Harp music written during the Ages of Enlightenment and Romanticism
added a delicate fragrance to the banquet of the Epicureans.
Each disc in the series Soirée du Goût will treat you to a gastronomic musical adventure,
being filled with exiting ingredients and elegant flavors.
CD series “Soirée du Goût”
"Amuse"
Etcetera KTC1263
François-Joseph Naderman (1781-1835) Fantaisie en Variations sur le Songe de J.J.Rousseau *
Louis Spohr (1784-1859) Fantasie op.35 c-Moll *
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Arias from his opera "Die Zauberflöte", arr. by R.N.Ch. Bochsa and E. Schueker*
Robert Nicolas Charles Bochsa (1789-1856) Variations sur des Themes de "Don Giovanni" de Mozart, "Batti, batti o bel Masetto"***
W.A.Mozart Arias from his opera "La nozze di Figaro", arr. by R.N.Ch. Bochsa and E. Schueker*
Sophia Corri (1775-1847) Sonate III op. 2 c-Moll **
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) Le Rappel des Oiseaux **
Giovanni Battista Pescetti (1704-1766) Sonate VI c-Moll **
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Italienisches Konzert F-Dur (BWV 971) **
* Single-action Harp by Naderman Paris, ca.1815
** Single-action Harp (style XVI) by Beat Wolf, Schaffhausen, 1997 after Paris harp builders, 2nd half of 18th Century
*** Double-action Harp by Sébastien Erard, London, 1825/26
Recorded in Maria Minor, Utrecht, the Netherlands February 2001 March 2003 July 2003
"Grand Desserts" (The world of J.L.Dussek)
with Richard Egarr (fortepiano)
Etcetera KTC1270
Duet for the Harp and PianoForte in E flat major Op.38 (1799)
Sonata XXIV for PianoForte Solo in F sharp minor Op.61 (1806-1807)
Duettino II for the Harp and PianoForte in F major (c.1802)
Sophia Corri (1775-1847) Sonata I for Harp Solo in E flat major Op.34 (1797)
Duo Concertant for the Harp and PianoForte in B flat major Op.69 No.1 (1810)
Richard Egarr: Grand Piano John Broadwood and Son, London 1804
Masumi Nagasawa: Single-action Harp Naderman a Paris 1815
Recorded in Doopsegezinde Kerk, Haarlem, the Netherlands January 2004
"Souper Galant"
with Alfredo Bernardini (baroque oboe)
Etcetera KTC1293
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / Sonate in Es-dur (BWV 1031)
Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763) / Duetto in B-dur
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) / Sonate in G-dur (Wq139/H.563) for harp solo
Johann Sebastian Bach (?) / Sonate in g-moll (BWV1020)
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) / Sonate No.1 in C-dur
Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) / Sonate VI in B-dur
Alfredo Bernardini: Baroque Oboe, Pau Orriols, Vilanova (2005),
after T. Stanesby, London (ca.1730)
Masumi Nagasawa: Single-action pedal harp, J. M.Wolters (ca.1785)
Recorded in Doopsgzinde Kerk, Haarlem, the Netherlands June 2005
"Amusette Douce"
Seven sonatas by Naderman on Naderman single-action harp 1815
Etcetera KTC1341
François Joseph Naderman (1773-1835)
Sept Sonates Progressives
Etude Fantastique B flat major
Etude Fantastique F major
Masumi Nagasawa: Single-action Harp Naderman a Paris 1815
Recorded in Doopsegezinde Kerk, Haarlem, the Netherlands November 2006
"A splendid harp CD"
Klassieke Zaken, August 2007
"L'arome de L'est"
Harp Music from Eastern Europe and beyond
Performed on the
Erard Single-action pedal harp (around 1820)
Etcetera KTC1362
Jean Baptist Krumpholtz (1747-1790)
Sonate en scene de stile pathétique op. 16 bis
dedicated to Madame la Comtesse de Rzewuska
Etude du Renforcement (Adagio from the Sonata op. 14)
Jean Baptist Cardon (1760-1803)
Sonata in F moll
Variations on the theme of “Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman”
Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812)
3 sonatinas
from the six Sonatinas dedicated to Madame Krumpholtz
Andrei Sikhra (1766-1851)
Variations on the Russian theme “Au milieu des collines
John Field (1782-1837)
Nocturne Es dur
arranged by Elias Parish Alvars (1808-1849)
Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Variations on the theme of “Je suis encore dans mon printemps”
from the Opera by Etienne-Nicolas Méhul (1763-1817) Op.36
Alexandre Varlamov (1801-1848)
Melodie
Michail Iwanowitsch Glinka (1804-1857)
Nocturne Es dur
Nocturne “Solitude/ Razluka” F moll
Recorded in the Nihonmatsu Concert Hall, Fukushima Pref., Japan, in December 2007
MOZART Early Sonatas
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
"Six Sonates pour le clavecin avec l'accompagnement d'un Violon" (1766)
composed in The Hague, for Caroline van Nassau-Weilbourg, Prinses van Oranje
Etcetera KTC 1404
with Ryo Terakado, baroque violin
Recorded in Hervormde Gemeente, Rhoon, the Netherlands, in May 2009
released in February 2010
