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Release Date: 08/12/2008 Label: Divine Art Catalog #: 23026 Spars Code: n/a Composer: François Couperin, William Byrd, George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Soler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn Performer: Joanna Leach
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| Period-instrument specialist Joanna Leach takes us on a journey through the development of keyboard instruments used in wealthy homes, from a spinet through three square pianos, each instrument being contemporary with the music played. The four instruments on this disc span a period of just over one hundred years. It was a century which saw huge change in the tone of keyboard instruments, from the then familiar sound of the harpsichord and spinet to the new and exotic timbre of the fortepiano. The instruments chosen are typical domestic instruments of the period. While the harpsichord, and later the grand piano, was to be found in theatres, assembly rooms or larger houses, the spinet and the square piano were designed for a more ordinary domestic setting - though, due to the expense, they would be found only in rather upmarket homes. The music is by Couperin (Les Barricades Mystérieuses, Les Folies Françaises), Byrd (Pavan - The Earle of Salisbury), Handel (icluding his Toccata in G minor), J. S. Bach, Soler, Mozart (Adagio in B minor), Schubert (Six Dances) and Mendelssohn (including two Venetian Gondola Songs). This unique recital of elegantly played music vividly brings to life the sounds of another age. | |||||
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Pièces de clavecin, Book 2: Ordre 6 in B flat major - Les baricades mistérieuses by François Couperin | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Spinet)
Period: Baroque Written: by 1717; Paris, France |
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Pièces de clavecin, Book 3: Ordre 13 in B minor - Les folies françoises ou Les dominos by François Couperin | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Spinet)
Period: Baroque Written: by 1722; Paris, France |
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Pavan and Galliards (2) in A minor no 2, MB 15 "The Earl of Salisbury": Pavan by William Byrd | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Spinet)
Period: Renaissance Written: by 1613; England |
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Fantasia for Harpsichord in C major by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Spinet)
Period: Baroque Written: circa 1732 |
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Sonata for Harpsichord in G minor by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Square Piano)
Period: Baroque Written: London, England |
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Toccata for Harpsichord in G minor by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Square Piano)
Period: Baroque Written: London, England |
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Air and Variations for Harpsichord by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Square Piano)
Period: Baroque |
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Little Preludes (6): no 5 in E major, BWV 937 by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Square Piano)
Period: Baroque |
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Little Preludes (6): no 6 in E minor, BWV 938 by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Square Piano)
Period: Baroque |
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Sonata for Keyboard no 84 in D major by Antonio Soler | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Square Piano)
Period: Classical Written: 18th Century; Spain |
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Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Square Piano)
Period: Classical Written: 1788; Vienna, Austria |
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German Dance(s) by Franz Schubert | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Square Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: Vienna, Austria |
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Hungarian melody for Piano in B minor, D 817 by Franz Schubert | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Square Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1824; Vienna, Austria |
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Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b: no 6, Andante sostenuto "Venetian Gondola Song" by Felix Mendelssohn | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Square Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1830; Germany |
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Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30: no 6, Alegretto in f sharp minor "Venetian Gondola Song" by Felix Mendelssohn | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Square Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1833-1834; Germany |
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Songs without words, vol 3, Op. 38: no 6, Andante con moto in A flat major "Duetto" by Felix Mendelssohn | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Square Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1836; Germany |
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Albumblatt for Piano in E minor, Op. 117 by Felix Mendelssohn | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Square Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: ?1837; Germany |
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Little Preludes (6): no 6 in E minor, BWV 938 by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Keyboards)
Period: Baroque |
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Songs (6), Op. 57: no 5, Venetianisch Gondellied by Felix Mendelssohn | ||||
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Performer:
Joanna Leach (Keyboards)
Period: Romantic Written: 1842; Germany |
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