Stylus Phantasticus

Pacific MusicWorks

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Reference Recordings proudly presents Stylus Phantasticus performed by Pacific MusicWorks. This is a unique album with 11 works of early Baroque composers. The famous Jesuit Father Athanasius Kircher wrote in Book VII of the Musurgia Universalis describing different musical styles, but, in particular, he defined a “fantastical style” for instruments:

“The Stylus Phantasticus is appropriate to instruments. It is the most free and unfettered method of composition, bound to nothing, neither to words, nor to a harmonious subject. It is organized with regard to manifest invention, the hidden reason of harmony, and an ingenious, skilled connection of harmonic phrases and fugues. And it is divided into those pieces which are commonly called Phantasias, Ricercatas, Toccatas, and Sonatas.”

The compositions included on this recording provide prime examples of the lineage of the Stylus Phantasticus from its Italian roots, before Kircher wrote his definition, to its later development into an “imperial style” associated with Central Europe and the Habsburgs.

Stylus Phantasticus was produced by Grammy Award winning David Sabee in St. Thomas Chapel, Kenmore, Washington. The album was recorded by Grammy Award winning recording engineers Dmitry Lipay, Aleksandr Lipay and Kory Kruckenberg.

Pacific MusicWorks
Tekla Cunningham – Baroque Violin
William Skeen – Bass Violin
Stephen Stubbs – Baroque Guitar, Chitarrone & Artistic Director
Maxine Eilander – Baroque Harp
Henry Lebedinsky – Organ & Harpsichord

Tracklist

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1.
Sonata Seconda detta la Desperata
09:53
2.
Toccata
01:49
3.
La Luciminia contenta, Op. 4 No. 2
03:42
4.
Partite sopra La Folia
01:43
5.
La Castella, Op. 3 No. 4
07:36
6.
Sonata Seconda
06:23
7.
Sonata Prima
12:36
8.
Ciaconna in A from Serenada in Mascara
07:16
9.
Sonata Prima for violin and continuo
07:31
10.
Sonata Seconda from Sonatae unarum fidium
07:52
11.
Sonata Quarta from Sonatae unarum fidium
08:13

Total time: 01:14:34

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Release DateAugust 17, 2023

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