Episode 2. Giovanni Paolo Foscarini. Guitar, lute, and theorbo‪.‬ Battuto and Pizzicato – Concertzender | Klassiek, Jazz, Wereld en meer

In the early 17th century the guitar became very popular in Italy, in particular because the instrument is ideally suited to accompany oneself, in popular songs. Around 1630, players began looking for a more sophisticated use of the instrument. Giovanni Paolo Foscarini, who played the guitar as well as the lute and the theorbo, started to integrate the plucked polyphony of the lute and the strummed chords of the guitar.

Giovanni Paolo Foscarini (fl. 1620 – 1649)



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Capriccio sopra la ciaccona

Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(cd Canta Venetia!, Etcetera KTC 1316, 2006)



 

Girolamo Kapsberger (c. 1580 – 1651)

2. Toccata

3. Corrente

Fred Jacobs, theorbo

(cd Virtù e nobilità, Metronome METCD1093, 2019)

 

Biagio Marini (1594 – 1663)

4. Gagliarda

5. Corrente

6. Retirata

Ensemble Romanesca

(cd Curiose & Moderne Inventioni, Harmonia Mundi 2907175, 2004)

 

Alessandro Piccinini (1566 – 1638)

7. Corrente

8. Gagliarda

Nigel North, lute

(cd Intavolatvra di livto et di chitarrone, Arcana CEX0584, 1995)

 

Girolamo Kapsberger

9. Gagliarda

Fred Jacobs, theorbo

(cd Virtù e nobilità, Metronome METCD1093, 2019)

 

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 – 1643)

10. Corrente – Ciaccona (1 track)

Roberto Loreggian, harpsichord

(cd Frescobaldi Edition Vol. 1, Toccatas & Partitas, Brilliant Classics – 93767, 2008)

 

Giovanni Paolo Foscarini

11. Toccata

12. Corrente

13. Gagliarda

Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(cd Canta Venetia!, Etcetera KTC 1316, 2006)

 

Giovanni Paolo Foscarini

14. Ciaccona

Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(personal archive)

 

Michelagnolo Galilei (1575 – 1631)

15. Toccata

16. Corrente

Anthony Bailes, lute

(cd Intavolatura di liuto, Ramée RAM 1306, 2014)

 

René Mesangeau (c. 1568 – 1638)

17. Allemande

18. Courante

Anthony Bailes, lute

(cd Old Gautiers Nightingale, Ramée RAM 0707, 2007)

 

Giovanni Paolo Foscarini

19. Alemanda in C minor

Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(personal archive)

 

Jean-Henri D’Anglebert (1629 – 1691)

20. Allemande du Vieux Gautier

21. Courante du Vieux Gautier

Mélisande McNabney, harpsichord

(cd Inspirations, ATMA classique ACD2 2780, 2019)

 

Biagio Marini

22. Passacaglio

Hesperion XXI with Jordi Savall

(cd Ostinato, AliaVox AV9820, 2001)

 

Francesco Corbetta (1615 – 1681)

23. Passacaille

Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(personal archive)

Giovanni Paolo Foscarini

24. Toccata

25. Corrente

26. Sarabanda

Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(cd Canta Venetia!, Etcetera KTC 1316, 2006