Sweelinck's fantasias belong to the most ornate and elaborate contrapuntal genre of early 17th-century keyboard music. Moreover, these 20 masterful works also form the undisputed climax of this genre. The four-volume edition of Sweelinck's "Complete Works for Keyboard Instruments" by Harald Vogel and Pieter Dirksen - which has universally won plaudits for its exemplary editorial quality - comes to a glorious conclusion with the volume of fantasias. The comments of the two Sweelinck experts also contribute to establishing the outstanding quality of the "practical source edition" which retains the special characteristics of the notation as much as possible. The volume also contains an essay by Pieter Dirksen in which he treats the important topic of the instruments in a comprehensive manner and gives the user indispensable information on this central work group. Contents Fantasia à 4 (C2) SwWV 254Fantasia Ut sol fa mi (C4) SwWV 256Fantasia Crommatica à 4 (d1) SwWV 258Fantasia à 4 (d2) SwWV 259Fantasia à 4: Echo (d3) SwWV 260Fantasia [à 4: Echo] (d4) SwWV 261Fantasia Ut re mi fa sol la à 4 (F1) SwWV 263Fantasia à 4 (G1) SwWV 266Fantasia [à 2, 3 et 4 vocem] (G2) SwWV 267Fantasia re re re sol ut mi fa sol [à 2, 3 et 4 vocem] (G4) SwWV 269Fantasia [contraria à 4] (g1) SwWV 270Fantazia [à 2] (g3) SwWV 272Fantasia à 4 (a1) SwWV 273Fantasia auf die Manier eines Echo (C1) SwWV 253Fantasia [auf die Manier eines Echo] (C3) SwWV 255Fantasia (C5) SwWV 257Fantasia (d5) SwWV 262Fantasia à 4 (F2) SwWV 264Fantasia mit Bindungen (F3) SwWV 265Fantasia [Fuga 7. toni] (G3) SwWV 268Fantasia [à 3] (g2) SwWV 271Fantasia à 2, 3: et 4 vocem (a2) SwWV 274Fantasia auf die Manier eines Echo (a3) SwWV 275Ricercar del nono tono (a1) SwWV 280Praeludium pedaliter (Variante von Nr. 19) SwWV 265bCapriccio (a1) SwWV 281Ricercar à 4 (d1) SwWV 277Ricercar (d2) SwWV 278Ricercar (d3) SwWV 279