Robert Johnson: Care-charming sleep. Kendall Burgess & John Moraitis. @johnmoraitis

Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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00:00 Introduction
1:10 The different versions
2:27 Views on ornamentation
3:53 Our approach
4:50 Performance info
5:09 The unornamented version
7:48 The ornamented version

Robert Johnson: Care-charming sleep
(two performances:
I. without ornamentation
II. with added ornamentation).
Kendall Burgess, voice. John Moraitis, harpsichord.
Harpsichord by Martine Argellies (Montpellier, 2012), after Dulcken. Temperament: Rameau. A=415 Hz.

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