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Richard Egarr continues his journey along the timeline of the harpsichord, tracing its golden age with selections from Couperin, Handel, Bach and Mozart.

Self-proclaimed 'music addict', Richard Egarr, continues his journey along the time-line of the harpsichord. In episode two, he delights in some of the greatest music written for the instrument. From Girolamo Frescobaldi to (as he describes it) the 鈥榖onkers鈥� music of Dario Castello, Richard traces the golden age of the harpsichord along with selections from Couperin, Handel, Bach and Mozart.

59 minutes

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Sun 12 Feb 2023 23:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Toccata Settima [Libro Secondo]

    Performer: Pierre Hanta茂.
    • Frescobaldi - Partitas & Toccatas.
    • Naive.

  • Dario Castello

    Sonata Quarta For Violin And Violetta

    Performer: Richard Egarr. Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Performer: Josue Melendez. Performer: Joseph Crouch. Performer: Bojan 膶i膷i膰. Performer: Susan Addison. Performer: Benny Aghassi.
    • Castello, D: Sonate concertate in stil moderno, Libro I.
    • AAM Records.

  • Jacques Champion de Chambonni猫res

    Prelude in C major

    Performer: Skip Semp茅.
    • Jacques Champion de Chambonni猫res: Pi猫ces de clavecin.
    • Deutsche HM.

  • Louis Couperin

    Suite in C major (Passacaille)

    Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • Louis Couperin: Complete Keyboard Works.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Johann Jakob Froberger

    Suite (Partita) No. 1 in A Minor

    Performer: Glen Wilson.
    • Froberger: 23 Suites for Harpsichord, Tombeau & Lamentation.
    • Naxos.

  • Henry Purcell

    What Power art thou? (King Arthur, or The British Worthy)

    Performer: Stefano Montanari. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina.
    • Andreas Scholl: Purcell - O Solitude.
    • Decca.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite in G minor (VI. Passacaille)

    Performer: Francesco Corti.
    • Handel: Winged Hands.
    • Arcana.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major (Allegro)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: European Brandenburg Ensemble.
    • Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051.
    • Avie.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Concerto for Harpsichord and Fortepiano in E-flat major (Presto)

    Performer: Robert Hill. Performer: L茅on Berben. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Director: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Bachiana - Double Concertos.
    • DG Archiv.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for Keyboard Duet in D Major, I.Allegro

    Performer: Basilio Timpanaro. Performer: Rossella Policardo.
    • Mozart: Music for Harpsichord 4 Hands.
    • Stradivarius.

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 Feb 2023 23:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3