Artist: Naoko Akutagawa
Title: Muffat: Suites for Harpsichord
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks + booklet)
Total Time: 64:48
Total Size: 429 MB
Tracklist:
1. Suite in D Minor, MC B2: I. Prelude (1:47)
2. Suite in D Minor, MC B2: II. Allemande (4:01)
3. Suite in D Minor, MC B2: III. Courante (1:40)
4. Suite in D Minor, MC B2: IV. Siciliana (2:31)
5. Suite in D Minor, MC B2: V. Bourree (1:14)
6. Suite in D Minor, MC B2: VI. Menuet (1:34)
7. Suite in D Minor, MC B2: VII. Finale (1:48)
8. Componimenti Musicali: Suite No. 7 in G Major, MC A19 (9:53)
9. Suite in A Minor, MC B19: I. Prelude (1:56)
10. Suite in A Minor, MC B19: II. Allemande (3:45)
11. Suite in A Minor, MC B19: III. Courante (1:55)
12. Suite in A Minor, MC B19: IV. Sarabande (3:13)
13. Suite in A Minor, MC B19: V. Ballett (1:16)
14. Suite in A Minor, MC B19: VI. Aria en rondeau (2:27)
15. Suite in A Minor, MC B19: VII. Bourree (1:15)
16. Suite in A Minor, MC B19: VIII. Menuet (1:24)
17. Suite in A Minor, MC B19: IX. Finale (3:06)
18. Componimenti Musicali: Suite No. 1 in C Major, MC A13: I. Ouverture (3:33)
19. Componimenti Musicali: Suite No. 1 in C Major, MC A13: II. Allemande (4:05)
20. Componimenti Musicali: Suite No. 1 in C Major, MC A13: III. Courante (2:19)
21. Componimenti Musicali: Suite No. 1 in C Major, MC A13: IV. Air (2:54)
22. Componimenti Musicali: Suite No. 1 in C Major, MC A13: V. Rigaudon (1:05)
23. Componimenti Musicali: Suite No. 1 in C Major, MC A13: VI. Menuet et trio (2:40)
24. Componimenti Musicali: Suite No. 1 in C Major, MC A13: VII. Adagio (1:16)
25. Componimenti Musicali: Suite No. 1 in C Major, MC A13: VIII. Finale: Allegro (2:28)
Gottlieb Muffat was the youngest son of composer Georg Muffat, inheriting a prodigious talent at the keyboard. The cosmopolitan nature of his works shows the influence of French, German and Italian styles, and his music was of such quality that it was extensively ‘borrowed’ by Handel. The elegant and at times spectacularly ornamented and virtuoso Componimenti Musicali suites are amongst Muffat’s few surviving works. Naoko Akutagawa’s recording of Graupner’s Partitas (8.570459) has been described by MusicWeb International as “captivating from beginning to end”.