About the album

Jos van Immerseel, who was born in Antwerp, Belgium, studied plano, organ and harpsichord at the Antwerp Royal Flemish Music Conservatory which he all finished with first prizes. Already around 1970 he became interested in the Fortepiano and quickly became one of the driving forces behind the revival of the Fortepiano. He recently had an outstandingly beautiful new Fortepiano built by Christopher Cinrke after a fortepiano by Anton Walter (Vienna 1790), the same kind of instrument both Mozart and Haydn owned. On this instrument he played this programme. Jos van Immerseel made his first fortcepiano recording already in 1977 which was then internationally praised as a new standard. The present recording (the first of a series with Jos van Immerseel) shows clearly why Jos van lmmerseel is considered to be one of the great interpreters and authorities on performance style all over the world.