Fortune my foe / SWEELINCK, J.P.: Harpsichord Works Alina Rotaru

• Fantasia Chromatica in Dorian Mode, SwWV 258
• 1Fantasia Chromatica à 408:20
• Puer nobis nascitur, SwWV 315
• 2Puer nobis nascitur02:38
• Pavana hispanica, SwWV 327
• 3Pavana Hispanica02:17
• Ballo del granduca, SwWV 319
• 4Balleth del granduca04:31
• 5Onder een linde groen04:55
• 6Engelse Fortuijn [Fortune my foe]02:54
• 7Paduana Lachrymae04:49
• 8Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein05:03
• Mein junges Leben hat ein End, SwWV 324
• 9Mein junges Leben hat ein End'05:54
• Toccata in D minor
• 10Toccata in d03:00
• Malle Sijmen (Simple Simon), SwWV 323
• 11Malle Sijmen01:17
• Fantasia on a theme of Sweelinck
• 12Fantasia on a theme of Sweelinck04:12
• Total Runtime49:50

Info for Fortune my foe / SWEELINCK, J.P.: Harpsichord Works

Alina Rotaru's debut solo recording with keyboard music of J. P. Sweelinck (1562 - 1626), a virtuosic as much as a personal approach to the music of this great Flemish composer. Brilliant debut of a highly talented young artist. This recording does not strive to present Sweelinck's harpsichord repertoire in its completeness but rather to mark an inner journey into the universe of the enlightened and cosmopolitan musician Sweelinck was.

“This is a sensational album by one of our most gifted harpsichordists of the younger generation. Alina Rotaru has passion, rhythmic precision and subtlety as well as that rarest quality among harpsichordists: the ability to make a beautiful, singing sound, which provides a backdrop against which the full range of her articulation and fine sense of phrasing is heard in full measure. For playing like hers you will need to go back to about 1968 and Gustav Leonhardt. What is also clear is that her technique and musicianship are at the service of Sweelinck. Do yourself a favour and invest in this album. Let’s hope that Alina Rotaru makes many more just like it.” (P. Watchorn)

Alina Rotaru, Harpsichord

Recorded: July 06-08, 2010 Location: St. Johannis-Kirche Arenshorst, Germany

Alina Rotaru - Harpsichord
Alina Rotaru studied piano and choral conducting at the music conservatory in her hometown Bucharest. There she came into contact with Early Music and founded her first ensemble.

After moving to Germany in 1999, she studied harpsichord with Siegbert Rampe and Wolfgang Kostujak in Duisburg, Carsten Lohff and Detlef Bratschke in Bremen and Bob van Asperen in Amsterdam. She is the winner of the 6th Biagio Marini Early Music Competition.

The debut CD of her ensemble LUXURIANS with works by G. Ph. Telemann was released in 2009. Her debut solo CD with harpsichord works by J. P. Sweelinck was released in October 2010. The newest CD featuring Alina Rotaru, with Ensemble La Ninfea and soprano Ulrike Hofbauer and music by G.B. and A.M. Bononcini was released in October 2011 at Thorofon She plays concerts and gives master classes inside and outside Europe.

Alina Rotaru is currently working at the University of the Arts in Bremen as a harpsichord instructor.

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