Sophie Yates – Il cembalo transalpino (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Sophie Yates – Il cembalo transalpino (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:16 minutes | 1,36 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chandos

All the music in this programme comes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and most of it was collected by its founder, Richard, Seventh Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion (1745 – 1816). A polymath, lover of music, amateur composer and harpsichordist, musically active from about 1760 until his death, Fitzwilliam created a legacy of exceptional importance to English musical culture.

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Sophie Yates – Bach: Complete English Suites (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Sophie Yates – Bach: Complete English Suites (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:28:59 minutes | 3,19 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chandos

There is no surviving autograph manuscript of Bach’s English Suites, and for such a set of magnificent pieces, an important and well-loved part of the baroque keyboard “canon”, surprisingly little is known about its history. What we do know is that the suites are amongst Bach’s earlier works – probably written in the second decade of the eighteenth century – and that the appellation “English” was not given to them until the 1750s. In order to understand these fascinating works on a deeper level, we have to appreciate the importance of dance in the cultural context of eighteenth-century Europe. As a social skill, the ability to dance correctly was considered so vital that every court had a dancing master, often French, who taught the different types of dances to aspiring courtiers.

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