The Complete Piano Sonatas On Period Instruments

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Album Info

Release Date: 1997

Label: Claves

Recorded at Maria Minor Church in Utrecht (Holland) and at Masterview Sound Studio in Ithaca (New York, USA), March, June, July, November 1996. A co-production with Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Microphones ("one point recording"): 2 Brüel & Kjaer/GMS 4006. Microphone cables: Van den Hul M.C.D. Digital Tape Recorder: Nagra Digital 20-bits. Digital Editing: HD Sonic Solutions Quattro 20-bits.

The Instruments:
Paul McNulty, after Anton Walter, 1795, 5-octave
Chris Maene No.1, after Anton Walter, 1795, 5-octave
Chris Maene No.2, after Anton Walter, 1795, 5-octave
Thomas and Barbara Wolf, after Johann Schantz, ca.1800, 5-octave
Rodney Regier, after Anton Walter, 1795, 5-octave
Salvatore Lagrassa, ca. 1815, restored by Edwin Beunk and Johan Wennink, 6-octave
Gottlieb Hafner, ca.1835, restored by Edwin Beunk and Johan Wennink, 6 1/2-octave
Johann Fritz, 1825, restored by Edwin Beunk and Johan Wennink, 6 1/2-octave
Rodney Regier, after Conrad Graf, ca.1825, 6 1/2 octave

10 CDs in five thin double jewel cases and a 192-page booklet including a thematic index and liner notes in English, German and French, all enclosed in a cardboard box.

©℗ 1997 Claves Records.