Il Cembalo Transalpino: Music from the Fitzwilliam Collection
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Label: Chandos
Cat No: CHAN0819
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 3rd May 2019
Contents
Works
Passamezzo Pavan and GalliardSonata in A major
Amarilli mia bella
Sonata in D minor
Violin Sonatas (12), op.5
Cosi moriro
Freno Tirsi il desio
Tirsi morir volea
Passamezzo Pavan and Galliard
Toccata
Sonata in D minor
Prelude
Chi fara fede al cielo
Canzona in G minor
Artists
Sophie Yates (harpsichord)Works
Passamezzo Pavan and GalliardSonata in A major
Amarilli mia bella
Sonata in D minor
Violin Sonatas (12), op.5
Cosi moriro
Freno Tirsi il desio
Tirsi morir volea
Passamezzo Pavan and Galliard
Toccata
Sonata in D minor
Prelude
Chi fara fede al cielo
Canzona in G minor
Artists
Sophie Yates (harpsichord)About
The recording features the Boni harpsichord from the Fitzwilliam Collection, originally made by Giovanni Battista Boni who worked in Cortona in Tuscany. In some ways it is conventional for its time, having a slab sawn cypress soundboard and light cypress case, but its original set-up was a highly unusual one, with three sets of strings at the same (8-foot) pitch. During the last restoration, by Trevor Beckerleg in 1975, the third register, which had been out of use, was re-instated and this gives the player more resources than does the usual Italian harpsichord: both the front and back rows of jacks pluck the same set of strings but in different places, which gives them a distinctly different timbre, and the various combinations of the three registers provide the player with five distinct sounds to choose from.
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