Capriccio I sopra Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la**
Capriccio II sopra La, sol, fa, mi, re, ut*
Capriccio III sopra il Cucco*
Capriccio IV sopra La, sol, fa, re, mi**
Capriccio V sopra la Bassa Fiamenga**
Capriccio VI sopra la Spagnoletta*
Capriccio VII sopra l’aria ‘Or che noi rimena’ in partite**
Capriccio VIII cromatico con ligature al contrario*
Capriccio IX di durezze***
Capriccio X sopra un soggetto***
Capriccio XI obligo di cantare la quinta parte*** (Vincenzo Di Donato and Marco Scavazza)
Capriccio XII sopra l’aria di Ruggiero***
Capriccio VII sopra l’aria ‘Or che noi rimena’ in partite****

* Bologna, San Petronio, organ in Cornu Epistolae by Lorenzo da Prato (1471-75) and Giovanni Battista Facchetti (1531)
** Bologna, San Petronio, organ in Cornu Evangelii by Baldassarre Malamini (1596)
*** Bologna, San Martino, organ by Giovanni Cipri (1556)
**** Bologna, Museo San Colombano, Tagliavini collection of musical instruments, harpsichord by Giovanni Battista Giusti (1679)

Once again Liuwe Tamminga celebrates the magnificent sound of some of the oldest surviving organs of Italy. He performs Frescobaldi on the amazing organ made by Lorenzo da Prato (1471-75) but also on the Baldassarre Malamini (1596), organ both situated in San Petronio. He also uses the organ by Giovanni Cipri (1556) in the nearby church of San Martino as well as a harpsichord by Giovanni Battista Giusti (1679).

The Capricci adhere to the set of compositional features that allow for the expression of emotions (affetti) through a more flexible treatment of the traditional counterpoint. Here, the rules could occasionally be broken or even ignored for expressive purposes; composers also encouraged rhythmic liberties (particularly tempo fluctuation) as Frescobaldi mentions in his preface to the Capricci.

Liuwe Tamminga is considered one of the major specialists of sixteenth- and seventeenthcentury Italian repertoires for organ. In 2008 three recordings dedicated to Fiorenzo Maschera, ‘the historic organs of the Canary Islands’ and to Giacomo Puccini received the Diapason d’Or reward.