We continue our collaboration with the organist and harpsichordist Simone Stella, this time with the harpsichord works by Dietrich Buxtehude in four releases. These works, recorded only a few times in the history of music, include the vast majority of the Suites for harpsichord and the six Arias with Variations, plus some minor works and five "manualiter" organ works.
Simone Stella enriches his interpretation with a refined and charming phrasing and a gentle touch. The harpsichord is exploited in all its combinations of registers for a more coloristic variety.
Info:
Year of release: 2011
The recording was made at OnClassical Studio, Pove del Grappa in 2010.
Time duration: 70:53
Size: 715 Mb (in .wav files)
Original resolution: 88.2 kHz * 24 bit
Dynamic range: 13
Sound quality: *** (3 stars = maximum)
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Technical cast:
Sound engineering: Alessandro Simonetto
Post-production: Alessandro Simonetto, Simone Stella
(General) Production: OnClassical
Equipment used: Neumann mics.
Instrument(s) used: William Horn harpsichord based on J. Ruckers (Antwerp 1643)
Tuning: Alessandro Simonetto
Image on cover: Johannes Vermeer: 'Girl with a Pearl Earring', detail (c. 1665)
Art-work: OnClassical
Other notes: N/A
° Dynamic range (DR, see Pleasurize Music Foundation): a value expressed in dB and provided by a specific algorythm certifying a dynamic sound on the recording; best values for classical music have to be ranged between 9 and 14+.
Original audio is copyrighted: OnClassical-Simone Stella, © 2010
