Episode 5. The Spanish folklore and the end of the battuto-pizzicato style‪.‬ Battuto and Pizzicato – Concertzender | Klassiek, Jazz, Wereld en meer

Towards the end of the 17th century, solo works for guitar appear for the first time in Spain, in books by Gaspar Sanz and Francisco Guerau. It is worth noting that this music is mainly in the plucked style (punteado in Spanish), and that strummed chords (rasgueado) are largely absent.

After 1700, almost no music in the mixed battuto-pizzicato style appeared anymore in France and Italy. The last book of guitar music from Italy was published by Ludovico Roncalli in 1692, and twenty years after Robert de Visée published his second book (1686), only in 1705 François Campion’s Nouvelles Decouvertes appeared in France.

In this episode, we will also hear the music by Domenico Rainer which was recently rediscovered. In Rainer’s works, we find clearly recognisable parallels with the violin music of Archangelo Corelli.

 

Gaspar Sanz (1640 – 1710)



* Canarios

* Pavanas



Rolf Lislevand, baroque guitar

(cd Encuentro Sanz & Santa Cruz, Astrée E 8575, 1997)

 

Gaspar Sanz



* Canarios



Miguel Rincon, baroque guitar

(cd  Sones del Viejo Mundo, Lindoro NL3042, 2019)

 

José Marin (fl. 2nd half 17th c.)



* Sepan todos que muero

* Coraçon in Prision



Maria-Luz Álvarez, soprano and Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(cd Spanish Songbooks, Emergo EC 3928-2, 2000)

 

Ludovico Roncalli (1654–1713)



* Allemande



Bernhard Hofstötter, baroque guitar

(cd Roncalli: Complete Guitar Music, Brilliant Classics 95856, 2021)

 

Archangelo Corelli (1653 – 1713)

From Sonata op. 5 nr. 8:



* Preludio

* Allemanda



The Avison Ensemble

(cd Corelli Opus 5 Violin Sonatas, Linn Records, CKD412, 2013)

 

Archangelo Corelli, arr. Santiago de Murcia (1673 – 1739)



* Toccata

* Allegro



Stefano Maiorana, baroque guitar

(cd Santiago de Murcia: Entre dos almas, Arcana A484, 2021)

 

Domenico Rainer (fl. c. 1700)



* Suite in G minor



– Allemande

– Allegro

– Giga

– Sarabanda

– Gavotta

– Giga dell’ Rainer

Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(cd Domenico Rainer works for Baroque Guitar, Brilliant Classics 95866, 2019)

 

Santiago de Murcia



* Fandango



Stefano Maiorana, baroque guitar

(cd Santiago de Murcia: Entre dos almas, Arcana A484, 2021)

 

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 – 1764)



* La Villageoise



Sophie Yates, harpsichord

(cd  Rameau: Pièces de Clavecin Vol. 1, Chandos CHN659.2, 2000)

 

François Campion (1686-1747)



* Les Soupirs

* Gigue la Somptueuse



Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(personal archive)

 

Domenico Rainer



* Giga in B minor



Lex Eisenhardt, baroque guitar

(cd Domenico Rainer works for Baroque Guitar, Brilliant Classics 95866, 2019)