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Suspended between the Renaissance and Baroque eras, Merulo's Toccate are unique compositions which occupy a singular role in the landscape of keyboard music. They are not prototypes, in that they are artistically too mature: rather, they prelude the way of expressing affetti of the "seconda prattica" on the keyboard, an art of which Frescobaldi would later be the uncontested master.
The fascination of these daring compositions lies in the coexistence of new and old elements, Renaissance polyphony and Baroque gestural impulses. Claudio Merulo, who lived between Parma and Venice and was active not only as a great organ virtuoso, but also as an editor and alchemist, finds in his music the magic formula of balance between extreme elements which preserve his legacy as a mature and exceptional artist.
- Fabio Bonizzoni
Claudio Merulo (1533-1604)
Toccate, Ricercari, Canzoni d'intavolatura d'organo
Toccate d'intavolatura d'organo, Libro Secondo, Roma 1604
01. Toccata Quinta - Settimo Tuono
02. Toccata Nona - Nono Tuono
03. Toccata Settima - Ottavo Tuono
04. Toccata Quarta - Duodecimo detto VI Tuono
05. Toccata Seconda - Undecimo detto Quinto Tuono
06.Toccata Prima - Undecimo detto Quinto Tuono
Libro Secondo di Canzoni d'intavolatura d'organo a quattro voci fatte alla francese, Venezia 1606
07. La Pazza
08. La Ironica
09. La Jolette
Toccate d'intavolatura d'organo, Libro Primo, Roma 1598
10. Toccata Seconda - Primo Tuono
11. Toccata Nona - Quarto Tuono
Ricercari d'intavolatura d'organo, Libro Primo, Venezia 1567
12. Ricercare - Duodecimo Tuono
Canzoni d'intavolatura d'organo a quattro voci fatte alla francese, Libro Primo, Venezia 1592
13. La Cortese
14. La Zambeccara
Manoscritto di Castell'Arquato
15. Pavana de la bataglia / Il saltarello de la bataglia / La tedeschina