Composer: Johann Jakob Froberger
Performer: Gilbert Rowland
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Divine Art
Catalogue: ATH23213
Release: 2023
Size: 2.48 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Suite in A minor, FbWV 630
01. Plainte faite a Londres pour passer la Melancholie, laquelle se joue lentement avec discretion
02. Suite in A minor, FbVW 630: II. Gigue
03. III. Courante
04. IV. Sarabande
Suite in F major, FbWV 617
05. I. Allemande
06. II. Gigue
07. III. Courante
08. IV. Sarabande
Suite in A major, FbWV 638
09. I. Allemand and Double
10. II. Courant and Double
11. III. Saraband and Double
12. IV. Gigue
Suite in F sharp minor, FbWV 646
13. I. Allemande
14. II. Courant
15. III. Saraband
16. IV. Gique
Suite in E flat major, FbWV 654, Das Nachtlager
17. I. Allemande
18. II. Courante
19. III. Sarabande and Double
20. IV. Gique
Suite in E minor, FbWV 651
21. I. Allemande
22. II. Courant
23. III. Saraband and Double
24. IV. Gigue
CD 02
Suite in A minor, FbWV 601
01. I. Allemand
02. II. Courant
03. III. Saraband
Suite in D major, FbWV 624
04. I. Allemande and Double
05. II. Courante and Double
06. III. Sarabande and Double
Suite in G minor, FbWV 609
07. I. Allemande
08. II. Gigue
09. III. Courante
10. IV. Sarabande
Suite in E minor, FbWV 623
11. I. Allemande and Double
12. II Courante and Double.wav
13. III. Sarabande and Double
Suite in B minor, FbWV 652
14. I. Allemanda
15. II. Courante
16. III. Sarabande and Double
Suite in E major, FbWV 656, Der Clavier Trompler
17. I. Allemande
18. II. Courante
19. III. Sarabande and Double
20. IV. Gique
“English harpsichordist Gilbert Rowland has completed the third volume in his ongoing series of the complete Suites for Harpsichord by Johann Jakob Froberger. The album was recorded at Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Hertfordshire on 11-14 July 2022, with engineer John Taylor who produced all of Gilbert’s previous Divine Art and Athene recordings. The first two volumes of the series had attracted much praise from critics for its “”glorious sound”” and “”energy and a good forward drive”” of Rowland’s playing. Johann Jakob Froberger was a highly accomplished composer of the middle Baroque period and credited with inventing the ‘baroque suite’ used with variations by Bach, Handel and countless other composers. He was extremely prolific and several of his works, including many of the Harpsichord Suites, have been discovered recently. Gilbert Rowland first studied the harpsichord with Millicent Silver and made his debut at Fenton House in 1970 and first appeared at the Wigmore Hall in 1973. He made numerous recordings of works by Scarlatti, Soler, Rameau and Fischer whic received considerable acclaim from the national press. He joined Divine Art in 2010 to record the harpsichord suites by Handel, followed by those of Froberger and Mattheson and was assigned to Divine Art’s specialist early music label, Athene.”