Toccatas and Partitas

Album by Johann Jakob Froberger & Sergio Vartolo

Toccatas and Partitas is a collection of keyboard works by Johann Jakob Froberger, composed in the mid-17th century (c. 1630s–1650s). The music blends Italian toccata virtuosity and improvisatory gestures with French dance-derived partitas and contrapuntal writing, and it occupies a formative place in Froberger's output and in early Baroque keyboard repertoire as a conduit between regional styles.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 20 in D major, FbWV 620: I. Allemande
    8:10
  2. 2.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 20 in D major, FbWV 620: II. Courante
    1:54
  3. 3.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 20 in D major, FbWV 620: III. Sarabande
    3:15
  4. 4.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 20 in D major, FbWV 620: IV. Gigue
    2:19
  5. 5.
    Toccata for Keyboard no. 1 in A minor, FbWV 101
    5:26
  6. 6.
    Toccata for Keyboard no. 2 in D minor, FbWV 102
    5:10
  7. 7.
    Toccata for Keyboard no. 3 in G major, FbWV 103
    4:54
  8. 8.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 6 in G major "Auf die Maÿerin", FbWV 606: I. Prima partita
    1:24
  9. 9.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 6 in G major "Auf die Maÿerin", FbWV 606: II. Seconda partita
    1:13
  10. 10.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 6 in G major "Auf die Maÿerin", FbWV 606: III. Terz partita
    1:06
  11. 11.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 6 in G major "Auf die Maÿerin", FbWV 606: IV. Quarta partita
    1:12
  12. 12.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 6 in G major "Auf die Maÿerin", FbWV 606: V. Quinta partita
    1:17
  13. 13.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 6 in G major "Auf die Maÿerin", FbWV 606: VI. Sesta partita crommatica
    2:24
  14. 14.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 6 in G major "Auf die Maÿerin", FbWV 606: VII. Courante sopra Maÿerin
    1:12
  15. 15.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 6 in G major "Auf die Maÿerin", FbWV 606: VIII. Double
    1:22
  16. 16.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 6 in G major "Auf die Maÿerin", FbWV 606: IX. Saraband sopra Maÿerin
    1:38
  17. 17.
    Tombeau sur la mort de Monsieur Blancrocher in C minor, FbWV 632
    11:51

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 30 in A minor, FbWV 630: I. Plainte faite à Londres pour passer la melancholie
    6:51
  2. 3.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 30 in A minor, FbWV 630: II. Courante
    1:42
  3. 4.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 30 in A minor, FbWV 630: III. Sarabande
    3:10
  4. 5.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 30 in A minor, FbWV 630: IV. Gigue
    2:48
  5. 6.
    Toccata for Keyboard no. 7 in G major, FbWV 107
    3:37
  6. 7.
    Toccata for Keyboard no. 8 in E minor, FbWV 108
    4:12
  7. 8.
    Toccata for Keyboard no. 12 in A minor, FbWV 112
    5:13
  8. 9.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 12 in C major, FbWV 612: I. Lamento sopra la dolorosa perdita della Real Maestà di Ferdinando IV Rè de Romani
    9:05
  9. 10.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 12 in C major, FbWV 612: II. Gigue
    1:49
  10. 11.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 12 in C major, FbWV 612: III. Courant
    1:44
  11. 12.
    Partita for Keyboard no. 12 in C major, FbWV 612: IV. Sarabande
    3:04
  12. 13.
    Lamentation faite sur la mort très douloureuse de Sa Majesté Impériale, Ferdinand III for Keyboard in F major, FbWV 633
    12:43

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