Topic: General Harpsichord and Clavichord Thread

[(: premont :)]

Leonhardt made several more Frescobaldi recordings. Has anyone got an opinion of these:

https://www.amazon.de/Art-Frescobaldi-Leonhardt-Girolamo-2004-03-23/dp/B01AXMRCXW/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=frescobaldi+leonhardt&qid=1603569549&s=music&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.de/Gustav-Leonhardt-Italienische-Cembalo-Consortmusik/dp/B0000251BA/ref=sr_1_9?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=frescobaldi+leonhardt&qid=1603569522&s=music&sr=1-9

https://www.amazon.de/Gustav-Leonhardt-Frescobaldi-Picchi-Macque/dp/B0000251OQ/ref=sr_1_12?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=frescobaldi+leonhardt&qid=1603569522&s=music&sr=1-12

https://www.amazon.de/Frescobaldi-Capricci-LEONHARDT-GUSTAV-2010-03-30/dp/B01AB7MIEW/ref=sr_1_5?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=frescobaldi+leonhardt&qid=1603569750&s=music&sr=1-5

[Mandryka]

Leonhardt made several more Frescobaldi recordings. Has anyone got an opinion of these:

1

2

3

4

4: Noble playing, perfect, but not as perfect as Vartolo in the same music . (I think you can have degrees of perfection.)

3: Real emotional depth, darkness sometimes, in this one. A great favourite of mine, I play it often.

2: Don’t know this so well, just playing it now and I was struck by the harpsichord, a review on Amazon says it’s a Zell.

1: Can’t remember!

[bioluminescentsquid]

1: Can’t remember!

this one's done on a revival harpsichord I think. Either that or an 18th century English Kirckman harpsichord?

[(: premont :)]

this one's done on a revival harpsichord I think. Either that or an 18th century English Kirckman harpsichord?

According to Discogs he uses a Neupert harpsichord (probably the one he used for his first AoF and first Goldberg variations recording) and the organ of the Silbermann Kapelle - of course a misnomer for the organ of the Hofkirche, Silberne Kapelle, Innsbruck. I have never warmed to this recording finding it dull and uninspiring.

[(: premont :)]

4: Noble playing, perfect, but not as perfect as Vartolo in the same music . (I think you can have degrees of perfection.)

3: Real emotional depth, darkness sometimes, in this one. A great favourite of mine, I play it often.

2: Don’t know this so well, just playing it now and I was struck by the harpsichord, a review on Amazon says it’s a Zell.

 1: Can’t remember!

Agree as to 4 and 3. I haven't heard 2 for ages, and do not recall it clearly.

[bioluminescentsquid]

Ah, this is the Kirckman Frescobaldi recording. His first recording on a historical instrument, before the series of Ahaus Ruckers releases. Anyone heard it? https://www.discogs.com/Girolamo-Frescobaldi-Gustav-Leonhardt-Music-For-Harpsichord/release/12919972

Edit: turns out this is identical to #2. Not a Zell, but it is the Kirckman.

Edit 2: Amazing playing, measured but lively. Although not as nuanced as his later recordings, there's a bit of a naïve joy in them. Very much like his Ahaus Ruckers Froberger recording, which I also like a lot. It really took this sort of playing to convince the public that this music was worth digging out and hearing.

[bioluminescentsquid]

An upcoming broadcast of Jean Rondeau playing L Couperin and Froberger in homage to the late Verlet - I wonder how he will fare with this music.
https://www.francemusique.fr/emissions/le-concert-de-20h/couperin-froberger-le-claveciniste-jean-rondeau-rend-hommage-a-sa-professeure-regrettee-blandine-verlet-88789

[bioluminescentsquid]

An upcoming broadcast of Jean Rondeau playing L Couperin and Froberger in homage to the late Verlet - I wonder how he will fare with this music.
https://www.francemusique.fr/emissions/le-concert-de-20h/couperin-froberger-le-claveciniste-jean-rondeau-rend-hommage-a-sa-professeure-regrettee-blandine-verlet-88789

Sometimes it's beautiful, poetic, some times he reminds me of Lang Lang - mannered and superficial. There's a fine line between the two.