Episode 2. Giovanni Paolo Foscarini. Guitar, lute, and theorbo.
do 4 aug 2022
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) • Detail of 'the Guitarist', anonymous copy of a (lost) painting attributed to Simon Vouet. 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
