Elisabeth Chojnacka harpsichord Anthony Sidey (from the private collection of Mr et Mrs Bryan Edmond)
Recorded October 1981 in Salle Adyar, Paris, France
Released 1982 by Erato 71480, Éditions Costallat
Recorded By Yolanta Skura
Front painting: G. Arcimboldo – l’ete – Paris, Louvre
Picture by Lauros-Giraudon, Model Jacques Vatoux
Picture of Elisabeth Chojnacka D. Souse, Paris
Sleeve Notes Pierre-Paul Lacas
Sleeve Notes English translation John Underwood

Face 1
00:00 Giovanni PICCHI (debut XVIIe s.) Ballo alla polacca
02:58 Johann Jacob FROBERGER (1616-1667) Tombeau fait a Paris sur la mort de Monsieur Blancheroche ; lequel se joue fort lentement a la discretion sans observer aucune mesure.
07:04 Michelangelo ROSSI (? 1601-2 – 1656) Toccata settima
12:57 Hugh ASTON (v. 1485-? 1558) Hornepype
16:41 Jean de MACQUE (v. 1550-1614) Seconda Stravaganza
19:27 Louis COUPERIN (1626-1661) Pavane
25:37 Azzolino Bernadino DELLA CIAJA (1671-1755) Toccata

Face 2
29:40 ANONYME (XVle s.) Upon La Mi Re
36:50 Carlo GESUALDO, prince de Venosa (v. 1560-1613) Canzone francese del Principe
40:46 Johann Jacob FROBERGER (1616-1667) Lamentation faite sur la mort tres douleureuse de Sa Majeste Imperiale Ferdinand le troisieme; se joue lentement avec discretion. An 1657.
44:34 John BULL (v. 1562-1628) Ut re mi fa sol la
49:43 Jean de MACQUE (v. 1550-1614) Prima Stravaganza
52:19 Giovanni PICCHI (debut XV lIe s.) Passamezzo

ELISABETH CHOJNACKA
The world of music has been enriched in every period by the inspiration given to composers by the talents and personalities of great artists. Elisabeth Chojnacka is one of the great players whose artistry provides inspiration for the composers of our own day. Many
distinguished composers have written works for her or dedicated
them to her. Yannis Xenakis, Marius Constant, Maurice Ohana and
Cristobal Halffter, to mention only the best-known, have all realised
with her or because of her’ ‘how far the old instrument is from having lost any of its amazing magic”, as an American critic put it after a concert she gave in Chicago.
Elisabeth Chojnacka was born in Warsaw and obtained her M.A.
degree from the Music High School there. In 1962 she came to Paris (where she sti11lives) to study the baroque repertoire with Aimee van de Wie1e. In 1968 she won the first prize for harpsichord in the Warsaw International Music Competition.
Her repertoire centres upon contemporary music but also includes
baroque and classical work. She has been a guest artist at all the great festivals of contemporary music, and is also keen to bring the music of today to the attention of a wider public. Engagements with such great orchestras as the Cleveland Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris,
the Warsaw Philharmonic and the Suisse Romande have enabled her to do this. Thanks to this wonderful artist, the renewal of the contemporary repertoire, in particular that of the harpsichord, is assured for many decades to come.

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