Friends' Recordings
There are not so many recordings available that feature Square Pianos where we have details of the piano itself, as well as the performer. A couple of Friends who have recorded CDs recently have been kind enough to send me copies, and I am delighted on this page to give details of them.
If any Friends would like their recordings to appear on this page, please send a copy so that I can listen to it, and do not forget to say how copies may be purchased.
This website is primarily about Square Pianos, but I am happy to include spinets, clavichords, or other early keyboard instruments.
Harpsichord Music from the time of Louis XIV
Played by Sophie Yates
I am happy to recommend this recording by Sophie Yates, played on a harpsichord by Andrew Garlick after the Vaudry instrument in the V&A collection . Delightful music, beautifully played. Some lesser-known pieces, perhaps my favourites are those by Louis Couperin.
For the link to order, please click HERE
Jochewed Schwarz plays an Early Zumpe
This recording features six delightful sonatas for flute and piano by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732 - 1795) played by Jochewed Scwarz with Ashley Solomon on flute. It is perhaps the best example I have heard of the sound of a true early piano, the 1765 Zumpe & Buntebart in the Cobbe Collection. Highly recommended.
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A New CD by Jonathan Delbridge
Haxby Square Piano 1787
We were privileged to hear Jonathan as one of our soloists at the Friends of Square Pianos party in April, and I am now happy to recommend his beautifully presented new CD, recorded on the 1814 Broadwood that he brought to Chelveston. Most of the chosen pieces were written in the early days of the square piano, from well-known composers including Haydn and Clementi, but also some delightful pieces by lesser-known composers such as Burney and Pinto. Inclusion of an arrangement of Elgar's 'Nimrod' is perhaps a surprise, but Jonathan reminds us that this is one of the several pieces that Elgar composed at his 1844 Broadwood square at Malvern Cottage.
For several of the pieces, Jonathan is joined by the charming soprano Molly Jasmine Soo. Mozart is perhaps not well known for his Lieder, but Molly's performance of 'An die Freude' is one of my favourite pieces from this excellent CD. Highly recommended.
To order copies, please go to:
https://www.jonathandelbridge.com/product-category/recordings/
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