Passacaille - MVSR1548 | Musica

This piece is taken from the suite for cembalo in g minor. It beginns with a unisono opening, leading to several variations, where the high and low sections of the band alternately dominate. It ends with a bright finale.

A passacaglia, passacaille or pasacalle (Spanish pasar una calle means "walking along a road") is a Spanish folk dance. In the 16th century it came to France and Italy, where it developed as stage dance.