I love this album. Biggs is the Master and he plays these Italian composers to perfection. Sure would like to find the whole album. Out of print now. :-) ~~~PEACE & LOVE~~~
Excellent playing, E. Power Biggs. Perhaps a little bit too metallic of a sound for me...Even though not as sonorous as this one, a true wooden instrument is more enjoyable to me.
This one had a soundboard of anodized aluminium and channel brass bridges. The later instruments of John Challis were incredibly stable, but they sound, well, metallic! And given the sheer inconvenience of tuning this kind of pedal harpsichord (the upper instrument needed to be lifted off in order to access the tuning pins for the pedal, one can sympathise with wanting maximum stability!
Walther's concertos after the Italian masters are timelessly great
I just can't get enough of the sound of that Challis!
Biggs is amazing! This is a lovely recording and excellent playing. Please upload more! :-)
I love this album. Biggs is the Master and he plays these Italian composers to perfection. Sure would like to find the whole album. Out of print now. :-) ~~~PEACE & LOVE~~~
WOOHOO!! My sister plays this like a BOSSSSS!!! :)
Got it over here in the diamond collection
Doesn't look like Biggs. Wish we could see closer. Glad they caught his cat! (Should include Scarlatti's "Cat's Fugue" in this recording.)
Excellent playing, E. Power Biggs. Perhaps a little bit too metallic of a sound for me...Even though not as sonorous as this one, a true wooden instrument is more enjoyable to me.
This one had a soundboard of anodized aluminium and channel brass bridges. The later instruments of John Challis were incredibly stable, but they sound, well, metallic! And given the sheer inconvenience of tuning this kind of pedal harpsichord (the upper instrument needed to be lifted off in order to access the tuning pins for the pedal, one can sympathise with wanting maximum stability!
@@peterwatchorn5618 Yeah, I didn't know this for the longest time...
@@fredbadertsher7102 An assault tank of a harpsichord; solid, powerful, expressive, and metallic.
@@zacharybond23 Unfortunately, but I still like his tempo.
@@fredbadertsher7102 I love the tempo too. It suits the instrument and the piece well.
I would like to know what rv is this
RV 275, originally in E minor.
@@galuppimusic obrigado