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Gilbert Rowland is one of Europe's most senior and accomplished exponents of the harpsichord. Following his critically acclaimed 6-album series of the Harpsichord Suites of Handel for Divine Art, he moved to the Athene imprint which now specializes in baroque music and 'period' instruments for his well-received album of Suites by Johann Mattheson and his first volume of Froberger's Suites. This 2-album set is the second volume in a projected complete survey of the Harpsichord Suites by Johann Jakob Froberger, whose organ and harpsichord music is individual in nature and ground breaking - he was one of the first composers to settle the 'dance-movement' style of Suite taken up by Couperin, Bach, and Handel among many others. There are 12 Suites in this collection. Gilbert Rowland plays a 2 manual French style harpsichord made by Andrew Wooderson after an instrument by Goemans (Paris, 1750) Album Tracks 1. Suite in D major, FbWV 620~I. Meditaion, faite sur ma mort future 2. Suite in D major, FbWV 620~II. Gigue 3. Suite in D major, FbWV 620~III. Courant 4. Suite in D major, FbWV 620~IV. Sarabande 5. Suite in A minor, FbWV 610~I. Allemande 6. Suite in A minor, FbWV 610~II. Gigue 7. Suite in A minor, FbWV 610~III. Courante 8. Suite in A minor, FbWV 610~IV. Sarabande 9. Suite in F minor, FbWV 653 ('Die Hochstädter Leuchte')~I. Allemande 10. Suite in F minor, FbWV 653 ('Die Hochstädter Leuchte')~II. Courante 11. Suite in F minor, FbWV 653 ('Die Hochstädter Leuchte')~III. Sarabande and Double 12. Suite in F minor, FbWV 653 ('Die Hochstädter Leuchte')~IV. Gique 13. Suite in C major, FbWV 605~I. Allemand 14. Suite in C major, FbWV 605~II. Courant 15. Suite in C major, FbWV 605~III. Saraband and Double 16. Suite in E minor, FbWV 643~I. Allemande 17. Suite in E minor, FbWV 643~II. Courante 18. Suite in E minor, FbWV 643~III. Aria 19. Suite
