Mattheson/ Simonetto - 12 Suites for Harpsichord AEC Video joined by the orchestra's founder

joined by the orchestra's founder and director

oddly beautiful

a multi-movement piece

the Toccatas contain stylus phantasticus elements of the North German organ baroque and are a delightful mixture of virtuoso

Mattheson/ Simonetto - 12 Suites for Harpsichord AEC Video joined by the orchestra's founderBetter known now as a hugely influential theorist and codifier of the principles and performance practice of Baroque music, Johann Mattheson (1681 1764) was not just a scholar but a highly accomplished composer. This album of 12 harpsichord suites offers ample evidence of his creative gifts. The suites were published in two volumes in London in 1714. When Handel heard of this publication, he sent for a copy and in his own words, 'without hesitation,