Antonio de Cabezon - Complete Tientos and Variations

Antonio de CABEZON (1510-1566)
Complete Tientos and Variations

Glen Wilson, harpsichord by Donatella Santoliquido.
Modified sixth-comma meantone temperament, a=415 Hz.

from Naxos
“El ciego tañedor” or “the blind keyboardist”,
Antonio de Cabezón was one of the most inspired masters of his day
and a protégé at the court of King Philip II (whose favourite painting,
reproduced on the cover of the booklet, came into his possession while
Cabezón was with him in Brussels in 1555). Keyboard music was attaining
a status equal to vocal polyphony at this time,
and Cabezón’s sophisticated Tientos are at the forefront of a rapid rise
in a new intensity of expression. Where the Tientos relate to vocal styles
the Variations can frequently be traced to popular songs
and dance tunes such as the Folía.

Antonio de Cabezon: Complete Tientos and Variations by Cabezon
Wilson was released Jun 26, 2012 on the Naxos label.
Recorded at Church of St Mary Hodigetria,
Piana deglo Albanesi, Sicily, Italy  (2011).

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