Terence Charlston

about

Terence Charlston is a specialist performer on early keyboard instruments and widely acknowledged for his engaging and expressive performances. He has been described as one of Britain’s leading early keyboard players and his sympathetic command of original instruments has made him a frequent performer at collections of early keyboard instruments all over the world. Terence Charlston was born in Blackpool, Lancashire. From an early age, he was drawn to the sound and repertoire of old instruments, especially the harpsichord, which he first experienced through recordings and BBC Radio 3 broadcasts. He studied piano and organ from childhood and later took degrees in Oxford and London, specialising in early keyboard performance. As a solo harpsichordist and chamber musician he has toured extensively within Europe, as well as to Japan and the USA. He is well known to chamber music audiences, especially for his work with the quartet London Baroque with whom he gave over 400 concerts worldwide between 1995 and 2007. He has a wide interest in keyboard music of all periods and his harpsichord and organ recordings have been well received in the musical press. His recorded repertoire is particularly broad (over 50 commercial CDs on harpsichord, organ, virginals, clavichord and fortepiano) and can be heard on the Deux-Elles, Harmonia Mundi, Naxos, ASV, Channel Classics and BIS labels. Recent recordings include Baroque music on the Silbermann style organ belonging to the St. Albans Inte

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albums

F. Couperin: Les Délices de la Solitude

Mersenne's Clavichord: Keyboard Music in 16th & 17th Century France

Sounds of Bach

Byrd: For My Ladye Nevell

Sounds Baroque

Charlston: Harpsichord Music

Albertus Bryne: Keyboard Music

J. S. Bach: Italian Concerto

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Carlo Ignazio Monza

Froberger: Complete Fantasias & Canzonas

Complete Keyboard Works

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Chit Chat: Music for Two Clavichords

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