Par ROSAZ JEAN-CHRISTOPHE. Inspiré d'une toile de Jérôme Mondésert : quelque part dans une vieille ville, une rue en escalier qui descend : ici le clavecin est l'instrument qui nous aide à plonger dans les méandres du passé, tel un bathyscaphe qui nous conduirait au plus profond de l'océan originel, allégorie de notre moi le plus intime, pour ramener à l'air libre le cristal d'un arpège scintillant au grand jour. / Niveau : Moyen à Avancé / Date parution : 2007-10-01/ Répertoire / Clavecin

Par ANGLEBERT D' / GILBERT. Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629-1691) was one of the foremost composers of Keyboard music of his day. Therefore, the collection of his works, Pieces for Harpsichord is essential to all players of early Baroque Keyboard music. D'Anglebert 's Pieces for Harpsichord represents some of the finest achievements of the French Harpsichord school and shows the composer's mastery of counterpoint as well as his ability to experiment with texture to achieve orchestral sonority. Moreover, d'Anglebert 's collection contains a table of ornaments which formed the basis of those of J. S. Bach and other significantcomposers. The first volume of Pieces for Harpsichord comprises four Harpsichord Suites composed by d'Anglebert, each of which consist of the usual dance movements together with transcriptions from Lully's operas. Furthermore, the three unmeasured preludes included in Suites one, two and three are truly remarkable examples of their kind. With a descriptive preface in French, English and German, volume one of d'Anglebert 's Pieces for Harpsichord is a sublime addition to the repertoire of early Baroque Keyboard music./ Recueil / Clavecin