The overriding compositional principle in many of the earlier pieces on this album is variation, a simple yet effective way to extend a musical idea.
Compositional Technique
The album demonstrates the emergence of keyboard music as a distinct genre, evolving from improvisations and vocal intabulations to pieces originally written for keyboard instruments.
Performer Biography
Trevor Pinnock was taught piano by June Smith, Ronald Smith's sister, who also introduced him to arrangements of Bach.
Performer Biography
Trevor Pinnock, the performer, began his musical journey at age four, inspired by the sounds of concert pianist Ronald Smith.
Interpretation
The harpsichord used in this recording was made in 1982 by David Jacques Way, modeled after an instrument by the mid-eighteenth-century French builder Henri Hemsch.
Album & Artwork
The album's title, 'Journey', reflects the performer Trevor Pinnock's personal discovery of music and his early musical journey.
Interpretation
The harpsichord is tuned in a meantone temperament for the earliest music and in unequal temperaments for the rest of the program.
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