Muffat: Componimenti musicali per il cembalo

Featuring

Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya
Gottlieb Muffat

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Compositional Technique

The ornamentation in Gottlieb Muffat's music is carefully notated, with an appendix explaining 57 ornament signs, including expressive ones like sobbing staccato detachment and varieties of portamento.

Composer Biography

Gottlieb Muffat, the composer, attained greater success in his working life than his father, Georg Muffat, becoming third court organist to Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1717.

Compositional Technique

The Componimenti musicali per il cembalo features seven sections, which are organized as Suites, each with a unique opening movement, regular dance movements, and modern 'Galanteries'.

Performer Biography

Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya, the harpsichordist on this album, has won top prizes at the Prague Spring International Music Competition in 2012 and the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition Leipzig in 2014.

Compositional Technique

Gottlieb Muffat's score for the Componimenti musicali per il cembalo is notable for its many helpful tempo and character indications, which was unusual for the time.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Gottlieb Muffat himself described his Componimenti musicali per il cembalo as "the most beautiful product to be met with in all Germany."

Composition History

Gottlieb Muffat's Componimenti musicali per il cembalo, published in 1739, was a lavish, high-end Viennese publication printed in a limited run of about 500 copies.