Froberger: 23 Suites for Harpsichord, Tombeau & Lamentation

Featuring

Glen Wilson
Johann Jakob Froberger

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Interpretation

The performer, Glen Wilson, chose an Italian-style harpsichord for the earlier works on the album, noting that Froberger spent significant time in Italy and that Austrian harpsichords of the period resembled Italian types.

Compositional Technique

Several of Froberger's suites feature programmatic content, with first movements in the form of allemandes meant to be played in a semi-free style, contrasting with other movements played strictly in tempo.

Performer Biography

Glen Wilson has conducted his edition of Monteverdi's opera 'Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria' over sixty times on three continents for the Netherlands Opera.

Performer Biography

Glen Wilson's edition of the Préludes of Louis Couperin, which he ascribed to Louis' brother Charles, was awarded the German Music Publishers' Prize for best scholarly edition.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Froberger composed almost exclusively for the keyboard, with his spectacular toccatas and suites in the French lute-style being particularly well-known.

Composer Biography

Johann Jacob Froberger, the composer, was born in Stuttgart in 1616 and became organist to the Habsburg emperor Ferdinand III, who sent him to Rome to study with Girolamo Frescobaldi.