Froberger: Suites for Harpsichord Vol. 4

Rowland, Gilbert

ATH 23215

The fourth and final volume in Gilbert Rowland’s acclaimed Froberger series completes the landmark recording project on specialist early music label Athene. This double album is the latest instalment of Rowland’s authoritative traversal of the complete Harpsichord Suites by Johann Jakob Froberger – a composer of profound influence whose innovations shaped the very form of the Baroque suite later adopted by Bach and Handel.

Praised for its “glorious sound” and “energy and a good forward drive”, the series has garnered widespread critical recognition. Recorded in the sympathetic acoustic of Holy Trinity Church, Weston, in October 2024, the album reunites Rowland with engineer John Taylor, whose audiophile-standard production has underpinned the previous volumes.

Works:

•Froberger: Suite in G Minor, FbWV 614
•Froberger: Suite in E Minor, FbWV 622
•Froberger: Suite in F Major, FbWV 621
•Froberger: Suite in D Minor, FbWV 613
•Froberger: Suite in B-Flat Major, FbWV Anh. IV / 02
•Froberger: Suite in D Minor, FbWV 639
•Froberger: Suite in G Minor, FbWV 649
•Froberger: Suite in D Major, FbWV 611
•Froberger: Suite in A Minor, FbWV 628A
•Froberger: Suite in E Minor, FbWV 648 "Partita dolorosa"
•Froberger: Suite in C Minor, FbWV 644
•Froberger: Suite in F Major, FbWV Anh. IV / 08

CD x 2

Athene

9/1/25

809730321528