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"Christopher Hogwood’s incisive mind regularly leads to strong and imaginative concepts and this, the first of a series of clavichord discs dedicated to Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, is a perfect example. The clavichord has a history of domestic usage, the intimate nature of its utterances seeming both exquisite and slightly enigmatic. Its main mechanical feature of stretching strings gives the player the ‘touch’ to grade dynamics, alter pitch through vibrating and other idiomatic colouring. These are delicate nuances with an instrument of such softness, offered as fleeting gestures, usually for the player’s ears alone." - GRAMOPHONE
tracklist:
1. Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.1, No.3 in D Minor, HWV 428
2. Aria (Chaconne) and variations for keyboard in G major, HWV 430/4a
3. Fugue for keyboard in C minor, HWV 610
4. Suite for 2 harpsichords in C minor, HWV 446 (fragment)
5. Minuet for keyboard in A major, HWV 545
6. Minuet for keyboard in A major, HWV 547
7. Minuet for keyboard in A major, HWV 546
8. Air for keyboard in F major, HWV 464
9. Water Music Suite No.1 for orchestra in F major, HWV 348: Bourrée and Hornpipe
10. Aria and variations for clavichord in B flat major
11. Air for keyboard in B flat major, HWV 469
12. Concerto for keyboard (2 movements) in G major, HWV 487
13. Air Lentement for keyboard in G minor, HWV 467
14. Concerto for keyboard (2 movements) in G major, HWV 487
15. Allemande for keyboard in B minor, HWV 479
16. Courante for keyboard in B minor, HWV 489
17. Sarabande for clavichord in B minor
18. Gigue for clavichord in B minor
19. Jesu meine Freude, chorale for keyboard in G minor, HWV 480
20. Chaconne for harpsichord in G major, HWV 435
Christopher Hogwood, clavichord
