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Tears - Harpsichord Laments of the 17th-Century
Various composers

Ewald Demeyere

Tears - Harpsichord Laments of the 17th-Century

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Format: SACD hybrid
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917261721
Catnr: CC 72617
Release date: 18 September 2013
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Challenge Classics
UPC
0608917261721
Catalogue number
CC 72617
Release date
18 September 2013

"(...) very thoughtful performances with lots of nuance."

Early Music Review, 01-6-2014
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About the album

Amongst the seventeenth-century harpsichord repertoire, the genre of pieces referring to a loss, whether or not the death of a person, takes a special place, and forms the leitmotif of this disc. These introspective pieces, actually being meditations or contemplations, achieve in a uniquely profound way an almost spiritual level. This recording by harpsichordist Ewald Demeyere includes, amongst others, settings of Dowland’s famous Lachrymae by Byrd and the rather unknown Melchior Schildt, a student of Sweelinck.

Een fascinerende reis door een eeuw aan klavecimbelmuziek
Op dit album staan melancholische klavecimbelstukken uit de 17e eeuw die worden gespeeld door Ewald Demeyere. Het zijn rustige werken die meditatief en beschouwend zijn. Een zeer interessant repertoire dat de moeite waard is om verkend te worden.

Deze opname bevat muziek van de componisten Byrd, Froberger, Tomkins, Couperin en Schildt. De werken gaan over verlies, van een persoon of van iets anders, en zijn zeer diepgaand, bijna tot aan het spirituele toe. Het zijn instrumentale rouwodes die zeer expressief zijn. Een fascinerende reis door meer dan een eeuw aan prachtige klavecimbelmuziek.

Stücke, die den Verlust einer Person oder Sache zu beklagen haben, nehmen in der Cembalomusik des 17. Jahrhunderts eine bedeutende Rolle ein. Dieses Trauer-Motiv steht über der Einspielung des niederländischen Cembalisten Ewald Demeyere, der neben zwei Bearbeitungen eines Lachrimae von Dowland auch ein Werk des unbekannten Komponisten Melchior Schildt spielt, einem Sweelinck-Schüler. Instrumentale Traueroden: meditativ, besinnlich und ausdrucksstark.
Nella produzione clavicembalistica seicentesca, il genere dei brani che evocano una perdita, sia essa o meno la morte di una persona, occupa una posizione particolare e rappresenta il motivo conduttore di questo disco. Questi brani introspettivi, da considerarsi alla stregua di meditazioni o contemplazioni, raggiungono con una straordinaria profondità un livello quasi spirituale.
Il programma del clavicembalista Ewald Demeyere comprende, tra gli altri, l’arrangiamento di Byrd delle celebri Lachrymae di Dowland, e una Paduana Lagrima del misconosciuto Melchior Schildt, un allievo di Sweelinck.

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Ewald Demeyere

Harpsichordist Ewald Demeyere believes that conveying the emotional content of a composition is a musician’s most important task. Since each period has its specifics, however, he intends to combine emotion with historical keyboard technique and performance practice in such a way as to obtain as captivating an interpretation as possible. Demeyere’s research, which, among others, resulted in a PhD and the publication of a book Johann Sebastian Bach’s Art of Fugue—Performance Practice Based on German Eighteenth-Century Theory (2013), is never an end in itself but always has to serve the eloquence of the musical performance. Demeyere has taken part in more than 100 CD recordings, many of which with chamber and solo repertoire. As a player of chamber music, Demeyere...
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Harpsichordist Ewald Demeyere believes that conveying the emotional content of a composition is a musician’s most important task. Since each period has its specifics, however, he intends to combine emotion with historical keyboard technique and performance practice in such a way as to obtain as captivating an interpretation as possible. Demeyere’s research, which, among others, resulted in a PhD and the publication of a book Johann Sebastian Bach’s Art of Fugue—Performance Practice Based on German Eighteenth-Century Theory (2013), is never an end in itself but always has to serve the eloquence of the musical performance. Demeyere has taken part in more than 100 CD recordings, many of which with chamber and solo repertoire. As a player of chamber music, Demeyere works with, amongst others, Barthold Kuijken and Vinciane Baudhuin (Duo Capricornus) . He was a jury member for the Paola Bernardi International Harpsichord Competition in 2013 in Bologna. In 2018, he won the CPEB:CW Counterpoint Contest, with a unanimous verdict from the jury that his Ricercar a 5 per Cembalo was “the most accomplished and natural in its flow”.

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William Byrd

William Byrd was an English composer. He was one of the greatest composers of his generation. Hiis name is sometimes spelled as Bird, Byrde, or Byred. The exact dates of his birth and death are not known, and even his place of birth (Lincoln) is merely guesswork, based on the fact that several families named Byrd lived in Lincolnshire during the 17th century.  As a child, Byrd received music lessons from the renowned Thomas Tallis in the Chapel Royal in London. Byrd is part of the so-called virginalists. In 1563, he was appointed as organist of the cathedral in Lincoln, even though he must have only been around 20 years old and in 1572 he was appointed as organist of Chapel Royal...
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William Byrd was an English composer. He was one of the greatest composers of his generation. Hiis name is sometimes spelled as Bird, Byrde, or Byred. The exact dates of his birth and death are not known, and even his place of birth (Lincoln) is merely guesswork, based on the fact that several families named Byrd lived in Lincolnshire during the 17th century. As a child, Byrd received music lessons from the renowned Thomas Tallis in the Chapel Royal in London. Byrd is part of the so-called virginalists. In 1563, he was appointed as organist of the cathedral in Lincoln, even though he must have only been around 20 years old and in 1572 he was appointed as organist of Chapel Royal together with Tallis. In 1575, again with Tallis, he received the rights to publish and sell his music by Queen Elizabeth I. In honour of the Queen, the two composers dedicated their Cantiones Sacrae in the same year.
On multiple occasions, Byrd was prosecuted in court. As a catholic, he was repeatedly prosecuted for the rejection of Anglicanism. Nonetheless, he remained in favour of the Queen, probably because he composed music for both religious branches. Moreover, he wrote both secular and sacred music, and both vocal and instrumental pieces.


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(...) very thoughtful performances with lots of nuance.
Early Music Review, 01-6-2014

(...) this is a fascinatingly fine programme, eruditely chosen and fervently prtrayed.
Gramophone, 01-5-2014

This release, with its startlingly vivid ‘demonstration’ recorded sound and admirably executed concept, is something towards which lovers of well-played harpsichord and early keyboard music can gravitate with confidence.
MusicWeb-international, 15-1-2014

"Play this disc and the busy world recedes, giving way to the music's measured expression which slows the heartbeat and takes over the mind. Highly recommended. Listening to this carefully selected and lovingly recreated music."
ww.sa-cd.net, 03-1-2014

This release, with its startlingly vivid demonstration recorded sound and admirably executed concept, is something towards which lovers of well-played harpsichord and early keyboard music can gravitate with confidence.
Music Web International, 01-1-2014

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