Just as jazz musicians today use lead sheets (indicating only melody and harmony), so classic musicians once used partimenti - figured or unfired bass lines - in order to learn how to improvise and compose at the harpsichord. Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816) was one of the most famous composers of his time. His «Regole per bene accompagnare il Partimento» were published 1782 in St. Petersburg.

Nicoleta Paraschivescu, harpsichord

Sam Burckhardt, tenor saxophone

Noam Roth, guitar