description Stefano Molardi Overview
Stefano Molardi is an Italian organist, harpsichordist, and choral conductor specializing in historical performance practices of the Baroque era. He is widely recognized for his recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's complete organ works, which he performed on historically informed instruments. Molardi has served as a director for various early music ensembles and has held academic positions teaching organ and harpsichord. His scholarly approach to keyboard literature focuses on the relationship between historical instruments and composition.
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What kind of music does Stefano Molardi perform?
Stefano Molardi specializes in historically informed performances of Baroque and earlier keyboard music. His work includes organ and harpsichord repertoire, as well as conducting choral projects.
Is Stefano Molardi associated with Bach's organ music?
Yes. He is widely recognized for recording Johann Sebastian Bach's complete organ works on historically appropriate instruments. The project reflects his focus on period performance practice rather than modern concert-organ sound alone.
What instruments does Stefano Molardi play?
He is an organist and harpsichordist, and he also works as a choral conductor. His performances often connect the instrument, the historical setting, and the style of the Baroque repertoire.
What does historically informed performance mean in Molardi's recordings?
It means using research about older instruments, tuning, articulation, registration, and performance customs to shape the interpretation. For Bach, this can involve choosing organs whose construction and sound are closer to the early eighteenth-century world in which the music was written.
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