Richard Lester
Harpsichordist, Organist, Fortepianist, Musicologist

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Volume 5 of the Frescobaldi series was released by Nimbus Records in March 2013 and includes Canzoni with Elizabeth Lester on Renaissance recorder and Polly Armitage on Renaissance flute, Magnificats and Hymns (alternatim) on the 1588 Antegnati organ in San Nicola, Almenno San Salvatore, with the Schola Gregoriana del Duomo di Bergamo.

A recording of Soler sonatas, and the Boccherini fandango (with David Ponsford) transcribed for two harpsichords will also be released in June 2013.

Projects for 2013-2015 include recordings of the three Organ Masses of Girolamo Cavazzoni, Andrea Gabrieli and Claudio Merulo with the Schola Gregoriana del Duomo di Bergamo under its director Don Gilberto Sessantini.

An article for the British Harpsichord Society on early fingering methods entitled 'Who Cares?' This is supported by a video on early fingering which is available now by clicking on 'Mosaics from San Marco' on the Home page of this website.

 

Richard Lester
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