Zsuzsa Pertis on a 17th century harpsichord from the Netherlands
Released 1974 by Hungaroton SLPX 11741
The harpsichord (The Josephinus) heard in this recording has enriched the instrument collection of the Budapest National Museum for 100 years_The unique instrument was probably made in a workshop in the Netherlands at the end of the 17th century.
Zenei rendezo – Musical producer : Zoltan Hezser
Hangmernok – Recording engineer: Istvan Berenyi
Photo: Janos Huschit
Grafika – Design : Imre Kolma
MHV felvetel – MHV recording. Made in Hungary
Thanks to Daniël, who let me browse the famous Daniël Beuman harpsichord collection.
A.
00:00 Girolamo Frescobaldi Toccata Nona
05:09 Girolamo Frescobaldi Gagliardia Prima
06:01 Girolamo Frescobaldi Gagliarda Seconda
06:52 Girolamo Frescobaldi Gagliarda Terza
08:08 Girolamo Frescobaldi Gagliarda Quarta
09:13 Girolamo Frescobaldi Gagliarda Quinta
10:02 John Bull: Fantasia [CVIII]
Johann Jacob Froberger: XIX. szvit, c-moll / Suite XIX in C minor
15:09 Allemande
18:34 Courante
19:41 Sarabande
22:05 Gigue
B.
24:04 Giles Farnaby: Fantasia [CXXIX]
Louis Couperin: [a-moll szvit] / [Suite in A minor]
29:01 Prelude
31:42 Allemande
33:02 I’ Amiable
36:02 Courante
37:22 Courante
39:37 Sarabande (sorry for the hick-up at 40:47 I was not able to repair)
41:23 Menuet et son Double
43:25 La Piemontoise
THE JOSEPHINUS HARPSICHORD
The harpsichord heard in this recording has enriched the instrument collection
of the Budapest National Museum for 100 years_ It was acquired
in the summer of 1875 by Canon Ferenc Ebenhoch. a noted patron of collecting
antiquities in Hungary, from the Gy6r convent of the St. Ursula order, who
according to tradition , was once used in the Vienna cou rt, and more than two
hundred years ago reached Hungary in an adventurous manner, as a donation
of fmperor joseph 11.
The unique instrument was probably made in I workshop in the Netherlands
al Ihe end of Ihe 171h cenlury. lIs keybqard is covered with mOlheroOf-pearl,
tortoise shell and ebony, the front bears fjgures playing music, painted on
ivory plates, while the resonating boards under the strings are decorated with
painted flowers and exquisitely wrought parchment rosette.
Gyorgy Gabry
ZSUZSA PERTIS earned her diploma at the piano faculty of the Liszt
Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest with distinction as a pupil of Pal
Kadosa. That same year she enrolled in the Vienna Academy of Music
where she studied harpsichord under Isolde Ahlgrim. In 1969 she obtained
her diploma – again with distinction – as a harpsichord player.
In 1968 she won second prize at the international harpsichord competition
in Brugge, Belgium (no first prize was awarded). Since 1969 she
has been a professor’s assistant of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music.
Zsuzsa Pertis has had guest appearances in Vienna, Salzburg, Berlin and
Rome. As a member of the Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra she has
participated in many concerts, tours and recordings of the ensemble.
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