The album features a fortepiano by John Broadwood from London, dated 1802, and a clavichord by Thomas F. Steiner from Basel, built in 2006 after a 1773 Friederici model.
Recording & Production
The recordings for this album took place at the Musik-Akademie Basel in 2018 and at Kulturhaus West in Zofingen in 2013.
Interpretation
For this recording, Jean-Jacques Dünki chose three distinct keyboard instruments: an archaic clavichord, a fortepiano, and a modern grand piano, to explore how each instrument influences the sound.
Performer Biography
Jean-Jacques Dünki was awarded the Schoenberg Prize in Rotterdam in 1981 and has an extensive discography, including over 400 radio broadcasts and 28 CDs.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Jean-Jacques Dünki, the composer and performer, believes that playing on different keyboard instruments stimulates the imagination of both players and composers, and changes the expression of a work.
Composer Biography
Jean-Jacques Dünki, born in 1948 in Switzerland, is a self-taught composer, with nearly 90 works primarily for keyboard and chamber ensembles.
Compositional Technique
Some of Jean-Jacques Dünki's keyboard compositions, spanning over half a century, are presented in variant recordings for two different instruments on this album, driven by the joy of 'sound metamorphosis'.
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