First off, we have to thank our wonderful artists, Joshua Smith and Jory Vinikour for sharing their reviews from this blog with us!
Both of these reviews come from “Voix des Arts: A Voice for the Arts“
CD REVIEW: Georg Friedrich Händel – HARPSICHORD SUITES, 1720 (Jory Vinikour, harpsichord; Delos)
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759) – ‘GREAT’ SUITES FOR HARPSICHORD, 1720 (HWV 426 – 433), & CHACONNE IN G MAJOR (HWV 435): Jory Vinikour, harpsichord [recorded at First Scots Presbyterian Church, Charleston (SC), in 2008; Delos DE 3394]Händel’s 1720 suites for harpsichord have been at the peripheries of the performance and recorded repertories of many of the most celebrated keyboardists of the twentieth century, players as diverse as Glenn Gould and Thurston Dart, who performed the suites on a large variety of instruments ranging from period harpsichords to modern concert grand pianos…to continue reading this review please click HERE
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Click the “Play” button next to the track to hear samples from the “Great” Suites for Harpsichord album:
Suite In D Minor, HWV 428 (Presto)
Suite In G Minor, HWV 432 (Passacaglia)
CD REVIEW: Johann Sebastian Bach – SONATAS FOR FLUTE & HARPSICHORD (Joshua Smith, flute; Jory Vinikour, harpsichord; DELOS)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750) – Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV 1020, 1030 – 1032; Partita for Solo Flute, BWV 1013: Joshua Smith, flute; Jory Vinikour, harpsichord [recorded in First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland, OH, during December 2008; DELOS DE 3402]
The visceral appeal of music is a marvel that cannot be fully explained with even the most eloquent words. Physiologically, it is a function of synapses being engaged at an almost primordial level, of extraordinarily complicated series of responses to aural stimuli…to continue reading this review, please click HERE
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Click the “Play” button next to the track to hear samples from the JS Bach Flute Sonatas album:
Sonata for flute and harpsichord in B Minor
Sonata in E-flat Major for flute and harpsichord