I had a chance to read through the new Harpsichord
and Fortepiano a bit last night, and there are more
things you might like to know about (see posting on
subscription info).
 
"Soundboard" - a bulleting board of recent developments
and upcoming events in the "early keyboard world".
 
Three articles on the pros & cons of conservation and
restoration by Mimi Waitzman, Goran Grahn and David Winston
 
An uncredited article on the Colt Clavier Collection of
early pianos, a large but lesser-known collection in Kent
whose condition and fate have been subjects of speculation.
 
Book Reviews:
 
        _Keyboard Musical Instruments in the Museum of Fine
        Arts, Boston_ by John Koster, with contributions by
        Sheridan Germann & others. (a rave!) reviewed by
        Paul Irvin & Igor Kipnis.
 
        _Bate Collection Demi-Catalogue No. 1_ by Jeremy Montagu
        23 pages, reviewed by Kah-Ming Ng
 
        _Bate Collection Handbooks: Francois Couperin: Pieces de
        Clavecin - The Background_ by Jane Clark (22 pp)
        reviewed by Sophie Yates
 
CD Reviews:
 
        Beau Genie - Pieces de  Clavecin from the Bauyn Ms, vol 1
        Jane Chapman, hpscd.  Collins Classics 14202.  rev. by
        Stephen Patrick. [Ruckers double of 1614, meantone]
        Volume I of three.
 
        The Music of Armand-Louis Couperin.  Jennifer S Paul, hpd
        Klavier 11041*. rev. by John Henry. [harpsichord details
        not given (Willard Martin?)] "outstanding playing".
 
        English Eighteenth-century Keyboard Concertos.  Paul
        Nicholson, Parley of Instruments.  Hyperion 66700*
        rev. by Howard A Fenton. Music by Roseingrave, Arne,
        Chilcot, Nares. Concertos for harpsichord and fortepiano.
 
        Forqueray: Suites de Clavecin 1747. Arthur Haas, harpsi-
        chord [J. Germain, Paris 1785] Wildboar 9201*. rev. by
        David Bray. Incl. "La Forqueray" mvmts by Duphly & Rameau.
 
        Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his Predecessors.  Brigitte
        Haudebourg, hpd, pft. Discover international 920143
        [Chris Maene, Belgium, after Taskin & Walter]  Music
        of JC & CPE Bach, Honauer, Schobert, &  Eckard.
        rev. by Sebastian Dedis.
 
        "Music as Befitts a Quene": English Virginal Music 1570-1650.
        Edward Parmentier, hpd. [Keith Hill, after Ruckers 1640,
        meantone] Wildboar 9102*. rev. by David Bray. "...the tuning
        of the instrument (essentially quarter-comma meantone, with
        a little 'fringing' adding colour to the sound when the
        registers are coupled) is particularly effective, making
        very striking the expressive dissonances of the music."
 
        Scarlatti: Unpublished Sonatas. Mayako Sone, hpd. Erato 94806*
        [David Ley, after Blanchet 1733] rev. by Howard A Fenton
        Sone was a prize winner at Bruge 1986.  She plays some of
        the numerous sonatas and other pieces discovered since 1985.
 
        Spanish and Portuguese Harpsichord.  Sophie Yates, hpd.
        [uncredited copy of Italian c.1600] Chandos 0560*. rev. by
        Stephen Patrick. A fabulous recording (Joseph sez).
 
                * indicates now available in US
 
 
PLUS...
 
Articles on maintenance and tuning, and on pitch-notation by Mimi
Waitzman and Jackson Amers, respectively.
 
Enjoy!
 
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