Wanda Landowska - Dances of Poland: A Treasury of Harpsichord Music (2005)
Artist: Wanda Landowska
Title: Dances of Poland: A Treasury of Harpsichord Music
Year Of Release: 2005
Label: Testament
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:14:47
Total Size: 219 MB
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Tracklist:Title: Dances of Poland: A Treasury of Harpsichord Music
Year Of Release: 2005
Label: Testament
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:14:47
Total Size: 219 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Dances of Poland ℗ 1965
01. Michal Kleofas Oginski - Polonaise in A Minor No.1, 'Farewell to the Fatherland'
02. Jacob le Polonais - Gagliardi
03. Wanda Landowska - Bourree D'Auvergne No.2
04. Diomedes Cato - Chorea Polonica
05. Michal Kleofas Oginski - Polonaise in G
06. Jean-Philippe Rameau - Air grave pour les deux Polonois
07. Francois Couperin - Air dans le gout Polonois
08. Traditional - Three Polish Dances (17th Cent), arr. Landowska
09. Traditional - The Hop (Wedding Folk Song), arr. Landowska
10. Frederic Chopin - Mazurka in C, Op 56, No 2
A Treasury of Harpsichord Music ℗ 1957
11. Jean-Philippe Rameau - La Dauphine
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti
12. Sonata in D (Longo 418)
13. Sonata in D Minor (Longo 423)
14. Francois Couperin - Les Barricades Misterieuses - L'Arlequine
15. Henry Purcell - Ground in C Minor
16. Anonymous - The Nightingale
17. George Frideric Handel - Harmonious Blacksmith Suite No. 5 in E
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
18. Turkish March
19. Menuetto in D, K.355
20. Rondo in D, K.485
Johann Sebastian Bach
21. Concerto in D, BWV 972 (from Vivaldi: L'estro armonico, Op.3 No.9, RV230): I. Allegro
22. II. Larghetto
23. III. Allegro
It doesn't bother me that Landowska didn't use a traditional harpsichord made entirely of wood. She had special harpsichords made by the French piano manufacturer Pleyel because at the time she began concertizing, the diminutive sound of the original wooden harpsichords couldn't fill a concert hall. The cast iron harp of the piano was one of the things that made pianos instruments of choice for concertizing because they could fill a concert hall with sound due to the extreme tension the strings were placed under, resulting in greater volume -- not to mention all the great literature written for the instrument. Her solution was practical and solved the issue for her concert career; she had the music but needed the volume. Her virtuosic playing and the fact that she was the only harpsichord act in town -- and that she was a woman -- helped fill those concert halls and caused a revival of interest in the instrument. An instrument that was a museum artifact until she virtually singlehandedly brought it back to life.
She has been criticized for the instruments she used and for various interpretive choices she made but these criticisms are the province of small-minded critics, in my opinion. Is her music alive and joyful, does she move you?! Those are the important questions to ask. She was a great creative artist with monster technique and she brought the music of the past to life by her energy, scholarship and superior performance abilities. Just listen to her play and you will be beguiled by the music, the life in it and the consummate skill with which she executes it. This album is pure delight in its variety and liveliness; I think it is a masterpiece of the instrument and a joy to listen to. It is pure, unadulterated fun for the person who enjoys great music, beautifully performed.
She has been criticized for the instruments she used and for various interpretive choices she made but these criticisms are the province of small-minded critics, in my opinion. Is her music alive and joyful, does she move you?! Those are the important questions to ask. She was a great creative artist with monster technique and she brought the music of the past to life by her energy, scholarship and superior performance abilities. Just listen to her play and you will be beguiled by the music, the life in it and the consummate skill with which she executes it. This album is pure delight in its variety and liveliness; I think it is a masterpiece of the instrument and a joy to listen to. It is pure, unadulterated fun for the person who enjoys great music, beautifully performed.
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