Contents: Autumn 2022
Volume 27, No. 1
Claudio Merulo: Two biographical notes
Glen Wilson
The Orgelbüchlein as pedal clavichord music
Terence Charlston
Identifying clavichord repertoire
Paul Simmonds
Ivory Sales in the United Kingdom and European Community
David Hackett
Interview with Andreas Kilström
Hila Katz
Books
Dominique Ferran (ed), Le clavichorde (Paris, 2020), 128 pages, https://www.clavecin-en-france.org
Cristiano Holtz, J. S. Bach – A sua técnica ao teclado segundo fontes históricas/J. S. Bach’s Keyboard Technique According to Historical Sources (Lisbon, 2022), 92 pages, 15 euros, https://editionsava.com/pt/cristiano-holtz
Francis Knights
Music
Claudio Merulo, ed Francesco Tasini, Il primo libro de Ricercare da cantare a quattro voci Ut Orpheus HS306 (2021), www.utorpheus.com
John Collins
J. S. Bach, arr Lorenzo Ghielmi, Organ works preserved as fragments 2 vols, la divina armonia (2020, 2022)
Francis Knights
Ernst Wilhelm Wolf, ed Ryan Layne Whitney, Collected Solo Keyboard Sonatas 3 vols (2021), Lulu.com.
Terence Charlston
Recordings
Froberger, Suites for harpsichord, vol.2, Gilbert Rowland (harpsichord), Athene ath23209 (2021), 2 CDs, 117’
Gottlieb Muffat, Suites for harpsichord, vol.3, Naoko Akutagawa (harpsichord), Naxos 8.574098 (2021), 67’
Bach, Toccatas for harpsichord, Pieter Dirksen (harpsichord), Etcetera KTC1722 (2021), 72’
Michael Maxwell Steer
François Couperin, Pièces d’orgue, Pieter Dirksen (organ), ToccaTa Records TRR 99025 (2021), 81’
Echoes of Advent: Magnificat and chorale settings for organ from 17th-century and 18th-century Germany and France, Douglas Hollick (organ), Riverrun Records RVRCD123 (2020), 78’
Pablo Padilla
Handel’s Eight Great Harpsichord Suites. Bridget Cunningham (harpsichord), Signum Classics SIGCD 679 (2021), 154’
Paula Woods
Johann Sebastian Bach: Das wohltemperierte Clavier 1, Ulrika Davidsson (clavichord), organroxx ORG 08 (2021), 2 CDs, 130’
Light & Shade: Douglas Hollick plays clavichord music by C P E Bach, Jirˇi Benda and Haydn, Douglas Hollick (clavichord), Riverrrun RVRCD122 (2020), 67’
Clavichord Music from the Danish Golden Age, Mads Damlund (clavichord), Helikon HCD 1100 (2022), 77’ An das Klavier, Alissa Duryee (clavichord), with Emily Eagen (soprano), ADK 2020/1 (2020), 66’
Francis Knights
John Worgan: Complete Harpsichord Music, Julian Perkins (harpsichord), with Timothy Roberts (harpsichord), Toccata Classics TOCC 0375 (2021), 77’
Paula Woods
Kühl, nicht lau, Tami Krausz (flute) and Shuann Chai (fortepiano), with João Moreira (tenor), Matthijs van de Woerd (baritone) and Marc Pantus (bass baritone), Ramée RAM 1903 (2020), 67’
Pamela Hickman
Reports
Historical Keyboard Society of North America 2022 Conference: ‘Bach and the 19th century’. Hunter, New York, 22-26 June 2022
Kathryn Cok
2022 Smarano International Early Keyboards Academy: ‘Vienna, Musical Heart of Europe’. Smarano and Vienna, 25 July – 6 August 2022
Dylan L. Sanzenbacher
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