Backing Tracks Catalogue
Name | Description | Main Media | Price |
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Backing Track: Marcello – Cello Sonata in E minor, op. 1, no. 2 | Benedetto Marcello – Cello Sonata in E minor, op. 1, no. 2
Backing track played on Harpsichord.
Performance notes:
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Pitch options: A=415, A=440
Tempo options. Movement 1: Quaver = 62, 66, 70, 74, 78 Movement 2: Crotchet = 92, 100, 108, 116, 124 Movement 3: Quaver = 60, 66, 72, 78, 84 Movement 4: Crotchet = 115, 125, 135, 145, 155
Total tracks: 40 | 5 | |
Backing Track: Marcello – Cello Sonata in F, op. 1, no.1 | Benedetto Marcello – Cello Sonata in F, op. 1, no. 1
The first sonata from Marcello’s VI SONATA a Violoncello Solo e Basso Continuo, op. 1, published in Amsterdam around 1732.
Performance notes:
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Pitch options: A=415, A=440
Tempo options. Movement 1: Quaver = 64, 70, 76, 82, 88 Movement 2: Crotchet = 94, 102, 110, 118, 126 Movement 3: Crotchet = 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70 Movement 4: Crotchet = 92, 98, 104, 110, 116,
Total tracks: 44 | 5 | |
Backing Track: Marcello – Cello Sonata in G minor, op. 1, no.4 | Benedetto Marcello – Cello Sonata in G minor, op. 1, no. 4
Backing track played on Harpsichord.
Performance notes:
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Pitch options: A=415, A=440
Tempo options. Movement 1: Crotchet = 54, 58, 62, 66, 70 Movement 2: Crotchet = 95, 105, 115, 125 Movement 3: Crotchet = 58, 62, 66, 70, 74 Movement 4: Dotted crotchet = 90, 100, 110, 120, 130
Total tracks: 38 | 5 | |
Backing Track: Marcello – Recorder Sonata in D minor, op. 2, no. 2 | Benedetto Marcello – Recorder Sonata in D minor, op. 2, no. 2
Backing tracks played on Harpsichord. Performance notes:
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Pitch options: A=415, A=440
Tempo options. Movement 1: Quaver = 72, 80, 88, 96 Movement 2: Crotchet = 100, 110, 118, 124, 130, 136 Movement 3: Minim = 56, 60, 64, 68, 72 Movement 4: Dotted crotchet = 60, 66, 72, 78, 84, 90
Total tracks: 42 | 5 | |
Backing Track: Marcello – Recorder Sonata in E minor, op. 2, no.4 | Benedetto Marcello – Recorder Sonata in E minor, op. 2, no. 4
Backing track played on Harpsichord.
Performance notes:
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Pitch options: A=415, A=440
Tempo options. Movement 1: Quaver = 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95 Movement 2: Crotchet = 92, 100, 108, 116, 124, 132 Movement 3: Crotchet = 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85 Movement 4: Dotted crotchet = 50, 58, 66, 74, 82, 90
Total tracks: 48 | 5 | |
Backing Track: Marcello – Recorder Sonata in F, op. 2, no.1 | Benedetto Marcello – Recorder Sonata in F, op. 2, no. 1
Backing tracks played on Harpsichord.
Backing Track downloads:
Pitch options: A=415, A=440
Tempo options. Movement 1: Quaver = 72, 80, 88, 96 Movement 2: Crotchet = 96, 108, 120, 130 Movement 3: Crotchet = 48, 52, 56 Movement 4: Dotted crotchet = 112, 120, 128, 136
Total tracks: 30 | 5 | |
Backing Track: Matteis - Ground after the Scotch Humour | Nicola Matteis – Ground after the Scotch Humour
Original version in F major for violin, and transposed version in G major for recorder.
Compatible with Cat on the Keys edition.
Performance notes:
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Pitch options: A=415, A=440
Tempo options: Crotchet = 90, 96, 102, 108, 114, 120, 126
Total tracks: 28
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Backing Track: Monteverdi – Duet: ‘Pur ti miro’ (L'Incoronazione di Poppea) | Claudio Monteverdi – Duet: ‘Pur ti miro’ (L'Incoronazione di Poppea)
This haunting duet sung by Poppea and Nero closes Monteverdi’s last opera. The accompaniment tracks on this album feature harpsichord and organ in a variety of tempo choices.
Performance notes:
1. Minim = 72, middle section = 128 2. Minim = 72, middle section = 144 3. Minim = 72, middle section = 160 4. Minim = 80, middle section = 144 5. Minim = 80, middle section = 160 6. Minim = 80, middle section = 180 7. Minim = 88, middle section = 160 8. Minim = 88, middle section = 188 9. Minim = 88, middle section = 200
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Backing Track: Orlando di Lasso - Susanne un jour | Orlando di Lasso - Susanne un jour
Lassus’ 5-part French Chanson, Susanne un jour, first appeared in print in 1567 and quickly became very popular. It was one of the most widely used pieces found in division manuals with at least nine versions surviving today.
These backing tracks are compatible with
The accompaniment takes the form of an organ playing the bottom four vocal parts, leaving the top part (‘Superius’) to be ornamented.
Performance notes:
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A=415, A=440 and A=465
Minum = 40, Equal Temperament and ⅙ comma Meantone Minum = 45, Equal Temperament and ⅙ comma Meantone Minim = 50, Equal Temperament and ⅙ comma Meantone Minim = 55, Equal Temperament and ⅙ comma Meantone Minim = 60, Equal Temperament and ⅙ comma Meantone Minim = 65, Equal Temperament and ⅙ comma Meantone
Total tracks: 36 | 4 | |
Backing Track: Ortiz - Recercada Quarta |
Diego Ortiz – Recercada Quarta: sobre tenores Italianos (Folia)
One of Ortiz’s eight sets of divisions on Italian ground basses for viol from his Trattado de Glossas, 1553. This album includes backing tracks at A=440 and A=415 in meantone temperament at the following speeds: Minim = 80 Minim = 90 Minim = 100 Minim = 110 Minim = 120 Minim = 130
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Backing Track: Ortiz – Recercada Otava | Diego Ortiz – Recercada Otava: sobre tenores Italianos (Folia)
One of Ortiz’s eight sets of divisions on Italian ground basses for viol from his Trattado de Glossas, 1553. This album includes backing tracks at A=440 and A=415 in meantone temperament at the following speeds: Minim = 80 Minim = 90 Minim = 100 Minim = 110 Minim = 120 Minim = 130
Download the music here.
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Backing Track: Ortiz – Recercada Primera | Diego Ortiz – Recercada Primera: sobre tenores Italianos (Passamezzo Antico)
One of Ortiz’s eight sets of divisions on Italian ground basses for viol from his Trattado de Glossas, 1553. This album includes backing tracks at A=440 and A=415 in meantone temperament at the following speeds: Minim = 80 Minim = 90 Minim = 100 Minim = 110 Minim = 120 Minim = 130
Also included are tuning tracks for both pitches. Download the music here. | 4 |