Friday, March 2, 2012

Russian Clavichords of the XVIII Century

Sonatas, Rondos & Variations by:

Vasily Fyodorovich Trutovsky (ca. 1740-1810)
Vasily Semyonovich Karauluv (late 18th Cent)
Ivan Pratch (ca. 1750-1818)
Dimitry Bortnyansky (1751-1825)

Aleksei Lubimov- Clavichord & Fortepiano

The title is a bit of a misnomer. The CD is named "Russian Clavichord music of the 18th Century," but of the 12 tracks, two are played on the "square piano" [Thanks to Ant for the translation] and the rest are played on the fortepiano. I believe this is a mistranslation of the Russian word "лавирная" which I translate into "clavier" or more aptly "keyboard," but not clavichord. Maybe a native russian speaker can clarify this after reading the russian program notes. At any rate, this is all clavier music from the 1780's...All in the Viennese Classical Style.

[Flac & Scans]

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