Andrew Manze chooses examples of this quintessentially Baroque style, tracing the rise and fall of the chaconne using music by Monteverdi, Purcell, Blow, Kapsperger, Piccinini and Bach.
Playlist
Piccinini - Chiaccona in partite variate
Nigel North (chitarrone)
ARCANA A6
Track 24
Kapsperger - Ciaccona
Rolf Lislevand (theorbo)
Astree Auvidis E 8515
Track 9
Monteverdi - Beatus vir
Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) / David Thomas (bass)
Taverner Consort & Players
Directed by Andrew Parrott
VIRGIN VTDCD 340
Disc 2 Track 10
Muffat - Passacaglia
Le Concert Brisé
Directed by William Dongois
CARPE DIEM 16263
Disc 1 Track 4
Purcell - Chaconne in G minor Z.807
Musica Antiqua Koln
ARCHIV 453 418-2
Track 5
Blow - Chaconne in G major
Musica Antiqua Koln
ARCHIV 453 418-2
Track 6
Bach - Chaconne for solo violin in D minor BWV.1004
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 05472 77523-2
