Jacques Loussier - Toccata - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

For this first recording, Andrea Buccarella explores the history of the most emblematic form of Baroque music, from it's appearance in Italy at the end of the sixteenth century right up to it's apotheosis in Johann Sebastian Bach the toccata. With it's inventiveness, it's formal freedom, it's contrasting effects of virtuosity and emotion, the Italian toccata - whose name probably comes from the verb toccare (to touch/play) - opened the way for the stylus fantasticus that was to dominate Germany in the late seventeenth century. In order to give each period it's optimal sound, Buccarella plays copies of four different harpsichords - two Italian, one Flemish and one German - which, in their dates and types of construction, illustrate the principal stages of Baroque instrument making.

Produced by Michael English and featuring his own band with arrangements he had sung in his concerts over the past several years, this album was co-produced by long-time friend Jay Demarcus of Rascall Flatts. Gary LeVox, the lead singer of Rascal Flatts, sang background vocals as well. With amazing renditions of Go Rest High On That Mountain and I surrender All, this album is a fan favorite that showcases English's strong vocals.

Liszt / Schumann / Graichy,Simon - Duels Sonata in B minor / SCHUMANN Kreisleriana [COMPACT DISCS] Jewel Case Packaging, O-Card Packaging date 02/05/2016