Composer: Johann Jakob Froberger
Performer: Gilbert Rowland
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Divine Art
Catalogue: ATH23204
Release: 2019
Size: 2.53 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Suite in C major, FbWV 612
01. I. Lamento
02. II. Gigue
03. III. Courant
04. IV. Sarabande
Suite in G minor, FbWV 618
05. I. Allemande
06. II. Gigue
07. III. Courante
08. IV. Sarabande
Suite in E flat major, FbWV 631
09. I. Allemande
10. II. Courante
11. III. Sarabande
12. IV. Gigue
Suite in E minor, FbWV 627
13. I. Allemande
14. II. Gigue
15. III. Courante
16. IV. Sarabande
Suite in A major, FbWV 608
17. I. Allemande
18. II. Gigue
19. III. Courante
20. IV. Sarabande
Suite in D minor, FbWV 602
21. I. Allemande
22. II. Courant
23. III. Sarabande
24. IV. Gigue
CD 02
Suite in G major (“Auff die Maÿerin”), FbWV 606
01. I. Air & 5 Variations on “Auff die Mayerin”
02. II. Courant & Double on “Auff die Mayerin”
03. III. Saraband I on “Auff die Mayerin”
04. IV. Saraband II
Suite in E minor, FbWV 642
05. I. Allemand
06. II. Courant
07. III. Saraband
08. IV. Gig
Suite in C minor, FbWV 619
09. I. Allemande
10. II. Gigue
11. III. Courante
12. IV. Sarabande
Suite in F major, FbWV 604
13. I. Allemanda
14. II. Courant
15. III. Saraband
16. IV. Chiqve
Suite in A minor, FbWV 615
17. I. Allemande
18. II. Gigue
19. III. Courante
20. IV. Sarabande
Suite in E major, FbWV 645
21. I. Allemand
22. II. Courant
23. III. Saraband
24. IV. Gigue
Gilbert Rowland is one of Europe’s most senior and accomplished exponents of the harpsichord. Following his critically acclaimed 6-CD series of the Harpsichord Suites of Handel for Divine Art, he moved to the Athene imprint specialising now in baroque music and ‘period’ instruments for his well-received disc of Suites by Johan Mattheson. This 2-CD set is the first volume in a projected complete survey of the Harpsichord Suites by Johann Jakob Froberger, whose organ and harpsichord music is individual in nature and ground breaking – he was one of the first composers to settle the ‘dance-movement’ style of Suite taken up by Couperin, Bach, and Handel among many others. There are 12 Suites in this collection. Gilbert Rowland plays a 2 manual French style harpsichord made by Andrew Wooderson after an instrument by Goemans (Paris, 1750).