Antonio de Cabezón:
Pavana con su glosa
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach:
12 Variations über La Folie d'Espagne, H263 (Wq118/9)
Johann Caspar Kerll:
Passacaglia, Toccate, Canzoni, et altre Sonate, per sonare sopra il Cembalo o Organo 1676
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer:
Chaconne, Musicalischer Parnassus
Claude Gervaise:
Pavanne Passemaize, Sixieme Livre de Danceries (Pierre Attaingnant) 1555
Pierre Phalese:
Passomezo d’Italye, Premier Livre de Danseries 1571
Girolamo Frescobaldi:
Partite sopra l’Aria della Romanesca, Toccate d'intavolatura di cimbalo et organo, Libro Primo 1637
William Byrd:
The Bells, T. 442, BK 38, FVB 69
Bernardo Storace:
Follia, Selva di varie compositioni d'intavolatura per cimbalo ed organo 1664
Johann Pachelbel:
Ciacona, P.40, T.202
Anon., Thomas Preston (attr.):
Uppon la mi re

With her solo album Tasti ostinati, Eva-Maria Rusche explores the tonal and stylistic richness of historical keyboard instruments through the ostinato tradition – a musical structure long associated with variation, improvisation, and closely linked to dance music. Each piece on this recording is performed on a different instrument: lautenwerk, clavichord, fortepiano, square piano, two historical organs, two harpsichords, and even a Fender Rhodes bring the works to life in a wide range of tonal colours. The inherent idea of creative freedom in the use of ostinato is extended to the choice of instruments: alongside historically appropriate period instruments, anachronistic instrumentation is deliberately chosen whenever it serves the expressive needs and character of the music in a particularly fi??ng way. The selected works reflect stylistic and cultural variety, rhythmic vitality, and emotional depth – interpreted with stylistic sensitivity and expressive nuance.