Sylvia Marlowe harpsichord. The instrument is not mentioned in the documentation but it is most likely a Pleyel.
Released as mono recording (most likely 1956) by Capitol Records P-8336
Cover art: Watercolor painting (Aquarelle) by Norman Sunshine

Thanks to Robert Tifft the webmaster of the European Revival Harpsichordists
( ) for providing all the documentation and already cleaned up acoustic material to make this publication possible.

Side One G e r o l a m o F r e s c o b a l d i (1583 – 1643)
00:00 Gerolamo Frescobaldi – Toccata in G Minor
04:04 Gerolamo Frescobaldi – Partite 12 sopra l’Aria di Ruggiero
14:01 Gerolamo Frescobaldi – Capriccio sopra la Battaglia
17:12 Gerolamo Frescobaldi – Aria detta la Frescobalda

Side Two D o m e n i c o S c a r l a t t i (1685 – 1757)
22:23 Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in D Minor (L. 423)
24:00 Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in D Major (L. 461)
27:11 Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in G Minor (L. 488)
30:36 Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in C Major (L. 205)
32:41 Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in B Minor (L. 449)
36:20 Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in A Minor (L. 429)

The harpsichord belongs typically to the Baroque era,
though its origins go much further back into history.
From the beginnings of the seventeenth century until
the end of the eighteenth, when it was superseded by the
piano, it was the principal, all-purpose instrument for
both accompaniment and solo performance. Its revival
in our time has two aspects: first, it has been a part of
the twentieth century’s renewed interest in older music;
second , it has been found to be very congenial with
modern music. Sylvia Marlowe, a distinguished practitioner
of the old and new alike, has commissioned
many works for her instrument.
At eighteen years of age, while studying under Nadia
Boulanger at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris,
New York City-born Sylvia Marlowe heard a harpsichord
recital by the renowned Wanda Landowska.
Already an accomplished pianist and a devotee of seventeenth
and eighteenth century music, she was persuaded
to undertake the study of the harpsichord.
Since brilliantly mastering the instrument, she has
performed to constant international acclaim on the concert
stage, on more than 1,500 radio concerts (many of
them her own network shows), and on a distinguished
NBC television series.
In another Capitol recording (P8309), Miss Marlowe
and the Concert Arts Players perform the Concerto for
Harpsichord by Falla, and modern compositions by
Rieti and Surinach.

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