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Contents:
1. Instruments, collections & societies
2. Performers
3. Performance Practice
4. Period Repertoire
5. Contemporary Music
6. Building, maintaining & restoring instruments
7. Festival reports
8. Other
9. Book reviews
10. Music reviews
11. Disc reviews


Key= Article (author's name, volume/issue/page e.g. 5/1/15 is vol.5 no.1 p.15)

1. INSTRUMENTS, COLLECTIONS & SOCIETIES

The Mietke Harpsichord in Hudiksvall, Sweden (Andreas Kilstrom, 5/1/15)
Colt Clavier Collection at 50 (5/1/30)
The Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori (Stefano Fiuzzi, 5/2/31)
Tomasso I Roccatagliata's 1686 harpsichord in a 1879 description (Maurizio Tarrini, 5/2/33)
Early Keyboards in Argentina (Claudio Di Veroli, 6/2/21)
The Harley Foundation (Alison Holloway, 7/1/35)
The Neumeyer Collection (Alison Holloway, 7/2/35)
Dussek, Broadwood and the additional keys (Mora Carroll, 8/1/3)
The Clavichord as a pedagogical tool (Gary Blaise, 8/2/6)

2. PERFORMERS (alphabetical by surname)

Isolde Ahlgrimm (Peter Watchorn, 6/2/10 & 7/1/14)
Susan Alexander-Max (Alison Holloway, 7/1/35)
Ronald Brautigam (Alison Holloway, 7/1/11)
Jane Chapman (Pamela Nash, 6/2/6 & 7/1/23)
Ruth Dyson (Penelope Cave, 6/2/36)
Richard Egarr (Alison Holloway, 6/1/10)
Sally Fortino (Alison Holloway, 7/2/35)
Sharona Joshua (Alison Holloway, 6/2/18)
Igor Kipnis (Elaine Hoffman Baruch, 8/1/11)
Motoko Nabeshima (Motoko Nabeshima, 5/3/6)
James Nicolson (Dave Gayman, 5/3/20)
Christophe Rousset (David Bray, 5/1/19)
Andreas Staier (David Bray, 5/2/17)
Olga Tverskaya (Alison Holloway, 6/2/33)
Kenneth Weiss (Alison Holloway, 6/1/17)
Violet Gordon Woodhouse (Penelope Cave, 6/1/7)


3. PERFORMANCE PRACTICE

Bach's Das Wohltemperirte Clavier (Stephen Daw, 5/2/11 & 5/3/30)
Notation in Mozart and Beethoven (Malcolm Bilson, 5/2/23)
Meantone temperament in Handel (Carl Sloane, 5/3/17 & 6/2/35)
Trills in Couperin (Claudio Di Veroli, 6/1/20)
Brandenburg Concertos: A New Interpretation (Philip Pickett, 6/2/22)
Keyboard Instruments in Haydn's Vienna (Richard Maunder, 7/1/5)
The Keyboard Tutor of Christoph Benjamin Schmidtchen (Gwilym Beechey, 7/1/29)
Continuo in Monteverdi's Orfeo (Philip Pickett, 7/2/10)
Italian continuo practice 1600-1730 (Giulia Nuti, 7/2/18)
Baroque accompaniment (Robert Webb, 7/2/28)
Rhythmic inequality in Rameau's Pieces de clavecin en concerts (Claudio Di Veroli, 8/2/28)

4. PERIOD REPERTOIRE

Handel's 8 Great Suites (Gwilym Beechey, 6/1/24)
Transcribing Bach (Pamela Nash, 7/2/39 & 8/1/23 & 8/2/19)
John Field (Gwilym Beechey, 8/2/24)

5. CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FOR HARPSICHORD & FORTEPIANO

Crosscurrents by Mike Vaughan for harpsichord and tape
& Points of Departure by Simon Emmerson for harpsichord and live electronics
(Jane Chapman 5/1/7)
Philibuster for fortepiano by Richard Sims (Richards Sims & Marc Reichow, 5/3/23)
Sonata for harpsichord & Minimal Levels for harpsichord by Kevin Malone (Kevin Malone, 7/2/5)

6. BUILDING,MAINTAINING & RESTORING THE KEYBOARD

Keyboard technician on tour (Simon Neal, 5/1/22)
Museums and Galleries Commission Course, August 1994 (Mimi Waitzman, 5/1/26)
Debate on restoration of period instruments (Goran Grahn & David Winston, 5/1/27)
Regular maintenance (Mimi Waitzman, 5/1/41; 5/2/40; 5/3/38)
Using egg tempera on the soundboard (Jenny Haylett, 5/2/20 & Mary Mobbs, 5/3/31)
Electronic tuner (Dave Gayman, 5/3/11)
Metallic content of fortepiano kapsels (Martha Goodway, 6/1/13)
Humidity (Martin Robertson, 6/1/27)

7. FESTIVALS

Aldeburgh UK, 1997 (6/2/40)
Beverley, UK, 1998 (7/2/45)
Boston, USA, 1999 (8/1/37)
Bruges, Belgium, 1998 (7/2/47)
Melbourne, Australia, 1997 (6/2/37) 1999 (8/1/35)
Montreal, Canada, 1997 (6/2/38)
South Bank, London, UK, 1998 (7/2/48), 1999 (8/2/37)
York, UK, 1998 (7/2/47)

8. OTHER TOPICS

Pitch classification (Jackson Amers, 5/1/43)
Cent calculation (Carl Sloane, 5/3/15)

9. BOOK REVIEWS (alphabetical by author)

Author Title Publication details (Vol/issue/page)

Bond, Ann A Guide to the Harpsichord Amadeus Press (7/1/39)
Clark, Jane Francois Couperin: Pieces de Clavecin - The Background Bate Collection Handbooks Oxford, 1992 (5/1/35)
Douglas-Home, Jessica Violet: The Life and Loves of Violet Gordon Woodhouse Harvill (6/1/7)
Drake, Kenneth The Beethoven Sonatas and the Creative Experience Indiana, 1994 (5/2/35)
Koster, John et al. Keyboard Musical Instruments in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston Boston, 1994 (5/1/33)
Lieberman, Richard K Steinway & Sons Yale University Press, 1995 (6/1/28)
Montagu, Jeremy Bate Collection Demi-Catalogue No. 1 Keyboard Instruments Oxford, 1993 (5/1/34)
Palmer, Larry Harpsichord in America A Twentieth Century Revival Indiana, 1989 (5/3/33)
Smith, Eric A Pianist's Glossary Robert Hale, London, 1998 (7/2/44)
Zaslaw, Neal (ed.) Mozart's Piano Concertos: Text, Context, Interpretation University of Michigan press, 1996 (8/1/27)

10. MUSIC REVIEWS (alphabetical by composer)

Composer Title Publication details (Vol/issue/page)

Various A Collection of Swedish Harpsichord Sonatas from the 18th Century
Autographus Musicus (6/2/42)
Bach, J.S. Brandenburg Concertos Barenreiter Classics (8/1/28)
Bach, J.S. The Well-tempered Clavier Parts I & II ABRSM (6/2/41)
Bach, J.S. The Goldberg variations Wiener Urtext (7/1/40)
Bach, J.S. Klavierbuchlein fur Anna Magdelena Bach Barenreiter (6/2/42)
Bach, J.S. The Anna Magdelena Bach Book ABRSM (7/1/40)
Bach, J.S. Italian Concerto Barenreiter (6/2/42)
Bach, W.F. 12 Polonaises for Piano PWM (6/2/43)
Beethoven Piano Sonatas vol 1 Wiener Urtext (8/2/36)
Beethoven Incidental Music to Goethe's Tragedy Egmont Henle (8/2/36)
Brahms Piano Sonata op 1 Wiener Urtext (8/2/36)
Brahms Racoczi-March Barenreiter (6/1/35)
Chopin Ballade op 23 Henle (8/2/36)
Chopin Etude op 10 Henle (8/2/36)
Chopin Waltz op 64 no 2 Henle (8/1/36)
Grieg Lyric Pieces vol 3 Henle (8/2/36)
Handel Overture to Rinaldo; Concerto op 3 no 6 Saraband Music (8/2/35)
Handel Keyboard Suites & Pieces, 1733 Henle (8/2/35)
Haydn Keyboard Concerto in D Henle (8/2/35)
Justin us, P. Selected Works for Harpsichord Doblinger Diletto Musicale (7/2/44)
Krieger, J.P. Passagaglia Aremelin Musica (6/2/42)
Linde, Hans Martin Notabene: 3 pieces for harpsichord Schott (7/1/43)
Liszt Liebestraume Henle (8/2/36)
Rolle Sinfonia XIX (6/2/42)
Schubert Fantasie in C op 15 Barenreiter (6/1/35)
Schubert Sonata in c D 958 Barenreiter (6/1/35)
Schubert Piano Sonatas vol 1 Wiener Urtext (8/2/36)
Schumann, Clara Romantic Piano Music Vols 1 & 2 Barenreiter (6/1/35)
Schumann, Robert Davidsbundlertanze Wiener Urtext (8/2/36)
Wagenseil 6 Divertimenti op. 2 Vols 1 & 2 Doblinger Diletto Musicale (7/2/45)

11. DISC REVIEWS (alphabetical by composer or anthology title)

Composer Title Keyboardist or group Label (vol/issue/page)

Anthologies:
The Art of the Harpsichord various (hp) Arion (6/2/47)
Auf Lautenwerck Kim Heindel (lute hp) Dorian Discovery (5/3/34)
Bach family: Concertos & Duets Christopher Hogwood & Christophe Rousset (hp, clav) L'Oiseau-Lyre (6/1/31)
The Bones of all Men Sharona Joshua (hp) et al. Hannibal (7/2/59)
Consonanze Stravaganti: musica Napoletana Christopher Stembridge (org, hp) Ars Musici
(7/2/49)
English 18th Century Keyboard Concertos Paul Nicholson (hp, fp, org) et al. Hyperion
(5/1/36)
English Harpsichord Music of the 18th century Christine Sartoretti (hp) Doron Music
(5/3/34)
Fandango: Scarlatti in Iberia Sophie Yates (hp) Chandos Chaconne (8/2/41)
For two to play Davitt Moroney & Olivier Baumont (hp) Virgin Veritas (5/3/34)
Frauenmusik fur Cembalo Sally Fortino (hp) K.e.n.wald (6/2/47)
A Garden of Delights The Windsor Box & Fir Co. River production (8/2/41)
A Grand Duo: The clarinet and the early romantics Neal Peres da Costa (fp) et al. Clarinet Classics (7/1/47)
Music in the Court of St Petersburg vol 6 Musica Petropolitana Opus 111 (8/1/34)
Music in the Court of St Petersburg vol 7 Olga Tverskaya (fp) et al. Opus 111 (8/1/35)
Musick as befitts a Quene English Virginal Music 1570-1650 Edward Parmentier (hp) Wildboar (5/1/39)
Musique allemande pour deux clavecins Attilo Cremonesi & Alessandro de Marchi (hp) Harmonia Mundi (7/2/55)
Per Cembalo Pieno Douglas Amrine (ped hp) Priory (5/3/35)
Pieces de Clavecin from the Bauyn Manuscript Vol 1 Jane Chapman (hp) Collins Classics (5/1/36)
Pieces de Clavecin from the Bauyn Manuscript Vols 2 & 3 Jane Chapman (hp) Collins Classics (5/2/38)
Plus que Tango Elisabeth Chojnacka (hp) et al. Audivis Valois (5/3/36)
Romanesca: Italian music for harpsichord Sophie Yates (hp) Chaconne (6/2/44)
Shakespeare's Musick Musicians of the Globe Philips (7/2/49)
Spanish and Portuguese Harpsichord Sophie Yates (hp) Chandos (5/1/40)
The Lady's Banquet Vols 1 & 2 Jane Chapman (hp) Collins Classics (6/2/44)
The Virtuoso Harpsichord Jacqueline Ogeil (hp) Move digital (6/2/47)
Tombeau: German harpsichord music of the 17th century Sophie Yates (hp) Chandos Chaconne (7/2/51)
Wanda Landowska in performance vol 2 Landowska (hp) Music & Arts (7/2/57)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his predecessors Brigitte Haudebourg (hp, fp) (5/1/38)
Works for mandolin and fortepiano Viviana Sofronitzki (fp) et al. Globe (8/2/42)

By composer:
D'Anglebert [see Couperin, L.]
Bach, C.P.E. Quartets Andreas Staier (fp) et al. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (8/1/34)
Bach, J.C. Concertante Sinfonias Collegium Aureum Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (8/1/34)
Bach, J.C.F. Trio Sonatas London Baroque Harmonia Mundi (6/1/31)
Bach, J.S. A la carte David Schrader (hp) Cedille Records (5/2/36)
Bach, J.S. Greta Kraus (hp) CBC (7/2/57)
Bach, J.S. Puyana plays B (hp) Mercury Living Presence (7/2/57)
Bach, J. S. A Recital Victor Mio (hp) VMR Enterprises (8/2/40)
Bach, J.S. Brandenburg Concertos Il Giardino Armonico Teldec (7/2/53)
Bach, J.S. Brandenburg Concertos Camerata of the 18th century MDG (7/2/53)
Bach, J.S. Brandenburg Concertos The English Concert Barenreiter Classics (8/1/28)
Bach, J.S. [& Vivaldi] Concerti & Praeludia Skip Sempe & Olivier Fortin (hp) Audivis
Astree (8/1/29)
Bach, J.S. Concertos for 2,3,4 Harpsichords Hill, Behringer, Hambitzer, Shaw (hp) Naxos (7/2/52)
Bach, J.S. Obbligato harpsichord sonatas Vols 1-3 Genevieve Soly (hp) et al Analekta
(7/1/44)
Bach, J.S. Das Wohltemperierte Clavier Davitt Moroney (hp) Harmonia Mundi (6/1/31)
Bach, J.S. Die Kunst der Fuge Isolde Ahlgrimm (ped hp) Tudor (7/2/59)
Bach, J.S. Flute Sonatas Trevor Pinnock (hp) et al. CRD (6/2/45)
Bach, J.S. Flute Sonatas Vols 1 & 2 Anssi Mattila (hp) et al. Naxos (7/2/51)
Bach, J.S. The Goldberg Variations Seymour Hayden (hp) Boston Skyline (5/3/35)
Bach, J.S. Harpsichord Concertos vol. 1 Rinaldo Alessandrini (hp) et al. Opus 111 (7/2/53)
Bach, J.S. Harpsichord Concertos vol. 1 Robert Wooley (hp) Chandos (7/2/53)
Bach, J.S. Harpsichord Concertos vol. 2 Christophe Rousset (hp) et al. L'Oiseau-Lyre
(7/2/53)
Bach J.S. [&Walter] L'Italie en Allemagne Genevieve Soly ATMA (7/1/45)
Bach, J.S. The Musical Offering Menno van Delft (hp) et al. Globe (8/1/33)
Bach, J.S. Partitas vols 1 & 2 Kirkpatrick (hp) Boston Skyline (5/3/35)
Bach, J.S. partitas Robert Wooley (hp) Chandos (8/1/28)
Bach, J.S. Sonatas for viol da gamba Shalev Ad-El (hp) et al Chandos (7/1/45)
Bach, J.S. Transcriptions and arrangements Patrick Ayrton (hp) Globe (7/2/55)
Bach, J.S. Violin Sonatas John Butt (hp) et al. Harmonia Mundi (6/2/45)
Bach, J.S. The Young Virtuoso Richard Egarr (hp) Globe (6/2/46)
Bach, W.F. Harpsichord Concertos Richard Egarr (hp) et al. Harmonia Mundi (6/1/31)
Beethoven Sonatas vol. 4 Paul Komen (fp) Globe (8/2/42)
Beethoven 'Glassenhauer Trio', Trios op 1/3 & post 154 Cohen (fp) et al (5/2)
Brahms Cello sonatas Olga Tverskaya (fp) et al. Opus 111 (8/1/35)
Busoni Piano Music Claudius Tanski (pf) MDG Gold (8/2/43)
Byrd The Caged Byrd Vol 2 Sophie Yates (hp) et al. Chandos Chaconne (7/2/49)
Chopin At Home around an 1831 Erard Janusz Olejniczak (fp) et al. Opus 111 (8/2/43)
Chopin Warsaw 1830 Janusz Olejniczak (fp) et al. Opus 111 (8/2/43)
Couperin, Armand-Louis Music of Jennifer S Paul (hp) Klavier (5/1/36)
Couperin, F. Music for harpsichord vol. 1 Laurence Cummings (hp) Naxos (6/2/46)
Couperin, F. Music for harpsichord vol. 2 Laurence Cummings (hp) Naxos (7/1/27)
Couperin, F Works Gustav Leonhardt (hp) Philips (7/2/51)
Couperin, L. [& D'Anglebert] Suites Jacques Ogg (hp) Globe (8/2/38)
Debussy Preludes Stany David Lasry (fp) Arcana (6/2/48)
de Falla Concerto for harpsichord etc. Schirmer Ensemble Naxos (8/1/32)
Field Piano Music vol. 1 Benjamin Frith (pf) Naxos (8/2/42)
Forqueray Suites de Clavecin 1747 Arthur Haas (hp) Wildboar (5/1/37)
Frescobaldi Toccate..libro primo Rinaldo Alessandrini (hp & org) Arcana (7/1/44)
Froberger Keyboard Music Enrico Baiano (hp) Symphonia (8/2/39)
Froberger Keyboard Music Siegbert Rampe (hp) Virgin Classics (8/2/39)
Froberger Keybaord Music Christophe Rousset (hp) Harmonia Mundi (8/2/39)
Gabrieli, A. Pass'e Mezzo & altre musiche Fabio Bonizzoni (hp, org) Stradivarius Dulcimer (7/2/49)
Gibbons Selected works Richard Egarr (hp) Globe (7/2/50)
Gorecki Harpsichord Concerto etc. Catherine Perrin (hp) et al. Chandos (7/2/60)
Haydn English and Scottish Songs Olga Tverskaya (fp) et al Opus 111 (5/2/37)
Haydn XII Lieder fur das Clavier etc. Tom Beghin (fp) et al Bridge (7/1/47)
Hummel Mandolin concerto etc. S Fiuzzi (fp) et al Dynamic (5/2/37)
Kleinknecht Flute sonatas Jacques Ogg (fp) Globe (8/1/34)
Krasa, Hans Chamber Music Zuzana Ruzickova (hp) et al. Praga Digitalis (7/2/59)
Kuhlau Pieces for flute and piano Richard Egarr (fp) et al. Globe (8/1/35)
Lawes, W. Fantasia-Suites London Baroque Harmonia Mundi (8/1/33)
Leclair Sonates en trio op 4 London Baroque Harmonia Mundi (7/2/56)
Leclair Ouvertires & Sonates en trio op 13 London Baroque Harmonia Mundi (7/2/56)
Linley A Shakespeare Ode Musicians of the Globe Philips (7/2/49)
Loewe Grosse Sonate etc. Cord Garben (pf) cpo (8/1/30)
Martinu Promenades etc. Marc-Andre Hamelin (hp) et al. Analekta (8/1/32)
Mendelssohn Concerto for piano & violin etc. Andreas Staier (fp) et al. Teldec (8/1/35)
Mendelssohn [& Schubert] Wanderings Daniel Paul Horn (fp) Titanic (8/2/43)
Merulo Toccate, Ricercari etc. Fabio Bonizzoni (hp, org) Arcana (7/2/49)
Mondonville Pieces de clavecin avec voix William Christie (hp) et al. Harmonia Mundi
(7/2/56)
Poglietti Rossignolo Joyce Lindorff (hp) Titanic (6/2/45)
Poglietti Rossignolo Jorg-Andreas Botticher (hp) Harmonia Mundi
Poulenc Concert Champetre etc. Elizabeth Chojnacka et al. Naxos (8/1/32)
Purcell Suites and Transcriptions Terence Charlston (hp) Naxos (7/2/51)
Rameau Pieces de Clavecin en concerts (1741) Haugsand (hp) et al (5/2/38)
Rameau Pieces de Clavecin en concerts (1741) Rousset (hp) et al (5/2/38)
Rameau Pieces de Clavecin en concerts (1741) Shalev Al-Ed (hp) et al. SY (8/1/30)
Salieri Concertos for fortepiano in C & Bb [&Steffan] Staier (fp) et al. (6/1/33)
Scarlatti By Hayden Seymour Hayden (hp) Boston Skyline (5/3/35)
Scarlatti Unpublished Sonatas Mayako Sone (hp) Erato (5/1/39)
Scarlatti Thirteen Selected Sonatas Pamela Nash (hp) Aladdin (6/2/46)
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata etc. Paolo Giacometti et al. (fp) Channel Classics (6/2/48)
Schubert Goethe Lieder Paul Badura-Skoda (fp) et al. Arcana (7/1/47)
Schubert Impromptus Peter Katin (fp) Athene (5/2/39 & 5/3/30)
Schubert Piano Works vol. 2 Trudelies Leonhardt (fp) Globe (7/1/46)
Schubert Sonata in a op 42 Impromptus op 142 Paolo Giacometti (fp) Channel Classics (6/2/48)
Schubert Sonatas D566, D664, Impromptus op 90 Olga Tverskaya (fp) Opus III (7/1/46)
Schubert The Late Piano Sonatas Andreas Staier (fp) Teldec (8/2/42)
Schubert Winterreise Andreas Staier (fp) et al. Teldec (8/1/34)
Schubert [see Mendelssohn]
Seixas Harpsichord concerto etc. Ketil Haugsand (hp) et al. Virgin Veritas
Soler Sonatas for harpsichord vol. 2 Gilbert Rowland (hp) Naxos (6/2/47)
Soler Sonatas for harpsichord vol. 3 Gilbert Rowland (hp) Naxos (7/1/45)
Soler Sonatas for harpsichord vol 4 Gilbert Rowland (hp) Naxos (7/2/55)
Steffan [see Salieri]
Telemann 4th Book of Quartets Jacques Ogg (hp) et al. Globe (8/1/34)
Tomkins Keyboard music vols 3 & 4 Bernhard Klapprott (hp, org) MDG (7/2/51)
Vivaldi [see Bach, J.S.]
Walter [see Bach, J.S.]
Weber Symphonies 1& 2, Konzertstuck Melvyn Tan (fp) et al. EMI Classics (7/1/47)

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