Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a famous 16th-century Dutch organist, and among the first major keyboard composers of Europe.
Sweelinck was a Dutch composer renowned for his keyboard keyboard music, especially for his contrapuntal complexity and refinement (prior to J.S. Bach). He was an accomplished composer for voices as well and composed hundreds of vocal works.
Sweelinck: Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music by Daniele Boccaccio
There are not many works dedicated to the famous late 16th-/early 17th-century organist-composer Sweelinck’s keyboard music. Here is an excellent piece of work by organ virtuoso Daniele Boccaccio dedicated to Sweelinck.
Daniele Boccaccio has a good understanding of the musical and technical demands, and the very first work in this set illustrates this perfectly. Boccaccio brilliantly executes this complex work by Sweelinck.
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