FOLIA
140 minutes of madness

CD I
01 Giovanni Paolo Foscarini (fl.1629 - 47): Folia
Private Musicke / Pierre Pitzl (baroque guitar)

02 Marin Marais (1656 - 1728): Folies d’Espagne
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Guido Balestracci (viola da gamba), Thomas Boysen (theorbo), Dolores Costoyas (baroque guitar), Mitzi Meyerson (harpsichord)

03 Gaspar Sanz (c. 1640 - c.1710) & Antonio Martín y Coll (c. 1660 - c. 1734): Folías
La Romanesca / José Miguel Moreno (baroque guitar), Juan Carlos de Mulder (theorbo)

04 Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713): Sonata op.5/XII, “Follia
Musica Alchemica / Lina Tur Bonet (violin)

05 Diego Ortiz (c. 1510 - c. 1567): Recercada quarta sobre la Folía
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), José Miguel Moreno (vihuela)

06 Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani (1682 - 1757): “Follia” from Sonata op.3/XII
Michael Form (recorder), Dirk Börner (harpsichord)

07 Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Sonata op.1/XII, “Follia”, RV 63
Enrico Gatti (violin), Rossella Croce (violin), Judith-Maria Becker (cello), Mónica Pustilnik (archlute), Guido Morini (harpsichord)

08 Francesco Corbetta (c. 1615 - c. 1681): Folia
Private Musicke / Pierre Pitzl (baroque guitar)

09 Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata op.5/XII, “Follia"
Guido Balestracci (viola da gamba), Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Gaetano Nasillo (violoncello), Luciano Contini (archlute), Massimiliano Roschietti (harpsichord)

10 Andrea Falconieri (1585 - 1656): Folias echa para mi Señora Doña Tarolilla de Carallenos
La Ritirata / Josetxu Obregón

CD II

01 Marin Marais & Arcangelo Corelli: Folia-Variations
Lina Tur Bonet (violin), Jakob Rattinger (viola da gamba), Ralph Waldner (harpsichord)

02 Gaspar Sanz: Folías
Orphénica Lyra / José Miguel Moreno (baroque guitar), Eligio Quinteiro (tiple), Juan Carlos de Mulder (theorbo)

03 Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata op.1/XII, “Follia”, RV 63
Leila Schayegh (violin), Musica Fiorita / Daniela Dolci

04 Francesco Geminiani (1687 - 1762): Concerto grosso XII, “Follia” (after Corelli, op.5)
Harmonie Universelle / Florian Deuter, Mónica Waisman

05 Paolo Pandolfo: Foliandalus
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Thomas Boysen (theorbo), Andrea De Carlo (violone), Álvaro Garrido (percussion), Marie Gelis (organ)

06 Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata op.5/XII “Follia”
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin), Wieland Kuijken (cello), Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)

07 Andrea Falconieri: Folias echa para mi Señora Doña Tarolilla de Carallenos
Ensemble Isabella d’Este / Ariane Maurette

08 Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata op.1/XII, “Follia”, RV 63
La Petite Bande / Sigiswald Kuijken

09 Various authors: Folías
Accademia del Piacere / Fahmi Alqhai (viola da gamba)

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About this album

The “Folia” was a popular dance born in the Iberian Peninsula in the 15th century. The meaning of “folia” being “madness”, it is documented that in its early days it was a fast, ecstatic dance. Both a harmonic structure and a melody (developed a bit later), the “Folia” evolved until in the Baroque it was formalized into a standard chord progression and melodic line, often developed in the form of variations.

In this 2-CD set, we present many versions of the “Folia” recorded over the years by artists belonging to the Note 1 group of
labels: Paolo Pandolfo, José Miguel Moreno, Lina Tur Bonet, Enrico Gatti, Leila Schayegh or Sigiswald Kuijken all make their appearance in music from the Renaissance and Baroque. Among the represented composers we can find Marin Marais, Arcangelo Corelli, Gaspar Sanz or Antonio Vivaldi.

Have a lot of fun with these 140 minutes of madness!