One Byrde in Hande
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Label: Linn
Cat No: CKD518
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 18th May 2018
Contents
Works
Fantasia, MB13Fantasia, MB25
Fantasia, MB62
Ground, MB9
Ground, MB43
Lachrimae Pavan
Pavan and Galliard, MB16
Prelude, MB1
Prelude, MB12
Prelude, MB24
The Bells
Ut mi re, MB65
Ut re mi fa sol la, MB64
Artists
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)Works
Fantasia, MB13Fantasia, MB25
Fantasia, MB62
Ground, MB9
Ground, MB43
Lachrimae Pavan
Pavan and Galliard, MB16
Prelude, MB1
Prelude, MB12
Prelude, MB24
The Bells
Ut mi re, MB65
Ut re mi fa sol la, MB64
Artists
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)About
One of English music’s most influential figures, Byrd’s innovative style is evident throughout this well-chosen programme of preludes, grounds and fantasies. The Fantasia in A minor, MB13 demonstrates the unlimited scope of Byrd’s imagination; intricate rhythms, surprising modulations and changing textures precede a finale requiring a previously unequalled level of dexterous virtuosity. Egarr similarly relishes the technical demands of Byrd’s descriptive masterpiece, The bells. This incredible composition begins with a single toll before developing into an elaborate and thrillingly complex showpiece of pealing bells. Egarr’s elegant phrasing, infectious enthusiasm and rich embellishments result in insightful performances.
Richard Egarr has been Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music since 2006. He was Associate Artist of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra from 2011 to 2017 and has been appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Residentie Orkest in The Hague from 2019. As well as an accomplished conductor Egarr is also a brilliant harpsichordist, and equally skilled on the organ and fortepiano. He regularly plays solo at major venues such as Wigmore Hall, London, and Carnegie Hall, New York, and has recorded many albums for Harmonia Mundi, notably of Bach, Couperin, Purcell and Mozart. Egarr was an organ scholar at Clare College Cambridge, and later studied with Gustav and Marie Leonhardt. He teaches at the Amsterdam Conservatoire and is Visiting Artist at the Juilliard School in New York.
‘Egarr had greater success in speaking to 21st-century ears in other works. Byrd's "The bells" was exceptional proof that not all early keyboard music consists of abstract fugues.’ - The Herald
‘The music exploded with character under Egarr’s hands… His playing was fluid and assured.’ - New York Classical Review
‘…the sound of Byrd’s Prelude and Fantasia was delicate and gentle, but also brightly lucid in how its detail could be heard.’ - The Scotsman
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