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Composer: COUPERIN, Armand-Louis ((1727-1789)) |
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ID: DCD34001
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Harpsichord
A stunning recital on a variety of keyboards from Edinburgh’s venerated musical museum. Repertoire includes works by Byrd, Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Greene, Couperin, and Forqueray. Photographs and descriptions of all nine instruments enhance the booklet. A must-have item for early keyboard enthusiasts worldwide! |
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ID: DCD34039
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Piano
Edinburgh University’s Russell Collection is one of the world’s finest collections of early keyboard instruments. The second volume in John Kitchen’s ongoing project to bring its musical exhibits to life matches music by Handel, Purcell, the Scottish composer Robert Bremner and others including Mozart’s son Franz Xaver with a gloriously vigorous menagerie of spinets, virginals, chamber organs, clavichord and harpsichords.
Track listing
Three pieces from Robert Bremner’s The Harpsichord or Spinnet Miscellany
Bach, J C F:
Five pieces from Musikalische Nebenstunden
Blow:
Voluntary in C
Couperin, A-L:
Les Tendres Sentimens
L'Affligée
L'Enjouée
Graupner:
Four movements from Partita in E major 'November'
Handel:
Keyboard Suite, HWV 437 in D minor
Mozart, F X:
Deux Polonaises mélancoliques
Purcell:
Five pieces from Musick’s Handmaid
Rossi, M:
Toccata settima from 'Toccate e correnti d'intavolatura d'organo e cimbalo'
Tomkins:
A sad Pavan for these distracted times
John Kitchen, harpsichord, piano, organ |
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ID: DCD34057
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Harpsichord
St Cecilia’s Hall is the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Scotland, dating from 1763. In 1968 it became home to the Raymond Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments. This already world famous collection was further enhanced in 2005 when the University of Edinburgh received the extraordinary gift of 22 historic keyboard instruments from Rodger and Lynne Mirrey; the galleries at St Cecilia’s Hall now house one of the two most comprehensive collections of early keyboard instruments in the world. John Kitchen’s demonstration recital couples music with instrument in a way that informs and entertains.
Track listing
Double-manual harpsichord (4478), Luigi Baillon, Cyteux, 1755
Louis Couperin (1626-1661) 1-5 Suite in C major
Triple-fretted clavichord (4486), possibly Flemish, c. 1620
Two Renaissance dances anon. Dutch 16th century 6 Almande prynce, anon. early 16th century 7 Fusi pavana piana
Grand pianoforte (4492), Johann Friedrich Kuhlbörs, Breslau, c. 1805
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 8 Adagio in G (Hob. XV/22) 9 Fantasia in C (Hob. XVII/4)
Single-manual harpsichord (4479), Thomas Barton, London, 1709
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) 10-14 Suit of Lessons in C , John Blow (1649-1708) 15 Mortlack's Ground
Unfretted clavichord (4487), possibly Dresden, c.1740
Johann Jacob Froberger (1616-1667) 16 Lamento sopra la dolora perdita della Real Msta. Di Ferdinando IV, Ré de Romani
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) 17-19 Suite in F minor BWV 823
Virginal (4484), Honofrio Guarracino, Naples, 1678
Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710) 20 Alemanda 21 Corrente
Single-manual harpsichord (4471), Bernardinus de Trasuntinis, Venice, 1574
William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) 22 Pavan: Bray [MB XXVIII, 59a, b] 23 Galliard,
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), 24 Toccata nona (1637)
Single-manual harpsichord (4473), Franciscus de Paulinis, Rimini, 1725
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) 25 Toccata decima in F
Grand pianoforte (4490), John Broadwood, London, 1793
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) 26-28 Three Songs Without Words
Total playing time [75:48] |
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ID: SIGCD032
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Recording Location: St. Andrew's Church, Toddington, Gloucestershire
Louis (c.1626-1661), François le Grand (1668-1733) and Armand-Louis (1727-1789) were the three most celebrated members of the distinguished Couperin family of musicians who flourished from the late 16th century until the middle of the 19th, holding a position of esteem parallel to that of the Bachs in Germany.
The Sultan and the Phoenix presents both masterpieces and rare gems from the Couperins and their contemporaries, all delivered with a rare insight by the ensemble charivari agréable. The programme presents an overview of the ensemble use of the viol in its various manifestations and stages of evolution in France. The Couperin dynasty offers a convenient chronological framework within which the viol could be heard in various guises: from a consort setting to a ‘pičces de clavecin en concerts’ configuration; from a six-string bass viol to a five-string hybrid ‘quinton’. Underpinning this programme is the historical practice of adaptation, transcription and arrangement with which French baroque music is replete.
Historical tradition is followed by the arrangement of some pieces by the players. Some involved direct transcription, such as the L. Couperin Pavan for a viol consort or the F. Couperin harpsichord piece for theorbo (in the style of de Visée, see above). Other pieces are left untouched, such as L. Couperin’s Fantaisies and Corrette’s Phénix, as well as the large-scale chamber works of Dornel and Couperin.
Charivari Agréable’s reputation as one of the most original ensembles in the period-instrument scene was recently articulated by the BBC Music Magazine, which noted that the ensemble “has carved something of a niche for itself in imaginative and well thought-out programming”, reasoning that its work is the fruit of both scholarly research and charismatic musicianship, a combination which puts it at the forefront of period-instrument ensembles.
This recording is refreshing and rewarding. Charivari Agréable is a rare combination with a distinct sound and sonority, displaying sincere empathy and love for the repertory they choose to record. |
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