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Richard Egarr continues his journey along the timeline of the harpsichord, tracing its golden age with selections from Couperin, Handel, Bach and Mozart.

Self-proclaimed 'music addict', Richard Egarr, continues his journey along the time-line of the harpsichord. In episode two, he delights in some of the greatest music written for the instrument. From Girolamo Frescobaldi to (as he describes it) the ‘bonkers’ music of Dario Castello, Richard traces the golden age of the harpsichord along with selections from Couperin, Handel, Bach and Mozart.

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Feb 2023 23:00

Music Played

  • Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Toccata Settima [Libro Secondo]

    Performer: Pierre Hantaï.
    • Frescobaldi - Partitas & Toccatas.
    • Naive.
  • Dario Castello

    Sonata Quarta For Violin And Violetta

    Performer: Richard Egarr. Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Performer: Josue Melendez. Performer: Joseph Crouch. Performer: Bojan Čičić. Performer: Susan Addison. Performer: Benny Aghassi.
    • Castello, D: Sonate concertate in stil moderno, Libro I.
    • AAM Records.
  • Jacques Champion de Chambonnières

    Prelude in C major

    Performer: Skip Sempé.
    • Jacques Champion de Chambonnières: Pièces de clavecin.
    • Deutsche HM.
  • Louis Couperin

    Suite in C major (Passacaille)

    Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • Louis Couperin: Complete Keyboard Works.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Johann Jakob Froberger

    Suite (Partita) No. 1 in A Minor

    Performer: Glen Wilson.
    • Froberger: 23 Suites for Harpsichord, Tombeau & Lamentation.
    • Naxos.
  • Henry Purcell

    What Power art thou? (King Arthur, or The British Worthy)

    Performer: Stefano Montanari. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina.
    • Andreas Scholl: Purcell - O Solitude.
    • Decca.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite in G minor (VI. Passacaille)

    Performer: Francesco Corti.
    • Handel: Winged Hands.
    • Arcana.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major (Allegro)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: European Brandenburg Ensemble.
    • Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051.
    • Avie.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Concerto for Harpsichord and Fortepiano in E-flat major (Presto)

    Performer: Robert Hill. Performer: Léon Berben. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln. Director: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Bachiana - Double Concertos.
    • DG Archiv.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for Keyboard Duet in D Major, I.Allegro

    Performer: Basilio Timpanaro. Performer: Rossella Policardo.
    • Mozart: Music for Harpsichord 4 Hands.
    • Stradivarius.

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 Feb 2023 23:00