Product Description

Here, in all their glory, are the mighty, classic harpsichords of another age. With a dizzying array of pedals, couplers, sound-textures and stops, these are the "Big-Rigs" of harpsichords, played with astonishing mastery by Landowska-protog Paul Wolfe. Volume One features a full CD of works ofItalian baroque master Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1644), plus a second CD of rare early English keyboard masterpieces, all performed on a legendary 1907 striped zebra-wood Pleyel. Early stereo master tapes, recorded at 30 ips by recording genius Jerry Newman have been digitally remastered by Doug Pomeroy to provide an aural experience so spectacular it sounds like they were recorded today! With a newly written essay by Larry Palmer, author of "The Harpsichord in America".