Mordecai shehori biography books

Cembal d'amour is a recording label dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in sound reproduction, using modern musical instruments and state-of-the-art recording equipment, while reflecting the aesthetic values and great artistic traditions of the past.Cembal d'amour is named after the 1721 clavichord invented by Gottfried Silbermann, who counted J.

S. Bach among his clients.  The term translates from French as "piano of love."   Along with the Viola d'amour and the Oboe d'amour, it is part of a distinctive class of Baroque instruments created especially for playing music of a romantic nature.   The Cembal d'amour's strings were twice the normal length and were struck near the middle, thus producing an unusually sweet and resonant tone.

The Cembal d'amour label was created in 1994 by pianist Mordecai Shehori, whose dream had long been to create recordings on which he alone performed every role:  pianist, recording engine