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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - Complete Keyboard Works - Léon Berben (2015) {6CDs Set Aeolus AE-11021}
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© 2015 Aeolus AE-11021
Classical / Renaissance / Baroque / Organ / Harpsichord

This is a fabulous six-CD set of the complete keyboard works of one of the key figures of European music, Jan Pierterszoon Sweelinck – justifiably referred to in his time, and subsequently, as 'Der Organistenmascher'. Of around eighty surviving works, the majority are for organ – covering four and a half of these discs – and the remainder are for harpsichord. Among the works are a few which can be - and sometimes are - played on either instrument, and Léon Berben's choices in these cases sound just right to me.

This extensive release collects together all the recordings Café Zimmermann has made for Alpha: the fruit of many years of work, research and collaboration. Each separate performance has been realized with the greatest care, both in selecting the interpreting artists and in seeking out the very best acoustic conditions for the recording: the instruments, locations, and ample, well-calibrated sound balance have all been perfectly captured by Hugues Deschaux and d'Aline Blondiau, who from first to last ensured an entirely unprecedented sound transparency for every instrumental line. The combination of these elements has contributed to make Café Zimmermann a landmark among baroque ensembles. Here is a sixteen-album set to celebrate the ensembles 20th anniversary!

EMI's 50 Best Romantic Classics is loosely organized by regions, with the first disc devoted to French music, the second to Scandinavian and Eastern European classics, and the third to music from Italy and Spain. This arrangement is quite practical for beginners, who may appreciate the music's recognizable national styles before grasping more historical or theoretical aspects. Yet some understanding is needed of the term romantic, for not all of the music included in this collection fits within the Romantic era (roughly, the 19th century, with some overlapping of the early years of the 20th).