Merulo: Toccate, Ricercari, Canzoni / Fabio Bonizzoni

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Label
Arcana
Release Date
January 8, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MERULO, CLAUDIO
    • PERFORMER
      Fabio Bonizzoni
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 08, 2021
    • UPC
      3760195739044
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      A904
    • LABEL
      Arcana
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Toccata quinta

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni

    2. Toccata nona

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni

    3. Toccata settima

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni

    4. Toccata quarta

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni

    5. Toccata seconda

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni

    6. Toccata prima

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni

    7. La Pazza

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni

    8. La Ironica

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni

    9. Canzoni d'intavolatura d'organo fatte alla francese, Book 2: La Jolette

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni

    10. Toccate d'intavolatura d'organo, Book 1: Toccata seconda

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni

    11. Toccate d'intavolatura d'organo, Book 1: Toccata nona

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni

    12. Ricercari d'intavolatura d'organo, Book 1: Ricercar dell duodecimo tuono

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni

    13. Canzoni d'intavolatura d'organo fatte alla francese, Book 1: La cortese

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni

    14. Canzoni d'intavolatura d'organo fatte alla francese, Book 1: La Zambeccara

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni

    15. Manoscritto di Castell'arquato: Pavana de la bataglia - Il saltarello de la bataglia - La tedeschina

      Composer: Claudio Merulo

      Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni


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.