Polish Harpsichord Music vol. 1

DUX 0630
• Sonata II,1805 nr 3 D-dur • Sonata III, 1805 nr 6 F-dur • Sonata, 1805 nr 1 B-dur • Polonez, 1805 nr 11 B-dur • Polonez, 1805, nr 12 B-dur • Polonez, 1805 nr 11 d-moll • Polonez, 1805 nr 7 Es-dur • Polonez, 1805 nr 12 Es-dur • Polonez , 1805 nr 5 C-dur • Polonez, 1805 nr 7 C-dur • Rondo a la mazurek, 1803 nr 11 C-dur • Rondo a la krakowiak, 1803 nr 5 B-dur

CD DUX 0630Total time: [69:04]

Józef Elsner

Sonata II,1805 nr 3 D-dur

1. I. Allegro

[07:19]

2. II. Andantino. Allegro. Andantino. Allegro

[04:35]

Józef Elsner

Sonata III, 1805 nr 6 F-dur

3. I. Allegro

[05:54]

4. II. Larghetto

[01:43]

5. III. Rondo Allegretto

[03:38]

Józef Elsner

Sonata, 1805 nr 1 B-dur

6. I. Allegro

[06:09]

7. II. Adagio

[02:34]

8. III. Rondo Allegretto

[03:26]

Józef Elsner

Polonez, 1805 nr 11 B-dur

9. Polonez, 1805 nr 11 B-dur

[03:47]

Józef Elsner

Polonez, 1805, nr 12 B-dur

10. Polonez, 1805, nr 12 B-dur

[03:43]

Józef Elsner

Polonez, 1805 nr 11 d-moll

11. Polonez, 1805 nr 11 d-moll

[03:13]

Józef Elsner

Polonez, 1805 nr 7 Es-dur

12. Polonez, 1805 nr 7 Es-dur

[03:53]

Józef Elsner

Polonez, 1805 nr 12 Es-dur

13. Polonez, 1805 nr 12 Es-dur

[03:16]

Józef Elsner

Polonez , 1805 nr 5 C-dur

14. Polonez , 1805 nr 5 C-dur

[03:40]

Józef Elsner

Polonez, 1805 nr 7 C-dur

15. Polonez, 1805 nr 7 C-dur

[04:13]

Józef Elsner

Rondo a la mazurek, 1803 nr 11 C-dur

16. Rondo a la mazurek, 1803 nr 11 C-dur

[02:42]

Józef Elsner

Rondo a la krakowiak, 1803 nr 5 B-dur

17. Rondo a la krakowiak, 1803 nr 5 B-dur

[03:41]

Performers:
Urszula Bartkiewicz /harpsichord/

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DUX 2229
The title Cembali spezzati does not, therefore, refer to a folding harpsichord (cembalo spezzato), nor to a keyboard instrument with split keys (tasti spezzati), but to the very technique of divided choirs – cori spezzati – in which each ensemble, a complete “instrument” in itself, either collaborates with, or is set in opposition to, the other. The initial plan was to focus exclusively on dialogue-style choral music composed in Gdańsk and to transfer it to the medium of two harpsichords. Andrea Gabrieli and Claudio Merulo had acted in a similar way when they performed Italian cori spezzati on the organ. Their legendary performances in the Basilica of San Marco in Venice inspired others to use the available repertoire or improvise upon it, and, in time, to write their own music for two keyboard instruments. One such composer was Aurelio Bonelli, who wrote toccate and dialoghi for two organs or two harpsichords.

composers	Elsner, Józef ∎
performers	Bartkiewicz, Urszula ∎