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Music from the age of Louis XV: J.Kitchen plays the 1769 Taskin Harpsichord

 
Music from the age of Louis XV: J.Kitchen plays the 1769 Taskin Harpsichord-Harpsichord-Baroque
ID: DCD34112 (EAN: 801918341120)  | 1 CD | DDD - 24 b
Released in: 2012
LABEL:
DELPHIAN RECORDS
Collection:
Baroque
Subcollection:
Harpsichord
Composers:
COUPERIN, François | DUPHLY, Jacques | FORQUERAY, Antoine | RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe
Interprets:
KITCHEN, John (harpsichord)
Other info:

John Kitchen harpsichord (1769 Taskin Harpsichord)

John Kitchen - uniquely familiar with Edinburgh's internationally acclaimed collections of early keyboard instruments - turns his attention to the world's most famous harpsichord, the Taskin harpsichord. The reign of Louis XV was the period during which the harpsichord gained its greatest popularity in France, and this glorious 1769 instrument by Pascal Taskin would have been the preferred choice of any composer. Here its opulent lushness is captured in the ideal acoustics of Scotland's oldest concert hall St Cecilia's Hall. The Hall is also home to the Raymond Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments, which houses the Taskin harpsichord. The combination of instrument, venue, programme and performer creates a unique listening experience.

This is John Kitchen's fourteenth solo recording on Delphian. Since his appointment in 2002 as Edinburgh City Organist, he has curated a busy series of concerts in the city's iconic Usher Hall. Recent recital series in the USA and Germany complement his busy programme of activities in the UK. Having studied seventeenth century French harpsichord music whilst Organ Scholar at Clare College, Cambridge, John is now Senior Lecturer at Edinburgh University, Conductor of Edinburgh University Singers, and Director of Music of Old Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Edinburgh.


Track listing

1 François Couperin (1668-1733): Ordre no. 6 in B flat
1 Les Moissonneurs
2 Les Langueurs-Tendres
3 Le Gazoüillement
4 La Bersan
5 Les Baricades Mistérieuses
6 Les Bergeries
7 La Commére
8 Le Moucheron
Antoine Forqueray (1672-1745)
[attrib.]
9 La Du Breüil
10 La Leclair
11 La Léon
12 La Boisson
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
13 La Triomphante
14 Fanfarinette
15 Les Sauvages
16 L’Enharmonique
17 L’Egiptienne
Jacques Duphly (1715-1789)
18 La Forqueray
19 Médée

Total playing time [66:26]

Review:
 

‘stylishly played’
- Sunday Times

‘...crisp articulation , splendidly agile fingerwork and a strong sense of purpose'
- International Record Review


 

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