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Liselotte Selbiger, harpsichord plays Johann Sebastian Bach

3/6/2007, 25 Tracks, 1:16:36

Featuring

  • Liselotte Selbiger
  • Danish National Chamber Orchestra
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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Performer Biography

Liselotte Selbiger played cello in the famous Berlin amateur orchestra 'Arzteorchester', where physicist Albert Einstein played viola right behind her.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

During a 1953 recording session with the Chamber Orchestra of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Liselotte Selbiger disagreed so much with the conductor that she asked to conduct the Bach harpsichord concertos herself.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

Liselotte Selbiger was not only the first professional harpsichordist in Denmark but also the only one for many years, popularizing the instrument both nationally and internationally.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Liselotte Selbiger (LS), the harpsichordist on this album, was born in Berlin in 1906 and initially studied cello and piano to participate in family chamber music.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

Liselotte Selbiger and her husband, Herbert Rosenberg, were forced to emigrate from Germany in 1935 after the Nazi takeover, being denied the right to work by the Reichsmusikkammer.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Liselotte Selbiger never doubted that the 16' register was an essential part of Bachian performance practice, using it in her recordings of the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue and the Italian Concerto.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Liselotte Selbiger's career path was determined by a mandatory assignment on ornamentation in J.S. Bach's music, leading her to focus on the harpsichord.

Source: Booklet

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