Frescobaldi Edition /Vol.9 : Il Primo Libro Di Recercari [CD de audio] Roberto Loreggian

Frescobaldi lived exactly a century before Bach. Organist of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome from 1608 until his death in 1643, he was noted for his brilliant improvisations that, according to observers of the time, greatly surpassed his published works. Should we conclude that publications should serve as a canvas for performers, free to adorn and embellish speech as they please... That said, the ricercare principle makes less appeal to free will than, for example, toccata. And precisely, to illustrate this point, the organist Roberto Loreggian precedes each of the ricercares (published in 1615, with great care and precision, under the direction of his rich and powerful protector, Cardinal Aldobrandini) with a toccata by Frescobaldi himself, but handwritten toccatas, therefore freer for the performer's personal interpretation. Loreggian plays an anonymous organ of the Venetian school from the beginning of the 18th century, with many elements of an older instrument from the beginning of the 17th century, located in the church of the Annunciation in Casatico del Marcaria, Lombardy, an instrument lovingly restored recently in the purest style of the time. ©Abeille Musique 20114