Sound files

My chromatic harpsichord,

with

19 notes per octave,

played by

Christopher Stembridge

at

Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival 2009

8 Nov 2009

Recorded with my iPhone.

This is by no means a professional recording, just for purpose of documentation!

Foto of the keyboard

Program/Files

    1. Luzzascho Luzzaschi (ca. 1545–1607): "Itene mie querele"

    2. Don Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (ca. 1560–1613): "O vos omnes"

    3. Giovanni Maria Trabaci (ca. 1574–1647): Gagliarda Cromatica

    4. Ascanio Mayone (ca. 1565–1627): Toccata IVa per il Cimbalo cromatico

    5. –10. Ascanio Mayone: Esempi cromatici et enarmonici (from Fabio colonna: Sambucca Lincea):

    6. These examples are both played by the harpsichord and sung by the ensemble Musica ficta, dir. Bo Holten):

    7. 5. Esempio 1 Stabat Mater (harpsichord only)

    8. Esempio 1 Stabat Mater (sung, a capella)

    9. Esempio 2 (harpsichord only)

    10. Esempio 2 (sung, accompanied by the harpsichord)

    11. Esempio 3 (harpsichord only; the recording is incomplete!)

    12. Esempio 3 (sung, accompanied by the harpsichord)