Froberger - Fantasia: Pieces for harpsichord & organ (Siegbert Rampe) [1998]

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Date: April 9, 2016

Johann Jacob Froberger (1616 - 1667): Fantasia. Pieces for Harpsichord and Organ. Performed by Siegbert Rampe on six historical harpsichords from the collection of Andreas Beurmann and on the organ built by Hans Scherer, Junior, in 1624. The recordings were made in July 1996 at Schloss Hasselburg near Neustadt in Schleswig-Holstein (harpsichords) and at St. Stephan's Church in Tangermünde, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

This CD was given, in 1998, top marks by a German classical music magazine, but it was only recently that I got around to buying it and listening closely. It was then that I realized how much I had been missing! The whole CD is absolutely exemplary, in every respect. This begins with the documentation: the 40-page booklet contains not only the usual tracklist but also all the details anyone could desire. There are black-and-white photographs of all six harpsichords used and also of the interior of the Stephanskirche in Tangermünde, where the magnificent organ to be heard here has done almost uninterrupted duty since 1623. All the registry options of the organ are listed, and the stops actually used are detailed. Then there is an excellent introductory essay by Prof. Siegbert Rampe himself (in English, German and French), detailing something of Froberger's biography, his musical significance and the original "Sitz im Leben" of some of the works here performed. As Siegbert Rampe is responsible for the current Bärenreiter Edition of Froberger's complete works, he is obviously both an ideal performer and commentator, and while listening to these pieces it is obvious how much loving care he has invested in this recording, with practically every note being pregnant with meaning. This is the second of four CDs of Froberger's music that Siegbert Rampe has produced, and it seems he is determined to restore the honour of one of Germany's lesser-known composers, whom he daringly compares to Chopin.

The harpsichords played here are as follows: 1. By Fray Pedro Luis de Berganos/Spain, 1629 (2 manuals); 2. By Andreas Ruckers, Antwerp/Belgium, 1628 (2 manuals); 3. An anonymous single-manual instrument made in the first half of the 16th century in Italy; 4. By Johann Anton Miklis, Prague, 1671 (single manual); 5. By Fray Bartolomeu Angel Risveno/Spain, 1664 (2 manuals); 6. By Giovanni Celestini, Venice, 1595 (single manual). Four of these instruments can also be heard on Rampe's first Froberger CD with the title "Meditation. Lamentation for Ferdinand III", also on Virgin Veritas.

It is highly unfortunate that both of these valuable Froberger CDs have been allowed to disappear from EMI's catalogue, and it is to be hoped that they will soon be made available again, preferably with the documentation intact.
By Leslie Richford (Selsingen, Lower Saxony)

Tracklisting:
01. Toccata II FbWV 102 in D minor
02. Partita FbWV 614 in G minor: I. Allemande
03. II. Courante
04. III. Sarabande
05. IV. Gigue
06. Fugue FbWV 407a in D minor
07. Capriccio FbWV 504 IV in F major
08. Partita FbWV 602 II in D minor: I. Allemanda
09. II. Courant
10. III. Sarabande
11. IV. Gigue
12. Canzon FbWV 305 in C major
13. Ricercar FbWV 412 VI in F-sharp minor
14. Toccata FbWV 108 II in E major
15. Partita FbWV 617 in F major: I. Allemande
16. II. Gigue
17. III. Courante
18. IV. Sarabande
19. Toccata FbWV 110 IV in F major
20. Toccata da Sonarsi alla Leuatione FbWV 106 in G minor
21. Fantasia FbWV 202 II in A minor
22. Toccata da Sonarsi alla Leuatione FbWV 111 in E minor
23. Fantasia: Sopra - VT-RE-MI-FA-SOL-LA FbWV 201 I in C major

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Performer:
Siegbert Rampe, harpsichord & organ

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