Compositions by Austrian seventeenth century composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber heard on this album are not the radical virtuoso music of the Rosary Sonatas or his other works that make use of such devices as scordatura or retuning. Mensa Sonora, the title of a Biber collection excerpted here, means "the sonorous table," and these pieces by ...
This collection of 17 Scarlatti harpsichord sonatas isn't compiled systematically, but includes the favorites of harpsichordist and scholar Skip Sempé, and it's a diverse and attractive selection. Citing the strong Spanish influences on Scarlatti's writing, Sempé describes "Duende" as a Spanish term that refers to the mysterious power of an event ...
Australian label ABC Classics' The Musicians' Table features the Ensemble Battistin in Baroque chamber works of French composers Pierre Danican Philidor, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, and Jean-Féry Rebel. It is subtitled "The Perfection of Music: Masterpieces of the French Baroque" and appears to be the fifth disc in a ...
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