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Mahan Esfahani discusses his orchestration of J.S. Bach’s Art of Fugue (BWV 1080) for the Proms:
”Exploring Bach’s Art of Fugue”:
Video profile by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, 2010:
At the Holywell Music Room, Oxford, November of 2009:
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Bernardo Storace (fl. XVIIth century): Passacagli (in a)
& Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725): Variazioni sopra La Follia di Spagna
recorded live at the City of London Festival; original harpsichord by Gian Paolo Migliai of Florence, 1763.
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Juan de Cabanilles (1644-1712): Passacalles (d)
& Tiento de Battalla del 8o Tono
recorded live at the City of London Festival; original harpsichord by Gian Paolo Migliai of Florence, 1763.
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Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959): Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings (1935) (extract)
BBC Symphony Orchestra cond. Jiří Bělohlávek, London 2010
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Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757): Sonata in b-minor, K 87; Sonata in d-minor, K 417 (Fuga)
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J.S. Bach (1685-1750): Praeludium in a, BWV 922
recorded at Wigmore Hall, London, August 2009; harpsichord after Michael Mietke, 1702-1704.
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Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): Concert Champêtre (1928) for harpsichord and orchestra
recorded live at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, February 2010; BBC National Orchestral of Wales; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
I. Allegro molto – Adagio – Allegro molto,
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II. Andante: Mouvement de Sicilienne,
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III. Finale: Presto très gai
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John Bull (c. 1562-1628): Fantasia on a Theme by Sweelinck
recorded for the BBC ‘Early Music Show’ at St. John’s College, Oxford: organ after French Baroque models by Bernard Aubertin, 2008.
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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621): Liedvariations on ‘Mein Junges Leben Hat ein End’
recorded for BBC Radio 3, September 2009; harpsichord after Giusti.
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Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Voluntary for ye Double Organ, Z. 719
recorded for the BBC ‘Early Music Show’ at St. John’s College, Oxford: organ after French Baroque models by Bernard Aubertin, 2008.
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Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suite en Re, from the ‘Pièces de Clavecin (1724)’
Les tendres plaintes – Le Niais de Sologne – Les Soupirs – L’Entretien des Muses – Le Lardon – La Boiteuse – Les Cyclopes
recorded on the 1636/1763 Ruckers-Hemsch harpsichord at the Cobbe Collection, Hatchlands (UK)
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