Released 1979 by Stichting “Kerk & Muziek Kampen” KMK 1009
Recorded in the Waalse Kerk, Zwolle, The Netherlands
The harpsichord used for this recording was built in 1972 by N. B. van der Waals, and is a copy of a Dulcken-instrument of 1755, now in Brussels. It was tuned according to Werckmeister’s third system.

Technique: 1979 KMK-Records
Pressing: 1979 Phonogram
Print: Ned. Normaaldrukkerij

KANT 1
Suite in f moll
00:00 Allemande
02:36 Courante
03:51 Sarabande
05:33 Ciacona

08:04 Partita “Freu dich sehr, 0 meine Seele”
18:30 Capriccio in D dur

KANT 2
23:36 Partita “Ach wie nichtig, ach wie fliichtig”
32:04 Praeiudium, Fuga en Postludium in g moll
Suite in Es dur
39:45 Allernande
43:17 Courante
45:14 Sarabande
46:50 Gigue

Christopher Farr was born in 1945 in Caversham, England. Between 1955 and 1958 he sang in the choir of Westminster Abbey; after grammar school he studied organ and harpsichord at Trinity College of Music in Londen. In 1968 he moved to Holland to study under Gustav Leonhardt. He is now professor of harpsichord at the conservatories of Zwolle and Amhem.

The harpsichord used for this recording was built in 1972 by N. B. van der Waals, and is a copy of a Dulckeninstrument of 1755, now in Brussels. It was tuned according to Werckmeister’s third system.

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