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Paul Wolfe: Harpsichord - When They Had Pedals, Volume 1: The Pleyel, Harpsichord Works of Girolamo Frescobaldi & English Keyboard Music from the Tudor Age to the Restoration

TWO CDS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!

Here, in all their glory, are the mighty, classic harpsichords of another age. With a dizzying array of pedals, couplers, sound-textures and stops, these are the "Big-Rigs" of harpsichords, played with astonishing mastery by Landowska-protegé Paul Wolfe. 

Volume One features a full CD of works of Italian baroque master Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1644), plus a second CD of rare early English keyboard masterpieces, all performed on a legendary 1907 striped zebra-wood Pleyel. Early stereo master tapes, recorded at 30 ips by recording genius Jerry Newman have been digitally remastered by Doug Pomeroy to provide an aural experience so spectacular it sounds like they were recorded today! With a newly written essay by Larry Palmer, author of "The Harpsichord in America". Two historic, sumptuously performed, sonically fabulous CDs for the price of one!

Tracks:

DISC ONE
1. Three Galliards (Nos. 1, 2 & 3), for harpsichord - 4:09
2. Partite 12 Sopra L'Aria di Ruggiero - 11:02
3. Canzona Seconda - 3:24
4. Partite 6 Sopta L'Aria di Follia - 6:59
5. Canzona Quarta - 3:56
6. Four Correnti - 4:42
7. Canzona Prima - 3:49
8. Partite 11 Sopra L'Aria di Monicha - 8:47

DISC TWO
9. O Ye Happy Dames - 0:56
10. Where Griping Grief the Heart Doth Wound - 1:06
11. Tres Partes In Una - 0:59
12. Christe Qui Lux, with a meane (from the Mulliner Book) - 0:49
13. Christe Qui Lux - 0:44
14. Eterne Rex Altissime - 1:21
15. Gloria Tibi Trinitas 3 - 1:11
16. Gloria Tibi Trinitas 4 - 1:51
17. Pavan for keyboard from the Mulliner Book - 2:53
18. A Fansye - 1:11
19. Ex more docti myistico, for keyboard - 1:11
20. O ye tender babes, partsong for 4 voices - 2:15
21. Natus est nobis, for keyboard - 0:27
22. Mulliner Book Galliard - 3:26
23. The Perpetual Round - 4:03
24. In nomine (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 37) - 3:36
25. Ut re mi fa sol la, for keyboard in F major, MB 58 - 3:31
26. Fortune My Foe - 9:28