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Pieter Claesz (c1597-1661), Still-Life with Fruit and Roemer, 1644 - Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

JOHANN JACOB FROBERGER
(Stuttgart, 1616 - Héricourt [Montbéliard], 1667)

6 CAPRICCI & 6 RICERCARI

dal "Libro di Capricci e Ricercate", 1658
(dedicato a Leopoldo I)

• FbWV 501: Capriccio I G-dur
• FbWV 502: Capriccio II a-moll
• FbWV 503: Capriccio III d-moll
• FbWV 504: Capriccio IV F-dur
• FbWV 505: Capriccio V g-moll
• FbWV 506: Capriccio VI C-Dur

• FbWV 401: Ricercare I C-dur
• FbWV 402: Ricercare II G-dur
• FbWV 403: Ricercare III F-dur
• FbWV 404: Ricercare IV C-dur
• FbWV 405: Ricercare V g-moll
• FbWV 406: Ricercare VI cis-moll

JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK
(Deventer 1562 - Amsterdam 1621)

• [6] Variationen a-moll
  Mein junges Leben hat ein End, SwWV 324

JOHANN JACOB FROBERGER

6 CAPRICCI & 6 RICERCARI

dal "Libro quarto di Toccate, Ricercari, Capricci, Allemande, Gigue, Courante, Sarabande", 1656

• FbWV 507: Capriccio VII G-dur
• FbWV 508: Capriccio VIII g-moll
• FbWV 514: Capriccio XIV e-moll
• FbWV 515: Capriccio XV F-dur
• FbWV 516: Capriccio XVI F-dur
• FbWV 517: Capriccio XVII a-moll

• FbWV 407: Ricercare VII d-moll
• FbWV 408: Ricercare VIII g-moll
• FbWV 409: Ricercare IX e-moll
• FbWV 410: Ricercare X G-dur
• FbWV 411: Ricercare XI d-moll
• FbWV 412: Ricercare XII fis-moll

Appendix
6 CAPRICCI, 2 RICERCARI, 2 FANTASIE

• FbWV 509: Capriccio IX G-dur
• FbWV 510: Capriccio X d-moll
• FbWV 511: Capriccio XI d-moll
• FbWV 512: Capriccio XII F-dur
• FbWV 513: Capriccio XIII e-moll
• FbWV 518: Capriccio XVIII C-dur

• FbWV 413: Ricercare XIII [Fuga C-dur]
• FbWV 414: Ricercare XIV [Fuga d-moll]

• FbWV 207: Fantasia VII G-dur
• FbWV 208: Fantasia VIII G-dur
  (authenticity doubtful)

SAMUEL SCHEIDT
(Halle 1587 - Halle 1654)

• Ballo del Granduca G-dur
  (formerly attrib. J. P. Sweelinck as SwWV 319)

FERNANDO DE LUCA
harpsichord

Issue 2016-15

Recorded in Cagliari, 2015 June 12-23
Flemish harpsichord built by F. Granziera (1993)
after a Ruckers-Taskin model (Taskin 1780)
Temperament Werckmeister III; Pitch A=415Hz

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