Byrd: Harpsichord Music

[Machine Translation] William Byrd is one of the most famous composers of English Renaissance music. He is revered as the "Father of Britannian Music" and was active in the royal chapels and left numerous religious, chamber, and keyboard works. This recording includes representative keyboard works. Setsuko Awataguchi collected as much music material as possible and had it recomposed based on her strong belief that "I want to get as close as possible to the original sound of Bird's music when he wrote it. Bard's unique and highly developed rhythmic development, technical skill, and the beauty of the melody that emerges from the music. It is astonishing to think that about 100 years before the great Bach, there were already keyboard pieces with the same musical joy and rigorous structure as the great Bach. Please listen to the "voice of the heart" of Byrd released by Awataguchi's precise and vivid performance.

イングランドのルネサンス音楽を代表する作曲家、ウィリアム・バード。"ブリタニア音楽の父"と敬愛されるバードは、王室礼拝堂などで活躍し、数多くの宗教音楽、室内楽、鍵盤作品を残している。今回代表的な鍵盤作品を収録。粟田口節子は、"バードが曲を書いた時の本来の音にできるだけ近づけたい"という強い信念に基づき、可能な限り多くの楽譜資料を採集し、再校訂させた。バード特有の高度なリズムの展開、技巧、浮き出る旋律美。大バッハの約100年も前にすでに、大バッハ同様の音楽的喜びと厳格な構成を持つ鍵盤曲があったのかと驚かされる。粟田口の緻密で、鮮やかな演奏によって解放されるバードの"心の声"をお聞き下さい。