Froberger: Suite XVIII in g minor. John Moraitis, harpsichord. @johnmoraitis

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Johann Jakob Froberger: Suite XVIII in g minor:
I. Allemande, faite à l'honneur de Madame Sibylle Duchesse de Wirtemberg
II. Gigue nommée La Philotte
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande

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

Additional information on the Bulyowsky manuscript:
youtube.com/watch?v=hEEjcBdq52U (includes a performance of Froberger's Suite in c minor)

youtube.com/watch?v=cqi4LAMETQM (includes a performance of Bulyowsky's Suite in B-flat minor)

Amy Zanrosso's article "The Baffling Binary Gigue" can be read here: scena.org/lsm/sm7-5/students-en.html

Ketil Haugsand's performance of Froberger's Suite XVIII:
youtube.com/watch?v=JIXQPy2tF5E

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