Utwory na płycie:

• Sound the Trumpet
• Improvisation - Ground
• Chaconne in parte Variate alla
• Yo soy la locura
• Suite Breve - Chaconne
• Vuestros ojos tienen d'amor no
• Ciaconna in partite variate
• Partita in D minor
• Improvisation - Being
• Chacony in G minor
• Improvisation - Breath
• Inside One Breath
• Chaconne Ground in D remix
• Dido's Lament Remix
• Two Grounds in C minor remix

Sound the Trumpet
Ground (Improvisation)
Being (Improvisation)
Breath (Improvisation)
Domenico Pellegrini:
Armoniosi concerti sopra la chitarra spagnuola:
Chiaccona in parte variate alla vera spagnuola

Dušan Bogdanović:
Suite Breve - IV. Chaconne

Alessandro Piccinini:
Intavolatura per Liuto et di Chitarrone, I libro - Ciaccona in partite variate

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Partita in D Minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004 - Ciacocona

Henry Purcell:
Chacony in G Minor, Z. 730
Chaconne Ground in D Minor Remix
Dido’s Lament Remix
Two Grounds in C Minor Remix

Johannes Marmén:
Inside One Breath

Anon.:
Yo soy la locura
Vuestros ojos tienen d’amor no sé qué /

Originating as a sexy dance in South America, the ‘chacona’ crossed the Atlantic and established itself in Spain as an irresistible temptation. In 1615, it was banned from Spanish theatres for being ‘lascivious, dishonest, offensive to pious ears’, but the attractions of the chaconne held sway.

From The Ground Up traces its allure, from early Spanish chaconnes through to the worlds of Purcell and Piccini, and Bach’s magisterial example for solo violin. Adding a new lease of life to this classic compositional form, Purcell’s ground basses furnish a harmonic groove for Shakespeare readings by British actor Samuel West, which are accompanied by New York rapper Baba Israel.

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Recorded in Air Studios, London, UK, 8 April 2018 (tracks 1, 13, 14, 15); Musikaliska, Stockholm, Sweden, 18 June 2018 (tracks 3, 4, 6); Wyastone Leys, Monmouthshire, UK, 15–16 September 2018 (track 8); Wathan Hall, London, UK, 23 September 2018 (other)