Libro Secundo

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Johann Jacob Froberger (1616-1667): Libro Secondo de 1649, Tombeau de Monsieur de Blancheroche, Méditation sur ma mort future. After Frescobaldi, Jean-Marc Aymes naturally approaches Froberger. The “Libro Secondo de 1649,” the first manuscript of the German composer that has come down to us, while bearing the mark of his own genius, is an obvious tribute to his Roman master. As for the “Tombeau de Monsieur de Blancheroche” and the “Méditation sur ma mort future,” they are undeniable peaks of keyboard literature. The pieces are performed on a French harpsichord and an Italian harpsichord, but also on the Robert Dallam organ from Lanvellec, whose sound is certainly close to that of the organs on which Froberger played in London.