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

Ed. Critica E. Fadini - M. Moiraghi. Par SCARLATTI DOMENICO. This critical edition of all the sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti is justified by the necessity of offering performers and scholars a text which is philologically faithful to the author’s intentions (in so far as this can be reconstructed through acomparative study of the surviving printed and manuscript sources) and which is presented as authentically as possible, free from editorial interference or suggestions for performance or interpretation. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Date parution : 1905-07-08/ 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 FIOCCO / PETECH. Harpsichord Pieces, LP. 78 is a set of works for Harpsichord, written by Joseph Hector Fiocco and edited by Diana Petech. This edition includes a really complete preface, with comments and advice to work through this book and explanations of all the symbols that can be found in it. It features 24 pieces divided in two suites, with the second suite set in a more traditional layout than the first one. The name of each piece is also not especially appropriate regarding their style. First suite: - L'anglaise - L'harmonieuse - La plaintive - La villageoise - Les promenades - L'inconfiante - L'italienne - La française - L'adagio - L'alegro - L'andante - La vivace Second suite: - L'alemande - La legère - La guigue - La farabande - L'inquiette - La gavotte - Les menuets - Les sautèrelles - L'agitee - Les zephirs - La musette - La fringuante Joseph Hector Fiocco (1703-1741) is a Belgian harpsichordist who had Italian origins. He was Deputy Choir Master at the court and resigned to become Choir Master in another French city. He composed numerous religious music works./ Recueil / Clavecin

Par FROBERGER / SCHOTT. Second volume of the second tome and fourth book of the Complete Harpsichord Work by Johann Jakob Froberger, this volume is a set of twenty-five pieces for Harpsichord. Edited by Howard Schott, the book has its preface and information in French, English and German. It features eighteen suites numbered from Suite XIII to Suite XXX, as well as seven other works, including three guigues and four other pieces. 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 famous musician among hispeers and influenced many of them./ Répertoire / Clavecin

Par BLOW JOHN. Selected from Musica Britannica Volume 73. Edited by Robert Klakowich. Amateur and professional players with an interest in Baroque repertoire will welcome this generous selection of 25 harpsichord pieces by John Blow (1649-1708). Blow stands as the dominant figure of English harpsichord composition in the late seventeenth century, the master of an individual school that merged continental influences into a vigorous native tradition of keyboard writing. There are preludes, dances and grounds in this anthology, which is selected from Volume 73 of Musica Britannica, and also includes advice on ornamentation and a comprehensive editorial note. Along with its companionvolume of 16 organ pieces, K43, this collection is an important addition to Stainer & Bell's landmark Early English Keyboard series./ Répertoire / Clavecin

Par PURCELL HENRY. Book 2 of Henry Purcell's Complete Harpsichord Works - contains a magnificent miscellany of pieces edited by Howard Ferguson. Includes 18 pieces from The Second Part of Musick's Handmaid, 1689; 6 pieces from A Choice Collection of Lessons, 1696/99 and other pieces from various sources. Selected for the ABRSM examinations grades 4 and 5./ Répertoire / Clavecin