Froberger: 23 Suites for Harpsichord, Tombeau & Lamentation
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JOHANN JACOB FROBERGER
Froberger: 23 Suites for Harpsichord, Tombeau & Lamentation
Glen Wilson (harpsichord)
[ Naxos / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 1 February 2017
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Froberger was the most famous keyboard virtuoso of the mid-seventeenth century. This recording of his elegant, colourful and intricately expressive dance music in the French lute style, arranged here in chronological order, is the first to employ all available sources in a new edition by Glen Wilson. An online essay accessible at www.naxos.com/notes/573493.htm explores in depth his views of the many problems of performance practice, and explains the famous programmatic pieces, which shed light on events in Froberger's life, including a near-drowning of a travelling companion in the Rhine.
"Wilson does not fail [Froberger]…he seeks a 'delicate balance of freedom and rigour', resulting in deeply considered interpretations, never hurried or frivolous, but with each note given proper placing and weight. The effect might seem at times to toy with ponderousness, but given full attention it can draw you into the rhetorical moment and hold you there in anticipation of the next" Gramophone
