WTC I on the 1740 Haas (B. Alard)

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Volume 6 of Benjamin Alard’s recording of Bach’s complete keyboard works features the first book of the WTC played on the 1740 Hieronymus Albrecht Haas harpsichord, ex-Puyana, now in Alan Rubin’s collection (Provins). Three manuals, 1x16, 2x8, 1x4, 1x2. It also includes the Clavierbüchlein für W.F. Bach played on a 1763 Johann Adolf Hass clavichord from the same collection.

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Thanks so much for this. Vol 6 not yet on Spotify or Apple Music, but all the others are. I am sad that the artist only makes milliicents per stream, but my house is packed to the rafters with physical CD’'s and I simply have not further space to store any new ones!

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Being sad is not an effective answer! Why not boycott those who refuse to pay the artists a fair return for their work and listen instead to the many CDs you already have? (What are you keeping the CDs for, otherwise?)
David

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When possible, I purchase digital downloads rather than physical discs. Usually (not always, though) you get a PDF of the booklet and can often buy hi-res versions for better sound quality. Downloads solve the shelf space issue and give the artists more revenue.

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Yes but this would translate in boycotting the players themselves as well, doesn’t it?

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Let’s not hijack this thread with this chat, gents! Start a new one.

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Le 13/02/2022 08:42, Dennis via The Jackrail écrit :

Volume 6 of Benjamin Alard’s recording of Bach’s complete keyboard works features the first book of the WTC played on the 1740 Hieronymus Albrecht Haas harpsichord, ex-Puyana, now in Alan Rubin’s collection (Provins). Three manuals, 1x16, 2x8, 1x4, 1x2. It also includes the Clavierbüchlein für W.F. Bach played on a 1763 Johann Adolf Hass clavichord from the same collection.

Video of the Hass played by Alard here:

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Before watching this video, I hadn’t paid attention to the lid painting. Given the complexity and cost of this instrument, I suppose it’s not unreasonable to show it being presented it to a noble patron. What’s with the dude stepping down from the clouds? The only parallel I can think of is that in Virgil‘s Aeneid, Aeneas arrives at Dido’s court concealed in a cloud from which he emerges (not quite the same thing and not anything particularly to do with music). Overall a pretty wild painting.