Bulyowsky: Suite in B-flat minor. John Moraitis, harpsichord. @johnmoraitis

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Michael Bulyowsky: Suite in B-flat minor:
I. Allemande
II. Gigue
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Balletto
VI. Gavotte

John Moraitis, harpsichord.
Harpsichord by Martine Argellies (Montpellier, 2012), after Dulcken.
Temperament: Rameau. A=415 Hz.

In addition to the wealth of suites by Johann Jacob Froberger, the Bulyowsky manuscript also contains the only surviving composition by Michael Bulyowsky himself: a suite written in the extremely unusual (for that time) key of B-flat minor.

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