FoliesEspagne's video: A Scarlatti d Ottava stesa incl Follia Wynand van de Pol organ

Composer Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) Title: Toccata del primo tono (d 'ottava stesa in d minor) a) Primo Tono Preludio 0:00 b) Adagio - Presto 4:35 c): Fuga 7:56 d) Adagio cantabile ed appogiato 12:02 Follia (Partite sull'aria della Follia 14:42 Wynand van de Pol organ (organo Positivo Napoletano del '700) Released 1971 by Vendetta Records vinyl VST 6036 Recording date: Registrazione stereofonica effecttuata nel Giugno 1971 Variazioni su "La Follia" for keyboard (1723), 29 'eight-bars' variations It is the last part of a set called d'Ottava stesa. These are amazing dances before the Follia sets in. The structure of these variations keeps within bounds of the first 8 bars of the Folia theme and even the last bar is consequently in the dominant (and not in the expected tonica) The original manuscript conserved in Naples (Conservatory Library, manuscript 9478: Primo e Secondo Libro di Toccata del Sig. Cavaglere Alessandro Scarlatti). There should be an earlier version probably less variations or not embedded in a toccata by Scarlatti dated back to 1715. In the documentation is written about the organ: The instrument used for this recording is an antique Neapolitan positive organ of the second half of the Settecento. It has, therefore, all the characteristics of the Neapolitan school: a narrow diameter of the pipes, the almost complete absence of tongues, low-pressured bellows. The result is a simultaneously sweet and crystalline sound. Outstanding is the rather accentuated and unique anticipatory statement of the pipes preceding the actual sound, which confers a clarity and polyphonic texture to the notes. The keyboard is disposed as follows: Principal 8', Octave 4', XV 2', XIX 1'1/3, Flauto 4' Vox Humana 8' soprani. The author of this precious instrument remains anonymous, but the tachnique and tone quality are closely related to that of Dominicus Antonius Rossi, organ builder for the Royal Chapel from 1761 to 1789. The organ was restored in 1969 by Bartolomeo Formentelli, one of Italy's most outstanding organ builders and the only one working on a completely artisan level. Restored according to strict historical criteria, it is one of the few existing positive organs able to recreate the true essence of the music which was written for it. The music published in this channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within the framework to study the archtype of La Folía which involves people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates the copyright, please inform me immediately before you submit a claim to Youtube, and it will be our care to remove immediately the video accordingly. Your collaboration will be appreciated