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Antoine Forqueray: Works for Harpsichord
Antoine Forqueray

Antoine Forqueray: Works for Harpsichord

Jacques Ogg

Label: Globe
Format: CD
Barcode: 8711525602700
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Catalog number: GLO 6027
Releasedate: 19-08-02
  • The world premiere recording of the complete Pieces de clavecin by Antoine Forqueray, court musician of Louis XN and one of the greatest viola da gamba players of all times.

  • The Pieces de Clavecin comprise five Suites containing 32 pieces in total and were published after the composer's death by his son, the equally famous Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Forqueray in two versions: as viola da gamba solos with continuo and in a transcription for solo harpsichord, the latter being the better-known version.

  • Although such famous players as Gustav Leonhardt and Ton Koopmanhave recorded one or two ofthese suites, no one has ever before recorded all five ofthem as the equally outstanding harpsichordist jacques Ogg has now done for Globe.

  • Astonishing works in the virtuoso tradition of Rameau and Couperin, tasteful, original and sometimes bizarre, but also deeply-felt and always surprising. And beautifully recorded, but that is rather a matter of course with Globe...

The world premiere recording of the complete Pieces de clavecin by Antoine Forqueray, court musician of Louis XN and one of the greatest viola da gamba players of all times. The Pieces de Clavecin comprise five Suites containing 32 pieces in total and were published after the composer's death by his son, the equally famous Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Forqueray in two versions: as viola da gamba solos with continuo and in a transcription for solo harpsichord, the latter being the better-known version.

Although famous players such as Gustav Leonhardt and Ton Koopman have recorded one or two of these suites, no one has ever before recorded all five of them as the equally outstanding harpsichordist jacques Ogg has now done. These are astonishing works in the virtuoso tradition of Rameau and Couperin, tasteful, original and sometimes bizarre, but also deeply-felt and always surprising.