Stunning Harpsichord Recording

i find that the cd labels i have mentioned preserve the timbre of the harpsichord. accent, naive, astree, some of the sophie yates recordings on chandos and most of the recordings on the glossa label are worthy of audition.

you can find these recordings on amazon.com .

if you want specific performances, please let me know. i'll browse through my cd collection and provide titles.

are you primarily interested in sound or performance ?

if it is sound, consider recordings on the glossa and naive labels.

if you want to hear an expert play the harpsichord, listen to pierre hantai, sophie yates or raphael puyana.

since the harpsichord is my favorite instrument, i own 100's of solo harpsichord recordings. most sound overly percussive and focused. they don't sound anything like a live harpsichord.

oh, i forgot to mention trevor pinnock.

here are some recordings by the harsichordist, pierre hantai:

scarlatti: 22 sosnats pour clavecin astree e 8502
scarlatti: 1 mirare mir 9918
scarlatti: 2 mirare mir 9920
bach: goldberg variations opus 111 3084

sophie yates:

fandango--scarlatti in iberia chandos 0635

trevor pinnock:

chromatic fantasy and fugue: archive arc 2 533402

some of the above may be hard to find, or may have been reissued. hope this helps.

if one is referring to pierre hantai's recordings, the earlier recording would represent the performer at a different level of creativity. as for sound, without comparing the two recordings, there is nothing to say.

i think you are on your own, unless you want to own both recordings.