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Track(s) taken from CDA66564

Suite No 1 in E flat major

composer
No 1 of Eight Suits of Lessons for the Harpsicord or Spinnet, London, 1728

Paul Nicholson (harpsichord/virginals)
Recording details: August 1991
All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: April 1992
Total duration: 13 minutes 6 seconds

Cover artwork: The Thames and the City of London from Richmond House (c1747) by Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768)
 

Other recordings available for download

Bridget Cunningham (harpsichord) April 2024 Release

Reviews

‘Excellent and comprehensive introduction to Roseingrave's keyboard [works]… plays all with sure technique, musicianship and evident relish’ (Organists' Review)

«C'est donc un vrai plaisir que découvir de si belles œuvres» (Répertoire, France)
The first suite opens with a French overture with all the grandeur of this bi-sectional orchestral form. Beginning with an elegant, stately introduction featuring dotted rhythms in triple time, it leads into a sprightly, fugal Allegro that mounts in complexity and ends with an Adagio. The noble Allemande adds gravitas and has a serious, earthy nature conforming to the traditional associations of its key. The Courante, which alternates lively, running passages with chordal sections, adds an element of surprise and revelry. Instead of a Gigue, a Presto follows. This is the only movement to hint at the influence of Scarlatti, with its brilliant, rapidly arpeggiated passages and lighter style betraying a touch of the galant. The final, fifth movement, a Chaconne, has mordant dissonances melting into soothing consonances that in combination produce a pleading effect, ending the suite in a more serious vein.

from notes by Bridget Cunningham © 2023

Other albums featuring this work

Roseingrave: Harpsichord Suites
Studio Master: SIGCD7832CDs Download only NEWStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
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