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Peter Watchorn
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Peter Watchorn is an internationally
recognized harpsichordist,
organist, writer and artistic advisor to various period instrument
ensembles. One of the 1985 recipients of America’s premier Early
Music prize, the Erwin Bodky Memorial Award, he has enjoyed a
distinguished career in the field of Historically Informed
Performance for over thirty years. In addition he
is well known as a
recording producer, and has served in this capacity for nearly all
of Musica Omnia’s releases. He graduated from Boston University in
1995 with the Doctor of Musical
Arts degree. A student of the
Viennese harpsichordist,
Isolde Ahlgrimm, he wrote her
official
biography, due for publication in 2007 by Ashgate Publishing,
London.
He has made numerous recordings, and has achieved
international recognition for his interpretations of
the music of J.
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Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Six Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord, BWV 1014-1019 |
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Emlyn Ngai (violin), Peter Watchorn (harpsichord) |
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One of the finest versions of these six incomparable works, with proper balance between violin and harpsichord restored for the first time on CD. |
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Cat.#0112/2+1 CD-set
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Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 |
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Anne Harley (soprano), Elizabeth Anker (alto), Robert Pitcher (tenor - Evangelist), Max van Egmond (bass), Boston Bach Ensemble - Julian Wachner, Peter Watchorn (direction) |
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Bach’s Christmas masterpiece is brought vividly to life in this live performance from the Boston Bach Ensemble, recorded at Boston University. Conducted by Julian Wachner, the ensemble includes distinguished vocal soloists, including Max van Egmond, as well as some of the finest of America’s specialists in period instrument performance. |
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Cat.#0101/2CD-set
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Johann Sebastian Bach |
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English Suites, BWV 806 - 811 |
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Peter Watchorn (harpsichord) |
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Harpsichordist Peter Watchorn presents Bach's "Six Great Suites", known today as the English Suites. This fine recording, which showcases a harpsichord by master builder Walter Burr, includes all repeats: nearly 160 minutes of music. |
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Cat.#0206/2CD-set
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Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Book 1 |
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Peter Watchorn (harpsichord) |
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The first recording of this universal collection to use the tuning system for which it was most likely written. This release is further enhanced by the first use in 60 years of a pedal harpsichord in a recording of Book 1. A unique recording in more ways than one. |
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New Release - Available Now
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Cat.#0201/2CD-set
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Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Missae Breves, BWV 233-236 |
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Anne Harley & Andrea Folan (sopranos), Miranda Loud (alto), Pablo Bustos (tenor), Max van Egmond (bass), Peter Watchorn (organ), Publick Musick - Thomas Folan (director) |
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Bach’s four short Latin masses (missae breves) are presented here by Publick Musick, one of America’s most exciting young ensembles of singers and “historically aware” instrumentalists. |
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Cat.#0203/2CD-set
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Byrd, Bull, Gibbons et al. |
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Music of Tudor and Jacobean England |
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Peter Watchorn (harpsichords by Walter Burr) |
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A distinguished harpsichordist showcases two of the finest modern harpsichords in this varied program of music from England’s “Golden Age”. |
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Cat.#0104/2+1CD-set
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Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Cantatas - BWV 62, 45, 192 & 140 |
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Anne Harley (soprano), Deborah Rentz-Moore (alto), Pablo Bustos (tenor), Jonathan Rohr (bass), Max van Egmond (bass), Peter Watchorn (organ), Publick Musick - Thomas Folan (director). |
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Thomas Folan directs Publick Musick on a wonderful new CD of four exceptional cantatas by J. S. Bach, including the favourite Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140. These are performances worthy to stand next to those of Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt. |
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New Release - Available Now
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Cat.#0204/CD
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Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Inventions & Sinfonias - BWV 772-801 |
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Peter Watchorn (harpsichord) |
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The next volume in Peter Watchorn's complete survey of the harpsichord music of Johann Sebastian Bach is devoted to the Inventions & Sinfonias, BWV 772-801, a set of thirty short contrapuntal pieces written for Bach's son, Wilhelm Friedemann. A textbook demonstration of Bach's preferred "cantabile" style, this recording also features the "Bach" tuning, as proposed by Bradley Lehman, and a magnificent German-style harpsichord by Australian master builder, Alastair McAllister. |
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New Release - Available February 1, 2008
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Cat.#0208/CD
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Future
Releases:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Works for Harpsichord
MO 0202
Bach: Vol 2: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Book 2
MO 0210
Bach: Vol 5: Clavierübung II & III (BWV 971, 831, 802-805)
MO 0306
Bach: Vol 5: French Suites, BWV 812-817
MO 0310
Bach: Vol 6: Partitas, BWV 825-831
MO 0308
Bach: Vol 7: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
MO 0309
Bach: Vol 8: Fantasias, preludes & fugues I
MO 0502
Bach: Vol 9: Fantasias, preludes & fugues II
MO 0505
Bach: Vol 10: Toccatas, BWV 910-916
MO 0506
Bach: Vol 11: Suites, sonatas
MO 0511
Bach: Vol 12: Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080
John Bull:
Complete Works (with Mahan Esfahani)
MO 0301
John Bull Vol 1: Complete Works for harpsichord & organ
MO 0404
John Bull Vol 2: Complete Works for harpsichord & organ
MO 0510
John Bull Vol 3: Complete Works for harpsichord & organ
With Penelope
Crawford
MO 0312
Bach: Concertos BWV 1044, 1052-1055
MO 0405
Bach: Concertos BWV 1056-1059
MO 0411
Bach: Concertos BWV 1060-1065
With Owen
Watkins (recorder, oboe, chalumeau), Jamie Hey (cello)
MO 0307
Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonatas for Diverse Winds
With Publick
Musick:
MO 0305
Bach: Cantatas for the Feast of St. Michael (BWV 19, 50, 51, 130, 149)
MO 0311
Unico Willem van Wassenaer: Six Concerti Armonici
MO 0501
Bach: Easter Cantatas BWV 66, 67, 158, 249
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