Sweelinck’s fantasias belong to the most ornate and elaborate contrapuntal genre of early 17th-century keyboard music. Moreover, these 20 masterful works also form the undisputed climax of this genre. The four-volume edition of Sweelinck’s “Complete Works for Keyboard Instruments” by Harald Vogel and Pieter Dirksen – which has universally won plaudits for its exemplary editorial quality – comes to a glorious conclusion with the volume of fantasias. The comments of the two Sweelinck experts also contribute to establishing the outstanding quality of the “practical source edition” which retains the special characteristics of the notation as much as possible. The volume also contains an essay by Pieter Dirksen in which he treats the important topic of the instruments in a comprehensive manner and gives the user indispensable information on this central work group.
1 Fantasia à 4 (C2) SwWV 254
2 Fantasia Ut sol fa mi (C4) SwWV 256
3 Fantasia Crommatica à 4 (d1) SwWV 258
4 Fantasia à 4 (d2) SwWV 259
5 Fantasia à 4: Echo (d3) SwWV 260
6 Fantasia [à 4: Echo] (d4) SwWV 261
7 Fantasia Ut re mi fa sol la à 4 (F1) SwWV 263
8 Fantasia à 4 (G1) SwWV 266
9 Fantasia [à 2, 3 et 4 vocem] (G2) SwWV 267
10 Fantasia re re re sol ut mi fa sol [à 2, 3 et 4 vocem] (G4) SwWV 269
11 Fantasia [contraria à 4] (g1) SwWV 270
12 Fantazia [à 2] (g3) SwWV 272
13 Fantasia à 4 (a1) SwWV 273
14 Fantasia auf die Manier eines Echo (C1) SwWV 253
15 Fantasia [auf die Manier eines Echo] (C3) SwWV 255
16 Fantasia (C5) SwWV 257
17 Fantasia (d5) SwWV 262
18 Fantasia à 4 (F2) SwWV 264
19 Fantasia mit Bindungen (F3) SwWV 265
20 Fantasia [Fuga 7. toni] (G3) SwWV 268
21 Fantasia [à 3] (g2) SwWV 271
22 Fantasia à 2, 3: et 4 vocem (a2) SwWV 274
23 Fantasia auf die Manier eines Echo (a3) SwWV 275
24 Ricercar del nono tono (a1) SwWV 280
25 Praeludium pedaliter (Variante von Nr. 19) SwWV 265b
26 Capriccio (a1) SwWV 281
27 Ricercar à 4 (d1) SwWV 277
28 Ricercar (d2) SwWV 278
29 Ricercar (d3) SwWV 279
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