GOTTLIEB MUFFAT (1690-1770)

Componimenti Musicali per il Cembalo (c.1736)

CD I [72:21]

01-08 Suite V
09-16 Suite III
17-25 Suite VI

CD II [77:46]

01-08 Suite I
09-16 Suite II
17-25 Suite IV
26 Suite VII (Chaconne)

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About this CD

Mitzi Meyerson’s insight into (and experience with) the harpsichord literature is such that when she makes a visit to the recording studio, one knows that something rare, fascinating and illuminating will emerge.

Her latest exploration beyond the mainstream of Baroque music sees the Chicago (born and honoured) performer turn to the Componimenti Musicali of Gottlieb Muffat –not the Georg Muffat who studied in Paris with Lully but his son–, almost the only surviving score of a musician now forgotten but active at the Imperial Court in Vienna in the middle of the 18th century. Across a collection of six suites (and a final innovative Chaconne) full of contrasting moods, Mitzi Meyerson explores the eclectic and distinctly unacademic world of Muffat, by way of all manner of variations, dances – from Courantes, Sarabandes, Menuets and Allemandes to Gigues –, improvisations as well as character pieces reflecting a range of national styles.

A recording which captures the joy and dash of the Baroque and which leaves one asking, like, Mitzi Meyerson, “Why did Gottlieb Muffat get lost in the shuffle of time?”