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Selected Harpsichord Works
Orlando Gibbons

Richard Egarr

Selected Harpsichord Works

Format: CD
Label: Globe
UPC: 8711525516809
Catnr: GLO 5168
Release date: 19 August 2002
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Label
Globe
UPC
8711525516809
Catalogue number
GLO 5168
Release date
19 August 2002
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About the album

An album with no less than 23 harpsichord works by Orlando Gibbons, one of the most important figures in English music of the early 17th century. The French ambassador described him in 1624 as "the best finger of the age" and the works he composed all demonstrate his extraordinary art in no uncertain terms. They are performed here by that amazing musician Richard Egarr on copies of contemporary instruments, the 'Muselar' or Flemish virginal being the instrument that was in use in all musical 'amateur' households of the period while the small one-manual Flemish harpsichord was the most widely used 'professional' instrument of that great time in English music.
De verbazingwekkende Egarr speelt klavecimbelwerken van Gibbons
Dit album bevat niet minder dan 23 klavecimbelwerken van Orlando Gibbons, een van de belangrijkste personen uit de Engelse muziekcultuur van de vroege 17e eeuw. De Franse ambassadeur beschreef hem in 1624 als “the best finger of the age” en de werken die hij componeerde demonstreren zijn buitengewone kunst en beheersing van drie- en vierstemmig contrapunt op duidelijke wijze. Gibbons schreef ruim 45 werken voor toetsinstrument, waarvan het merendeel uit dansvormen en meerstemmige fantasia’s bestaat. In beide genres worden eenvoudige muzikale ideeën uitgebreid ontwikkeld.

De werken van Gibbons worden uitgevoerd door de verbazingwekkende musicus Richard Egarr op kopieën van instrumenten uit de periode waarin de componist leefde. De muselaar, ofwel het Vlaamse virginaal, was het instrument dat in alle huishoudens van ‘amateurmusici’ in gebruik was. Het kleine Vlaamse klavecimbel met slechts één klavier was het meest gebruikte ‘professionele’ instrument tijdens de ‘gouden eeuw’ van de Engelse muziek.

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Orlando Gibbons

Gibbons was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the Golden Century of English music. His career started in Cambride, after which he was named organist of the Chapel Royal. Later, he became of the Virginals of Jams I and in 1623 he was named organist of the Westminster Abbey.  Gibbons wrote a large number of madrigals and plenty of sacred music, yet he is mostly known for his instrumental music. He is seen as the succesor of William Byrd. Gibbons died of an acute stroke. His son, Christopher Gibbons, grew to fame too, as he composed Cupid and Death together with Mathew Locke, a masque on a libretto by James Shirley, which is now considered as one of the first English...
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Gibbons was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the Golden Century of English music. His career started in Cambride, after which he was named organist of the Chapel Royal. Later, he became of the Virginals of Jams I and in 1623 he was named organist of the Westminster Abbey. Gibbons wrote a large number of madrigals and plenty of sacred music, yet he is mostly known for his instrumental music. He is seen as the succesor of William Byrd. Gibbons died of an acute stroke. His son, Christopher Gibbons, grew to fame too, as he composed Cupid and Death together with Mathew Locke, a masque on a libretto by James Shirley, which is now considered as one of the first English operas.
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