Pasquini’s Partite di Follia and Partite Diverse by James Bonn (harpsichord)

Composer: Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710) Title: Partite di Follia A combination of two sets of Folia-variations by Pasquini performed by James Bonn. Released 1982 Klavier Records vinyl KS-571 Recording date not mentioned in the documentation of this recording This recording is a milestone in the history of the Folía. The first thematic recording with only four “later“ Folías in the typology of Richard Hudson: . Bach, Liszt, Pasquini and Rachmaninoff. Maurice Hinson wrote for the vinyl album: His (Pasquini) best known variation work is his Partite Diverse di Follia, in which the famous follia theme is presented fourteen times. It excels in its natural simplicity and “correctness“ of melodic invention. Several variations are based on the repeated use of a characteristic two-bar formula, but it is treated with enough freedom to avoid the danger of monotony. Pasquini exhibits a tendency toward precise, energetic formulations, which derive from the v