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Another valuable contribution to the catalogue, both erudite and really entertaining. — MusicWeb International, November 2019

Release Date: 27th Sep 2019
Catalogue No: 555269-2
Label: CPO
Length: 78 minutes

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Scheibl: Harpsichord Concerto in C major

Work length9:18

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Michael Hell (harpsichord)
Neue Hofkapelle Graz

I. Allegro

Track length3:45

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II. Larghetto

Track length2:38

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III. Allegro

Track length2:55

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Wagenseil: Harpsichord Concerto in G minor

Work length12:03

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Michael Hell (harpsichord)
Neue Hofkapelle Graz

I. Vivace

Track length4:18

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II. Andante alla breve

Track length3:41

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III. Allegro

Track length4:04

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Steinbacher, J M: Pastorella in G major for harpsichord

Work length0:54

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Michael Hell (harpsichord)

Casteli: Harpsichord Concerto in G major

Work length13:18

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Neue Hofkapelle Graz

I. Allegro

Track length5:08

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II. Adagio

Track length2:31

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III. Presto

Track length5:39

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anon.: Harpsichord Concerto in C major

Work length13:27

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I. Allegro

Track length5:45

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II. Adagio

Track length4:22

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III. Allegro

Track length3:20

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Steinbacher, J M: Prelude in A minor for harpsichord

Work length1:10

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Michael Hell (harpsichord)

Steinbacher, J M: Harpsichord Concerto in A minor

Work length14:34

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Michael Hell (harpsichord)
Neue Hofkapelle Graz

I. Allegro

Track length5:07

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II. Adagio

Track length3:17

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III. Allegro

Track length6:10

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Wagenseil: Harpsichord Concerto in F major

Work length13:35

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Michael Hell (harpsichord)
Neue Hofkapelle Graz

I. Allegro assai

Track length4:30

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II. Adagio

Track length4:30

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III. Allegro assai

Track length4:35

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The term used to describe the epoch in which the works brought together on this album were composed is a matter of dispute. Did it come before the period of Viennese classicism, which means that it represents “pre-Classicism?” Or is it part of this period, that is, “Early Classicism?” The Austrian musicologist Rudolf Flotzinger came up with a pithy formulation for this phase of music history, terming it “the epoch between the epochs,” which means that it is no longer Baroque and not yet Classicism. During this period, in the middle of the eighteenth century and in the age of Empress Maria Theresa, the genres of instrumental ensemble music continuing even today to dominate the concert repertoire were developed – including the “clavier concerto,” which was performed in equal measure on the organ, on the harpsichord, and later on the pianoforte. The designation “clavier” current at that time merely generally referred to an instrument with claves (keys). A collection of clavier concertos extant in the Studies Library in Ptuj (Pettau), Slovenia, preserves the compositions recorded here in manuscript form. The harpsichordist Michael Hell, along with the Neue Hofkapelle Graz, led by him and Lucia Froihofer, performs these exciting works. Two highly outstanding instruments were available to Michael Hell for this recording: the harpsichord built by Johann Leydecker in Vienna in 1755, now freshly restored, and its copy built by Martin Pühringer in 2017. These instruments enable listeners to become acquainted with two instruments forming a perfect match for this repertoire: on an extremely well-preserved original instrument and on a copy that in its way is tonally just as suitable – after all, even during the time of its composition the music was performed on new instruments. The Ptuj collection shows how fragile and incomplete our knowledge of the musical practice from “the epoch between the epochs” really is. The transmitted manuscripts, above all the extant concertos by Wagenseil, document the variety of performance options, broad compositional palette, and widespread dissemination of music for keyboard instruments.

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November 2019

Another valuable contribution to the catalogue, both erudite and really entertaining.

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