Fantasticus: Sonnerie & other portraits Das wohltemperierte Klavier Inspired by Newland’s original research

Inspired by Newland’s original research into the period

Howard Skempton is recognised as one of the UK’s most renowned and respected living composers

Apart from a very early single movement written when he was fifteen years of age

This unfinished compendium of miniatures

Composed for the Music Prize of 1700-01 to a libretto by William Congreve

Fantasticus: Sonnerie & other portraits Das wohltemperierte Klavier Inspired by Newland’s original researchFantasticus Rie Kimura (violin) Robert Smith (viola da gamba) Guillermo Brachetta (harpsichord) Following on from the critical success of their debut recording, Fantasticus release their second album for Resonus Classics with a selection of French Baroque chamber works. Here the trio Rie Kimura (baroque violin), Robert Smith (viola da gamba) and Guillermo Brachetta (harpsichord) perform an exquisite programme of French Baroque chamber works focusing