Jean Rondeau – Melancholy Grace (2021) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

“Melancholy” is the fil rouge of the new album of the French harpsichordist Jean Rondeau, with repertoire by European composers from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries including Rossi, Frescobaldi, and Dowland. It has been recorded on two harpsichords, one of which is a historical “Virginal” from 1527, one of the first harpsichords ever made, manufactured in Naples in 1527 and property of a private collection.

Tracklist:

1. Jean Rondeau – Toccate e partite d’intavolatura, Libro II: Toccata settima
2. Jean Rondeau – Fantaisie de Monsieur de Lorency
3. Jean Rondeau – Passacaille del seigneur Louigi
4. Jean Rondeau – Capricci da sonare cembali, et organi, Op. 4, Pt. 1: Toccata quarta per l’elevatione
5. Jean Rondeau – Fantasia cromatica, SwWV 258
6. Jean Rondeau – Intavolatura di balli d’arpicordo: No. 5, Ballo alla polacha con il suo saltarello
7. Jean Rondeau – Melancholy Pavan
8. Jean Rondeau – Melancholy Galliard
9. Jean Rondeau – Pavana lachrymae, WV 106 (Formerly Attributed to Heinrich Scheidemann)
10. Jean Rondeau – Intavolatura di balli d’arpicordo: No. 5, Ballo alla polacha con il suo saltarello (Alternate Version I)
11. Jean Rondeau – Il transilvano, dialogo sopra il vero modo di sonar organi & istromenti da penna, Pt. 1: Toccata del quarto tuono
12. Jean Rondeau – Selva di varie compositioni d’intavolatura per cimbalo ed organo: No. 22, Recercar di legature
13. Jean Rondeau – Toccate e partite d’intavolatura, Libro I: Toccata quarta
14. Jean Rondeau – Toccate e partite d’intavolatura, Libro I: Toccata prima
15. Jean Rondeau – Intavolatura di balli d’arpicordo: No. 5, Ballo alla polacha con il suo saltarello (Alternate Version II)
16. Jean Rondeau – Intavolatura de cimbalo, Book I: Sortemeplus, con alcuni fioretti (Sortez mes pleurs)
17. Jean Rondeau – Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: Pavana No. 292 in A Minor
18. Jean Rondeau – Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: No. 7, Lachrimae verae