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Description: In 1574 Merulo published in Venice Il primo libro de ricercari da cantare, a quattro voci. These Ricercari have been suitably “partiti”, “intavolati”, “accomodati” and “diminuiti” for Organ (scored, put into tablature, adapted and diminished for organ) by the present organist Francesco Tasini and are recorded in this video. This practice of adapting vocal music for the organ was common in his time, and is corroborated by many contemporary written sources. Composer: Claudio Merulo Artists: Francesco Tasini (organ) 🎵 Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer): brilliant-classics.lnk.to/MeruloID 💎 More Information: brilliantclassics.com/articles/m/merulo-organ-music-il-primo-libro 🎬🎮 These tracks are available for sync licensing in videos, films, tv-shows, games, advertising and more. For more information and to request a license go to: brilliantclassicslicensing.com/albums/merulo-organ-music-il-primo-libro-de-ricercari-da-cantare-a-quattro-oci According to fellow organist and composer Costanzo Antegnati (1549–1624), Claudio Merulo (1533–1604) was famous for ‘the sweet way he played’. In the 16th century the term ‘sweetness’ was mainly related to the practice of ‘diminution’, or ornamentation, with skilfully executed passeggiando and a ‘judicious breaking up of the figures’, so that the application of the coloratura might confer a personal and lively chiaroscuro effect. In 1574 Merulo published Il primo libro de ricercari da cantare, a qvattro voci in four separate vocal part-books (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), and for this album Francesco Tasini has aptly scored, intabulated, adapted and diminished the Ricercari for performance on the organ. Out of respect for Merulo’s original, Tasini’s diminution of the 19 Ricercari of the Libro primo always retains each part as it appeared, deliberately abstaining from any temporary suspension of a line which could be brought about in order to give space to the coloratura of another part. The process of diminution is not limited to the ‘filling in’ of long note durations with passages of short notes; it also includes a rhetorical game enacted between the parts through syncopes, delayed entrances, changes of register, slurs and various echo and other effects to achieve an underlying lively discourse, as well as arpeggio effects typical of organ practice which Tasini has modelled on numerous passages found in Merulo’s two books of Toccate. The addition of coloratura highlights and brings out the formal division within each ricercare and, in addition to the cadences, establishes a different application for each new subject, so as to enhance its distinctive features. Francesco Tasini has published numerous publications and critical reviews of Italian keyboard works from the 17th and 18th centuries. He is the author of numerous essays on performance practice and organology and is the winner of a number of composition competitions. His discography includes a great number of CDs and will feature the cycle of complete works for organ by Merulo, of which this album is the latest instalment. Tracklist: 0:00:00 Ricercar primo 0:15:13 Ricercar secondo 0:23:11 Ricercar terzo 0:35:30 Ricercar quinto 0:51:53 Ricercar sesto 01:02:53 Ricercar septimo 01:14:40 Ricercar octavo 01:22:29 Ricercar nono 01:35:31 Ricercar decimo 01:49:40 Ricercar undecimo 01:56:37 Ricercar duodecimo 02:14:22 Ricercar terzodecimo 02:24:01 Ricercar quartodecimo 02:32:28 Ricercar quintodecimo 02:47:18 Ricercar sestodecimo 02:54:37 Ricercar septimodecimo 03:03:24 Ricercar octavodecimo 03:18:12 Ricercar nonodecimo 03:28:46 Ricercar vigesimo 👉 Social media links: Instagram: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/InstagramID Facebook: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/FacebookID TikTok: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/TikTokID Spotify Playlists: Brilliant Classics Spotify: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/SpotifyID New Classical Releases: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/NewReleasesID The Best of Liszt: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/PlaylisztID The Best of Bach: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/BestOfBachPlaylistID Most Popular Piano Music: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/MostPopularPianoID Beautiful Classical Music: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/BeautifulClassicalMelodiesID Classical Music For Dinnertime: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/ClassicalMusicforDinnertimeID Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And visit our channel for other pieces by Merulo and more of the greatest composers. We upload daily with complete albums and compilations with the best classical music. brilliant-classics.lnk.to/YouTubeID #Merulo #Organ #ClassicalMusic #Ricercar #BrilliantClassics