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All the music in this programme comes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and most of it was collected by its founder, Richard, Seventh Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion (1745 – 1816). A polymath, lover of music, amateur composer and harpsichordist, musically active from about 1760 until his death, Fitzwilliam created a legacy of exceptional importance to English musical culture.
The recording features the Boni harpsichord from the Fitzwilliam Collection, originally made by Giovanni Battista Boni who worked in Cortona in Tuscany. In some ways it is conventional for its time, having a slab sawn cypress soundboard and light cypress case, but its original set-up was a highly unusual one, with three sets of strings at the same (8 foot) pitch. During the last restoration, by Trevor Beckerleg in 1975, the third register, which had been out of use, was re-instated and this gives the player more resources than does the usual Italian harpsichord: both the front and back rows of jacks pluck the same set of strings but in different places, which gives them a distinctly different timbre, and the various combinations of the three registers provide the player with five distinct sounds to choose from. © Chandos
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Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Vol. 1 (Galeazzo Sabbatini)
Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Galeazzo Sabbatini, Composer
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Luca Marenzio, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
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Anon, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
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Anon, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
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Giulio Cesare Arresti, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
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Luca Marenzio, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
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Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
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Giulio Caccini, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
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Girolamo Frescobaldi, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
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Peter Phillips, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Peter Phillips, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Alessandro Striggio, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Carlo Francesco Pollarolo, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Luca Marenzio, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Giovanni Picchi, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Domenico Zipoli, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 5 No. 7 (Arcangelo Corelli)
Arcangelo Corelli, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Arcangelo Corelli, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Arcangelo Corelli, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Arcangelo Corelli, Composer - Sophie Yates, Harpsichord, MainArtist
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Album review
All the music in this programme comes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and most of it was collected by its founder, Richard, Seventh Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion (1745 – 1816). A polymath, lover of music, amateur composer and harpsichordist, musically active from about 1760 until his death, Fitzwilliam created a legacy of exceptional importance to English musical culture.
The recording features the Boni harpsichord from the Fitzwilliam Collection, originally made by Giovanni Battista Boni who worked in Cortona in Tuscany. In some ways it is conventional for its time, having a slab sawn cypress soundboard and light cypress case, but its original set-up was a highly unusual one, with three sets of strings at the same (8 foot) pitch. During the last restoration, by Trevor Beckerleg in 1975, the third register, which had been out of use, was re-instated and this gives the player more resources than does the usual Italian harpsichord: both the front and back rows of jacks pluck the same set of strings but in different places, which gives them a distinctly different timbre, and the various combinations of the three registers provide the player with five distinct sounds to choose from. © Chandos
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:05
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Sophie Yates
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
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