ISBN 9790006505623. 31
x 24.3 cm inches.
Preface: Denis
Herlin.
‘Once
again the French
musicologist Denis
Herlin, who mastered the
harpsichord under the
tutelage of such keyboard
legends as Kenneth
Gilbert and Huguette
Dreyfus, has presented an
exemplary edition of a
classic from the
harpsichord
repertoire.’ (Jury
of the German Music
Edition Prize on BA
10844)
Bärenrei
ter presents Book II of
Couperin’s
“Pièces de
clavecinâ€, first
published in 1717, In
addition the eight
preludes and one
allemande from his
treatise
“L’Art de
toucher le
clavecin†are
included in the appendix.
For the first time Denis
Herlin has evaluated the
many later impressions of
the original print, most
of which he unearthed
himself in international
libraries. By preserving
the essential features of
the original print while
largely dispensing with
disruptive page-turns
within the pieces, the
volume brings modern
performers close to the
special sound of this
music. Rounding off this
pioneering new edition
are an extensive
Foreword, notes on
historical performance
practice, a comprehensive
glossary, facsimile pages
and a detailed Critical
Commentary.
About
Barenreiter
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expect from a Barenreiter
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MUSICOLOGICA
LLY SOUND - A
reliable musical text
based on all available
sources - A
description of the
sources -
Information on the
genesis and history of
the work - Valuable
notes on performance
practice - Includes
an introduction with
critical commentary
explaining source
discrepancies and
editorial decisions
... AND
PRACTICAL -
Page-turns, fold-out
pages, and cues where you
need them - A
well-presented layout and
a user-friendly
format - Excellent
print quality -
Superior paper and
binding
Harpsichord SKU: BT.ALHE33712 By Diana Petech. By Joseph-Hector Fiocco. L...(+)
Harpsichord
SKU:
BT.ALHE33712
By Diana
Petech. By Joseph-Hector
Fiocco. Le Pupitre -
Heugel. Classical. Score
Only. 67 pages. Heugel &
Cie #ALHE33712. Published
by Heugel & Cie
(BT.ALHE33712).
Harpsichord SKU: FG.55011-764-8 Composed by Esa Pietilä. Classical, co...(+)
Harpsichord
SKU:
FG.55011-764-8
Composed by Esa
Pietilä. Classical,
contemporary. Book.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-764-8. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-764-8).
ISBN
9790550117648.
The
title of Esa
Pietilä’s solo
harpsichord work Fata
morgana (2019) refers to
a special weather
con-dition, which creates
illusory effect of
mirage-like fairy
castle-like monuments in
the horizon of the sea.
The piece brings forth
the frightening bass
sonority on double
manual, full size
harpsichord and the
brightness on the treble
and makes a dialogue out
of them. “I got
fasci-nated by the
sonority, character and
power of the low register
sound on the instrument,
es-pecially when used in
non-traditional way and
found some kind of
especially delightful and
outlandish cluster-mud
and airy glimmering
things which seem to play
together, the com-poser
describes. The challenges
of the piece lie in
rhythmical ideas, which
are surprisingly
multi-faceted and in the
short, improvised
section.
Duration: c.
6’
Esa
Pietilän
soolo-cembalolle tehdyn
sävellyksen otsikko
Fata morgana (2019)
viittaa erityisen
sääil-miön
aiheuttamaan
illusatoriseen
kangastuksen tapaiseen
efektiin, joka tuo esiin
satulinnojen kaltaisten
rakennelmien
ilmaantumisen meren
horisonttiin. Sävellys
tuo esiin cembalon
bas-sorekisterin
pelottavuuden sekä
diskantin kirkkauden ja
käy niillä
vuoropuhelua. Haltioiduin
cembalon alarekisterin
erityisestä soinnista,
karakteerista ja
voimasta, jos sitä
käyttää hyvinkin
ei-perinteisesti.
Löysin myös
erityisen hauskasti
soivaa klusteri-mutaa ja
ilmavaa kimallusta, jotka
sointuvat yhteen,
Pietilä kuvaa
sävellystään.
Kappaleen haasteena ovat
rytmisesti
yllät-tävät ja
monitahoiset ideat
sekä lyhyt
improvisaatiojakso.
Harpsichord SKU: OT.21125 Composed by Daniel Akiva. 5 short pieces for ha...(+)
Harpsichord
SKU:
OT.21125
Composed by
Daniel Akiva. 5 short
pieces for
harpsichord/cembalo.
Classical. Score. OR-TAV
Music Publications
#21125. Published by
OR-TAV Music Publications
(OT.21125).
ISBN
9789655051117. 8.27 x
11.69 inches.
The
five short movements for
solo cembalo are brief,
personal prayers that
depict how the subject
manages a range of
feelings and emotions.
The miniatures each
represent a different
emotional state:
reflection, searching,
meditation, agitation,
and resolution. Each is a
small-scale
representation of a
grand, wide-ranging
prayer of
supplication. As a
composer, performer, and
researcher of early
music, writing for
cembalo allows me not
only to express my
special connection to the
instrument and the period
in which it flourished,
but also to present its
contemporary dimensions
as a rich and versatile
instrument. The
piece was composed at the
request of Hagai Yodan,
who performs it with
great skill. Daniel
Akiva is a composer,
performer, and educator
whose performances on
guitar and lute have won
great acclaim. Mr. Akiva
graduated from the Rubin
Academy of Music in
Jerusalem in 1981, where
he studied classical
guitar with Haim Asulin
and composition with Haim
Alexander. In 1987 he
completed his studies at
the Geneva Conservatorium
in Switzerland where he
studied lute with
Jonathon Rubin and
composition with Jean
Ballisa. For many years,
he headed the Music
Department at the WIZO
High School for the Arts
in Haifa, which he
founded in 1986, and
served as the Artistic
Director of the Guitar
Gems Festival from
2006-2019. As part of his
work at WIZO High School,
he has developed a method
for teaching free
improvisation that has
been incorporated into
the music program at the
school. Mr. Akiva has
appeared in concert as a
guitarist and lutist and
given master classes in
Israel, Europe, Russia,
the United States, and
Latin America. Daniel
Akiva’s
compositional output
includes works for solo
instruments, chamber
ensembles, choir, voice
and guitar, piano, and
chamber orchestra. His
works have been recorded
on twelve CDs, the latest
of which, Malchut, was
issued by OR-TAV in
2014. A native of
Haifa whose family has
lived in Israel for over
five hundred years, he
was steeped in the
Sephardic
(Jewish-Spanish)
tradition from his youth.
Much of his compositional
output has been devoted
to a dialogue with the
music of the Sephardic
Jews. Daniel Akiva has
also maintained a
creative dialogue over
many years with the poets
and writers Amnon
Shamash, Rivka Miriam,
and Avner Peretz.