a-Moll. Par BUXTEHUDE DIETRICH. Einzige Quelle für die Suite in a ist der 1704 in Breitenberg bei Itzehoe entstandene Teil einer Sammelhandschrift des Organisten Johann Kruse. Aufgrund der Autorenangabe 'D. B. H. ', die in entsprechender Weise auch bei Stücken anderer Komponisten vorgenommen worden ist und sich bestätigt hat, ist es naheliegend, das Werk Dieterich Buxtehude zuzuweisen, zumal Kruse in Hamburg aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach auch Kontakt zu ihm hatte. Unter den Buxtehude zugeschriebenen Cembalosuiten steht die hier erstmals veröffentlichte wegen der Kürze ihrer vier Sätze den ihr zugrundeliegenden Tanz-Grundmustern am nächsten - ein klein dimensioniertes, aber kunstvolles Werk./ Répertoire / Clavecin

The Books of 1705-6 and 1724. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. This three volume edition is the first complete edition of the keyboard works of Jean-Philippe Rameau to incorporate all the printed collections of harpsichord music published under his supervision as well as his clavier arrangement of Les Indes Galantes (In book 3 - BA6583). It also includes many new insights into performance practice (e. g. the handling of repeat signs in the original prints) and presents the music entirely in modern clefs. The result is a reliable and unique edition for today’s performers that does full justice to recent findings in historical performance practice. For the first time, all accidentals and expressionmarks are reproduced exactly as they appear in the sources. All of Rameau’s written comments – a key source on performance practice – are reproduced in the original French with translations into German and English. Rounding off the edition are instructive facsimiles and a detailed preface in which the editor, the celebrated harpsichordist and conductor Siegbert Rampe, discusses the sources, editorial method, and important aspects of performance. Complete scholarly-critical Urtext edition in modern clefs Includes the latest findings in performance practice Includes Rameau’s written comments and explanations in the original and in translations in English and German Ideal format (24. 3 x 31 cm)/ Répertoire / Piano

The basis for the musical text of this study score was Henle's revised edition of Part I published in 1997 and Yo Tomita's brand new revision of Part II (spring 2007). A detailed commentary rounds off the editions. Both parts of the Well-Tempered Clavier are also available as Henle Urtext editions with and without fingerings (HN 14 and HN 1014).? / Piano

Par PIETILA ESA. The title of Esa Pietilä?s solo harpsichord work Fata morgana (2019) refers to a special weather con-dition, which creates illusory effect of mirage-like fairy castle-like monuments in the horizon of the sea. The piece brings forth the frightening bass sonority on double manual, full size harpsichord and the brightness on the treble and makes a dialogue out of them. ?I got fasci-nated by the sonority, character and power of the low register sound on the instrument, es-pecially when used in non-traditional way and found some kind of especially delightful and outlandish cluster-mud and airy glimmering things which seem to play together?, the com-poser describes. The challenges of the piece lie in rhythmical ideas, which are surprisingly multi-faceted and in the short, improvised section. Duration: c. 6? / Date parution : 2022-05-31/ Répertoire / Clavecin

Par BALBASTRE CLAUDE / CURTIS. Pièces De Clavecin D'Orgue Et De Forte Piano - LP. 52 by C. B Ballastre is a selection of twenty-three pieces chosen by Alan Curtis that can be played by a Harpsichordist, an Organist or a Pianist with upper-intermediate to advanced skills but seem better suited for a Pianist. The twenty-three pieces are: - Fugue - La de Caze - La d'Hericourt - La Segur - La Monmartel ou La Brunoy - La Boullongne - La Castelmore - La Courteille - La Bellaud - La Lamarck - La Berville - La Lugeac - La Suzanne - LaGenty - La Malesherbe - La Berryer ou La Lamoignon - La Laporte - La Morisseau - Prelude - Fugue - Sonate en Quatuor, IV: Allegro / Andante Pastoralle / Allegro - La d'Esclignac - Marche des Marseillois et l'Air C; a ira C. B. Balbastre (1724-1799) is one of the most famous musicians of his era. He was a great composer who could play the Harpsichord, the Piano and the Organ./ Répertoire / Clavecin

Par SIEGEL RICHARD. Richard Siegel won prizes for the Harpsichord and Chamber Music at the Paris Conservatoire before going on the win first prize in the 1977 International Harpsichord Competition. He has since recorded over 30 CDs and his passion for the instrument has been further apparent in his production of Apprendre à Toucher le Clavecin. As stated in the preface, the study of the Harpsichord has long been reserved, frequently dismissed as an 'old-fashioned' instrument. However, a recent rise in the popularity of early music has rekindled interest in the Harpsichord. In Apprendre à Toucher le Clavecin, volume 1 beingthe first of two helpful volumes to aid student's learning and progression, Siegel enables Harpsichord beginners to learn through repertoire pieces themselves, drawn from the Keyboard masters of the Baroque period. The pupil will be guided towards an understanding of technique and style suited to the Harpsichord. Furthermore, Apprendre à Toucher le Clavecin, which is accompanied by a CD, enables adults who learnt the instrument as a child to return to the instrument and have the instant feeling of making music./ Méthode / Clavecin

Essercizi per gravicembalo - A cura di M. Moiraghi (supervisione E. Fadini). The 10th volume of Domenico Scarlatti?s Sonate per clavicembalo represents a crucial landmark of this series, i.e. the thirty Essercizi per gravicembalo (London, 1738-39) at the heart of the composer?s production. For a long time, the style of these sonatas and their role in the history of keyboard music has been debated. But nobody had ever examined thoroughly the key aspects of textual criticism, intended not only as a detailed reconstruction of the text, but as a philological study with a full scope. This volume is the first step in such direction. The musical text of this edition is the result of a systematic comparison of all the eighteenth century printed and manuscript sources preserving Scarlatti?s treasured Essercizi. In some cases, the edition presents an alternative version of the same sonata, based on the sources? examination and sometimes showing an intricate web of authorial variants. The detailed Critical Notes take into account all the variants handed down by the sources. Many topics are discussed in the rich Introduction, first and foremost the historical context and the genesis of Scarlatti?s sonatas. Furthermore, other important topics are investigated, such as: the relationship between the Essercizi and the rival Londonese edition by Roseingrave: the role and chronology of the contemporary French editions, known under the name of Boivin: the early interventions of anonymous performers.

Pièces De Clavecin D'Orgue Et De Forte Piano - LP. 52 by C.B Ballastreis a selection of twenty-three pieces chosen by Alan Curtis that can be played by a Harpsichordist, an Organist or a Pianist with upper-intermediate to advanced skills but seem better suited for a Pianist. The twenty-three pieces are: - Fugue - La de Caze - La d'Héricourt - La Ségur - La Monmartel ou La Brunoy - La Boullongne - La Castelmore - La Courteille - La Bellaud - La Lamarck - La Berville - La Lugeac - La Suzanne - La Genty - La Malesherbe - La Berryer ou La Lamoignon - La Laporte - La Morisseau - Prélude - Fugue - Sonate en Quatuor, IV: Allegro / Andante Pastoralle / Allegro - La d'Esclignac - Marche des Marseillois et l'Air Ça ira C. B. Balbastre (1724-1799) is one of the most famous musicians of his era. He was a great composer who could play the Harpsichord, the Piano and the Organ.

Für Clavicembalo Oder Orgelpositiv, Werk 16. Par STEINBAUER OTHMAR. Cemb (Orgpos)/ Répertoire / Clavecin

Canaanite Fantasy No. 3. Par LEEF YINAM. Similiar to its two sister-works, ELEGY looks back to the past and to ancient musical colors and ideals, combining musical ornamentations of nature within contemporary Western modes of expression. The composer accounts that 'the most interesting and attractive challenge for me was to try to relate to the special characteristics of the harpsichord - its rather confined range of dynamics on the one hand, and the great richness of the single tone on the other - and to attempt to formulate a contemporary view towards the historical and stylistic connotations of this instrument. The work combines some typical music structures, such as repetitions and sequential patterns, within ageneral improvisatory feeling, and leads, as the climax resolves, to a short quation from J.S. Bach's 'The Art of Fugue', which gradually disintegrates into the central motif of the work. The title ELEGY invokes a looking backwards, with a sense of longing and maybe even sadness, to a world of sounds that has perhaps lost its glitter, to a past era, but not without a certain hope for its renewal.'/ Répertoire / Clavecin

Par ROYER PANCRACE / CRAWFORD. As a prestigious musician during the early 1700s, Royer 's Harpsichord Pieces remains a favourite in the instrument's repertoire. Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer (1705-1755) was born in Turin, however, he moved to Paris in 1925 and soon became responsible for the musical education of King Louis XV's children. Royer is particularly known for his extravagant and virtuosic Harpsichord compositions, as displayed in La Pupitre's compilation of his Harpsichord Pieces. Comprising famous works by the composer, including Suite Bagatelle and March of the Scythes, the collectionexemplifies the composer's skills on the Harpsichord. Royer 's Harpsichord Pieces is essential to the repertoire of aspiring advanced players of the instrument./ Recueil / Clavecin

First volume of the first tome of the Oeuvres Complètes Pour Clavecin by Johann Jakob Froberger this book (Version 1649) is a set of twenty-four pieces for Harpsichord. Edited by Howard Schott the book has its preface and information in French English and German. It features six Toccatas six Fantasias six Canzones 5 Suites and a partite. The works are of medium difficulty and can be played by intermediate players. Johann Jakob Froberger (1616-1667) is a German Baroque composer. He was a really famous musician amongst his peers and influenced many of them.

Par COUPERIN FRANCOIS / GILBERT. The first volume of Couperin 's Harpsichord Pieces does not contain a date of publication, however, it is thought to have been composed during 1716-1717, due to the address which the composer gave on his other Harpsichord compositions. Yet, the compilation remains a favourite. François Couperin (1668-1733) is often nicknamed 'Couperin the Great' to distinguish him from other members of the musical family. Many of the composer's works have picturesque titles. Examples of this in his first volume of Pieces for Harpsichord include, Les Papillons (The Butterflies), L'Enchanteresse (The Enchanting) and LesPlaisirs de Saint Germain en Laÿ e (The Pleasures of Saint Germain en Laÿ e). Couperin 's moods are expressed through choices of keys, adventurous harmonies and discords. With a significant amount of variation and inspiration, Pieces for Harpsichord is essential to the repertoire of aspiring players of the instrument./ Répertoire / Clavecin

The seventh volume of the series of twelve, Sonatas - Volume VII, LP. 37 features the Sonatas K.306 to K.357. Composed by Domenico Scarlatti, this edition by the Harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert regroups the 555 sonatas arranged forPiano. Based on the two sets of books discovered in Venice and in Parma, this edition still contains some of the annotations initially suggested by Kirkpatrick, whose book can be considered as an essential guide for this series. / Clavecin / Heugel