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The Passinge Mesures – Music of the English Virginalists

9/15/2023, 19 Tracks, 1:17:44

Featuring

  • Mahan Esfahani
  • Thomas Tomkins
  • John Dowland
  • Orlando Gibbons
  • Giles Farnaby
  • William Byrd
  • Richard Farnaby
  • John Bull
  • Anonymous
  • William Inglott

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Album & Artwork

This album is dedicated to Bradford Tracey, a harpsichordist who died of AIDS in 1987 at age 36, and whose recordings greatly influenced Mahan Esfahani.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Mahan Esfahani, the harpsichordist, was the first and only harpsichordist to be a BBC New Generation Artist (2008-2010).

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

The term 'virginals' is simply the 16th and 17th-century English word for a harpsichord, not a commentary on its female players.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Mahan Esfahani uses a harpsichord copied after Fleischer of Hamburg for this recording because he likes its sound and its virginals-like quality.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Mahan Esfahani encourages pianists to explore this repertoire, believing it would sound fantastic on their instrument and expose it to more listeners.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The recording used a double-manual harpsichord made by Robert Goble & Son (1990) and virginals made by Huw Saunders (1989).

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Mahan Esfahani has commissioned new solo and concertante works from composers like Elena Kats-Chernin, Daniel Kidane, and Steve Reich.

Source: Booklet

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