Ewald Demeyere

Ewald Demeyere – Tears – Harpsichord Laments of the Seventeenth Century (2012)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 00:58:02 minutes | 6,81 GB | Genre: Classical
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Amongst the seventeenth-century harpsichord repertoire, the genre of pieces referring to a loss, whether or not the death of a person, takes a special place, and forms the leitmotif of this disc. These introspective pieces, actually being meditations or contemplations, achieve in a uniquely profound way an almost spiritual level. John Downland’s Lachrimae Pavan, initially a lute piece which the composer reworked as a lute song to the words Flow my Tears and as a consort piece, enjoyed great popularity in the seventeenth century. In fact, it occurs in more than one hundred manuscripts or prints in a variety of arrangements. For this CD I have included two of the finest of those transcriptions, by William Byrd and by Melchior Schildt. Byrd was one of the most influential composers of his generation, in his time called a Father of Musick and Brittanicae Musicae Parens.

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Ewald Demeyere – 18th-Century Flemish Harpsichord Music (2011)
DSF 5.0 Surround DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 01:14:12 minutes | 8,79 GB | Genre: Classical
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Highly regarded harpsichordist Ewald Demeyer performs a selection of rarely heard 18th century Flemish solo pieces by some of the lesser known composers of the period, including Josse Boutmy, Dieudonné Raick, F.I. de Boeck, Ferdinand Staes, Charles-Joseph van Helmont, and Natalis Vander Borcht.

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