Draghi: Harpsichord Music

The harpsichord music of this expatriate resident of London appears here for the first time in a modern edition, revealing Draghi to be a composer of intensity and originality who made use of the models and prevailing style of his adopted country. Draghi was known in his day as an outstanding keyboard performer, and his existing output for harpsichord is considerably greater than that of his contemporaries Blow and Purcell. The idiomatic use of texture and a fine sensitivity to harpsichord sonority distinguish these pieces as estimable examples of Restoration keyboard music. This edition contains eighty-five solo keyboard works by Giovanni Battista Draghi.

Prelude, Allmand, Corrant, The Complaint, Aire, Jigg

Prelude, Allmand, Corrant, Saraband, Aire, The Hunting Tune

Prelude, Allmand, Corrant, Saraband, Aire, Jigg

Prelude, Allmand, Corrant, Saraband, Jigg, Round O

Prelude, Allmand, Corrant, Saraband, Bore, Aire, Minuet

Prelude, Allmand, Air, Jigg, The Dream, Minuet

Toccata

Trumpet

Ayre

Prelude, Allemande, Arieta, [Bouree]

Prelud[e], Alemande, Slow, Roundeaue, Aire, [Aire], [Aire], [Saraband]

Almond

Prelude, [Allemande], Courante, Double of the Courante, [Arietta], Gigue

[Aire]

Almond

Almand

Almaine, Corante, Saraband

[Prelude], [Allemande], [Courante], [Tombeau], Gigue, Allemande, Rondeau, [Autre Rondeau], [Allemande]

Prelude, Almand, Saraband

[Aire], [Aire]

Gavotte, Slow Minuet

[Almand], Tune, Tune

A Ground

Italian air

 

Appendix: Ground "Scocca pur"

Alexander Silbiger, JAMS, Spring 1989; Michael Tilmouth, Music & Letters, April 1988; Brian Hodge, Early Music, February 1988; Alexander Silbiger, JAMS, Spring 1989