Arthaus Musik: 102111

History of the Organ, Volume 1 - Latin Origins

Featuring Music by Pierre Attaignant, Antonio De Cabezón, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Francisco Correa De Arauxo, François Couperin, Nicolas De Grigny & Louis-Claude Daquin

Starting out in the Verona workshop of Bartolomeo Formentelli, this episode travels through Italy, Spain and France to trace the origins, history and development of the organ. It encompasses the classical sobriety of the Italian style, the Golden Age of the organ in sixteenth-century Spain, and the French style of the eighteenth century.