Sometime in the late 20th I had a radio show on WOBC dedicated to the hilariously conflicted genre known as contemporary classical music.  I'm not sure who the buyer was for the WOBC library, but I was thrilled to find a handful of 20th century harpsichord releases which I still treasure to this day. 

The Finnish composer and keyboardist Jukka Tiensuu put out two albums in quick succession: "The Fantastic Harpsichord" followed by "The Exuberant Harpsichord", which are featured here.

The primary exponent of contemporary harpsichord, Polish harpsichordist Elisabeth Chojnacka, recorded music for decades and was even welcomed to the San Francisco Symphony stage by Michael Tilson Thomas.  I was, of course, on the front row.

American composer Barbara Harbach put together a truly lovely and highly accessible collection of works in an album simply titled "20th Century Harpsichord Music".

00:00 Iannis Xenakis : Χοαί (Khoaï) 1976,  performed by Jukka Tienssu 1987

15:23  Costin Miereanu : Limping Rock for harpsichord and percussion, performed by Elisabeth Chojnacka, Sylvio Gualda 1990

20:16 Kaija Saariaho : Jardin secret II for harpsichorcd and electronics 1986, performed by Jukka Tienssu 1987

31:21  Anneli Arho : Minos' 1978, performed by Jukka Tienssu 1987

39:53 Jukka Tiensuu : Fantango 1984, performed by Jukka Tienssu 1987

44:37 György Ligeti : Hungarian Rock 1978,  performed by Jukka Tienssu 1988

49:29 Virgil Thompson : Four Portraits 1940, performed (and possibly arranged by) Barbara Harbach 1988

20th Century Harpsichord Volume 1

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