Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. / Date parution : 2022-10-12/ Répertoire / Clavecin et Piano

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.

facile - easy - leicht-Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) is well-known for his Keyboard compositions. His 555 Keyboard Sonatas remain ever popular to this day and it is for this reason that this first volume of Selected Sonatas is indispensable to performers of the genre. Originally composed for the Harpsichord Organ or early Pianoforte the sonatas display the riveting use of discords and unconventional modulations to remote keys. It is also thought that much of Scarlatti's Keyboard music contains influences of Iberian music considering that he spent much of his working life in the service of the Spanish and Portugueseroyal families. The first volume of Selected Sonatas compiled by Kenneth Gilbert includes many of the popular and recognised sonatas. Bearing in mind that Domenico Scarlatti was a highly competent and popular Keyboard player in his day so much so that he was employed in the service of two royal families his sonatas are composed with much experience understanding and expertise creating an essential addition to the repertoire of all Keyboard players of the Baroque genre.

Edited by Alan BrownIn conjunction with MB66 this volume draws on manuscript sources of Tudor keyboard music to create a comprehensive edition of all the material which has not yet found a place in the series or in comparable library editions.First published in 1989.

Bach composed his 15 Two-Part Inventions or as he called them Sinfonias for Keyboard at the same time as their 15 Three-Part Counterparts. They are designed to as Bach himself says: 'To play cleanly in two voices...(and) deal correctly with three obbligato voices...but above all else to acquire a true cantabile style of playing and with it to get a good foretaste of the art of composition'.

Toccatas BWV 910-916-Relativement précoces les toccatas de Bach datent probablement des années 1707?1713 et représentent si l?on peut dire sa période «Sturm und Drang». Elles ne furent pas conçues comme un cycle mais indépendamment et à des époques variées chacune sous un numéro d?opus différent. Conformément au genre de la toccata elles se distinguent par leur caractère virtuose et la présence d?éléments d?improvisation parfois aussi de récitatifs sans pour autant être dépourvues de la solide technique polyphonique de la plénitude harmonique et de la ri-chesse d?invention inépuisable de Bach.