Grégoire Jeay: Suite in g minor. John Moraitis, harpsichord. @johnmoraitis

Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:34 Musical style
1:28 Three features
4:05 Rhythmic flexibility: the "traditional" view
5:37 Rhythmic flexibility in historical sources & early recordings
7:38 My approach to rhythmic flexibility
8:28 Demonstration
17:01 Order of movements
17:15 Allemande
23:06 Courante
27:21 Sarabande
31:36 Patreon information

Recording of Jeay's The Phantom of Goldberg: youtube.com/watch?v=rl1LkCLb82c

Grégoire Jeay, Suite in g minor:
I. Allemande
II. Courante
III. Sarabande

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

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