopra li Otto finali Ecclesiastici - Quarto Tono | |||
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Cento Versi sopra li Otto finali Ecclesiastici - Quinto Tono | |||
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Cento Versi sopra li Otto finali Ecclesiastici - Sesto Tono | |||
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Cento Versi sopra li Otto finali Ecclesiastici - Settimo Tono | |||
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Cento Versi sopra li Otto finali Ecclesiastici - Ottavo Tono | |||
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Toccate | |||
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Canti fermi | |||
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Gagliarde a 4 | |||
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Gagliarde a 5 | |||
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Partite Artificiose | |||
| Trabaci, Giovanni Maria | Ancidetemi pur | |||
| Arcadelt, Jakob | Ancidetemi pur, per l'arpa |