Composer: Arcangelo Corelli, Johann Jakob Froberger, Johann Joseph Fux, George Frideric Handel, Michaël Haydn, Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Georg Muffat, Paul Peuerl, Ferdinand Tobias Richter, Joseph Anton Steffan, Johann Michael Steinbacher, Franz Mathias Techelmann
Performer: Alexander Gergelyfi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Carpe Diem
Catalogue: CD16329
Release: 2022
Size: 2.8 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Richter: Toccatina
02. Corelli: Gvigvetta
03. Peuerl: Padouan
04. Peuerl: Dantz & Nachdantz
05. Muffat: Passacaglia
06. Techelmann: Alamand
07. Fux: Harpeggio
08. Fux: Fuga
09. Fux: Menuet
Froberger: Suite XI, FbWV 611
10. No. 1, Allemande
11. No. 2, Courante
12. No. 3, Sarabande
13. No. 4, Gigue
14. Steinbacher: Prelude in A minor for harpsichord
15. Steinbacher: Capricio
16. Handel: Praelude, HWV Anhang B 607 / 1
17. Handel: Capricio, HWV Anhang B deest
18. Mozart L: Variation uber einen Choral des Salzburger Hornwerkes – Fur den Merz
19. Paris: Allegro
20. Steffan: Preludio
21. Haydn: Andante MH 468 en mi b majeur
22. Mozart WA: Allegro molto, KV deest
On his first solo clavichord album, Alexander Gergelyfi creates an exceptionally colorful and at the same time sensual portrait of his home country Austria. Exquisite music from the 17th and 18th centuries is presented on what is probably the oldest surviving Austrian clavichord. The elegant “Admont” clavichord serves Alexander Gergelyfi as a gateway to hidden sounds and as a companion between dances. Simple yet affecting, keen, and fine.
Born in Linz on the Danube in Austria, Alexander Gergelyfi studied harpsichord, historical keyboard instruments and early music performance practice with August Humer, Brett Leighton (Linz/Austria), Eva Maria Pollerus, Michael Hell (Graz/Austria), Aline Zylberajch (Strasbourg/France), Volkhardt Preuss and Menno van Delft (Hamburg/Germany).As a soloist and chamber and orchestra musician, he appears regularly with il Gusto Barocco, Hofkapelle Graz, L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, Barucco, recreationBAROCK, the Viennese early music collective opia and Ensemble Verbotene Frucht.
Inspirational experiences connect him with Jörg Halubek, Carin van Heerden, Michi Gaigg, Heinz Ferlesch, Michael Hell and Jordi Savall, among others. Alexander maintains a close musical friendship with personalities such as Gerhart Darmstadt, Amy Power, Joachim Kremer, Julia Willeitner and Carsten Wollin.