House-Concert with Róza Bene and Márton Borsányi, harpsichord

Welcome to our short "house-concert" with which we would like to bring music to you in your home during the corona pandemic. For a detailed description of both the programme and the instruments used on the recording, please scroll further down.

Programme:
Johann Jacob Froberger (1616 - 1667): Partita auff Die Mayerin
00:00:16
Márton Borsányi, harpsichord
Instrument: Replica of the 1619 Johann Mayer harpsichord made by Werner Iten in 1975
This version of Froberger's Partita auff Die Mayerin is based mainly on the copy in Grimm's hand dated 1699.

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764): Les Tendres Plaintes
00:14:20
Róza Bene, harpsichord
Instrument: Grand Ravalement after Colmar Ruckers made by Titus Crijnen in 2005
Piece is taken from "Pièces de clavecin avec une méthode pour la mécanique des doigts".

Márton Borsányi (1984 - ): Ouverture in C "Persistente e Sognatore" for four hands
00:17:43
Róza Bene - primo
Márton Borsányi - secondo
I originally wrote this piece for organ for two players and premiered it on the new organ of Stadtcasino Basel with Alexander Schmied on 5th September 2020. The harpsichord arrangement was completed in October 2020.

Description of the instruments used for this recording:

Johann Mayer, Stuttgart 1619
Replica made by Werner Iten in 1975 in USA
Length: 194 cm
Compass: C, C#/AA, D-d3 (original: C, C#/AA, D-c3)
Strung in Brass
Pitch: 392 Hz, c2 = 305 mm
8' + 8'
Back 8' - plucking the long choir
Principal 8' - plucking the short choir
Lute 8' - plucking the long choir
Buff stop on the long choir
Double plucking is possible, the buff stop is not used in this recording.
Voiced in Delrin

Grand Ravalement based on Colmar Ruckers made by Titus Crijnen
Length: 228 cm
Compass: FF-f3
Iron scaling
Pitch: 415 Hz
8' + 4' + 8'
8' - plucking the long choir
4'
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8' - plucking the short choir
Buff stop on the short choir
Voiced in bird's quill - mostly Buzzard, Vulture between FF and c of 8' on the long choir

Sound and video editing:
Fruzsina Donka and Máté Borsányi

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