CIACCONA!

Henry Purcell (c.1659-1695)
01 Fantazia Three Parts upon a Ground Z.731 (c.1678)

Antonio Bertali (c.1605-1669)
02 Ciaccona a tre

Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665)
03 Ciaccona from “Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, op.12” (Venezia 1637)

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620-1680)
04 Ciaccona (Wien 1669)

Samuel Capricornus (1628-1665)
05 Ciaccona a 2 per Violino è Gamba, from “Partiturbuch Ludwig”, no.37 (Wolfenbüttel 1662)

Antonio Bertali
06 Chiacona (Kromeriz Manuscript)

Henry Purcell
07 Sonata in three parts op.12 no.6 (London 1683)

Nicola Matteis (1650-1703/13)
08 Ricercata in C solfaut
09 Diverse bizzarrie Sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda ò pur Ciaccona, from “Ayres for the violin”, book I (London 1676)

Henry Purcell
10 Chacone from “The Gordion Knot Unty’d” Z 597 (London 1691)

Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692)
11 Ciaccona a tre op.7 no.3 (Modena 1682)

Nicola Matteis Jr. (c.1670-1737)
12 Alia Fantasia (from “Schrank No II ”, Landesbibliothek Dresden)

Anonymous
13 Chaconne (from “Schrank No II ”, Landesbibliothek Dresden)

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
14 Sonata a tre op.2 no.12, Ciacona (Roma 1685)

Tomaso Vitalino (1663-1745)
15 Senza titolo - Adagio, Parte del Tomaso Vitalino (from “Schrank No II ”, Landesbibliothek Dresden)

Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Canon e Gigue a tre violini con basso continuo (1694)
16 Canon
17 Gigue

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About this album

Who doesn’t like the ciaccona, ciacona or chaconne – the exuberant dance in which the upper voices fantasise over a bass scheme, imitating and inspiring each other. The ciaconna, which may have come to Spain from South America, quickly spread throughout Europe and even found its way into popular music. Leila Shayegh and her musician friends from La Centifolia play a whole round of chaconnes, some famous, some unknown, by Bertali, Purcell, Schmelzer, Matteis, Corelli or anonymous composers from the famous collection from the “Schrank no.2” in Dresden. The climax and conclusion is the famous “Canon” (with “Gigue”, which is usually neglected) by Johann Pachelbel, played with a liveliness and transparency that is rarely heard in this frequently played piece!