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The eleven toccatas from Frescobaldi’s Secondo Libro, originally printed in 1627, are presented here in a text based on the definitive edition of 1637. Four of the toccatas are clearly intended for organ. In the case of the toccatas Quinta and Sesta, however, the possibility of performance on the harpsichord or organ without pedals, as…
Contents: New Scales · Nothing But Major Thirds · Nothing But Minor Sixths · The World of Fourths · … And Fifths · Skipping Around · Duration · Rhythm · Bitonality · Minor Seconds and Major Sevenths · Tone Clusters · Improvisation.
Commissioned by Carnegie Hall, and first performed at Weill Recital Hall, New York, in 2000 by Kirill Gerstein. Recorded by Charles Rosen on Bridge Records, Winston Choi (l’empreinte digitale), and Ursula Oppens for the Carnegie Hall Millennium Piano Book (released as a book/CD by Boosey & Hawkes, 48002532). The set of two pieces contrasts between…
