The Long 17th Century: A Cornucopia of Early Keyboard Music
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The Long 17th Century: A Cornucopia of Early Keyboard Music
Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano)
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Release Date: Friday 7 February 2020
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Daniel-Ben Pienaar presents "The Long 17th Century: A Cornucopia of Early Keyboard Music", a two-and-a-half hour survey of 36 works, each by a different composer, many not recorded before on a modern piano.
The ever-inquisitive pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar presents The Long 17th Century: A Cornucopia of Early Keyboard Music. The Long 17th Century refers to the period from the late 1500s to the early 1700s, an era noted for forward-thinking individuality and invention in all areas of life. This two-and-a-half hour recital surveys a pan-European variety of styles, genres and techniques, and comprises 36 works, each by a different composer, many not recorded before on a modern piano.
Critical acclaim for Daniel-Ben Pienaar...
"a gloriously multi-faceted opus maximus ... Amazing and very much worth hearing" - Der
Spiegel (on Beethoven's Complete Piano Sonatas, AV2320)
"dizzying virtuosity ... fresh, spontaneous, original readings that shed new light on the keyboard player's Bible" - BBC Music Magazine (on J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, AV2299)
"One of the most completely satisfying surveys ever committed to disc." - The Sunday Times
(on Mozart's Complete Piano Sonatas, AV2209)
"Pienaar displays his collections thematically, connecting dances and variations, imitative and evocative works that suggest battles and birdsong, that paint portraits, tell stories and write elegies. It's a deeply personal selection that makes for a captivating sequence…Pienaar makes light work of the virtuosic pieces, with their flashing scales and filigree ornaments" BBC Music April 2020 Instrumental Choice
"What makes it work is not just the dazzling precision and clarity of Pienaar's finger technique (though that is certainly a vital factor), but the intelligence that has gone into his interpretations...he also communicates an individual and convincing vision for each piece, enough for every one of them to give delight." Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2020
Tracks:
Picchi: Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: Toccata
Tarquino Merula: Capriccio cromatico
Arauxo: Tiento de medio registro de tiple de decimo tono
Weckmann: Canzon (III) in D Minor
Macedo, A: Ricercare a quatro de 4º tom
Bruna: XI. Tiento de falsas 6º tono
Gabrieli, G: Canzon quarta a4
Couperin, L: Duo in G minor
Ferrabosco, A I: Fantasia in G final
Giralamo Frescobaldi: Fiori Musicali: Toccata cromaticha per l'elevatione
Trabaci: Libro Primo: Gagliarda Seconda, Ottava
Radino: Galliarda Seconda
Philips, P: Pavan in G (the "1580" Pavan)
Locke: Suite III in C: Prelude - Almain - Corant - Saraband - Jig
Tisdale: Fitzwilliam Virginal Songbook: Almand
Tomkins: A sad Pavan for these distracted times
Praetorius, M: Zwei Variationen: Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren
and much more
