Instruments from the Rodger Mirrey Collection

FRANCOIS COUPERIN (1626-1661)

Suite in C major

13:39

1

Prelude

2:57

2

Allemande

2:24

3

Courante

1:32

4

Sarabande [piece croisee]

1:22

5

Passacaille

5:24

Double-manual harpsichord (4478)

Luigi Baillon, Cyteux, 1755

Two Renaissance Dances

ANONYMOUS Dutch 16th century

6

Almande prynce

1:33

7

Fuei pavana piana

0:45

Triple-fretted clavichord (4486)

possibly Flemish, c. 1620

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)

8

Adagio in G (Hob. XV.22)

5:51

9

Fantasia in C (Hob. XVII/4)

5:54

Grant pianoforte (4492)

Johann Friedrich Kuhlbörs, Breslau, c. 1805

HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695)

Suit of Lessons in C

5:31

10

Prelude

0:55

11

Almond

1:23

12

Corant

0:53

13

Saraband

1:13

14

Jigg

1:07

Single-manual harpsichord (4479)

Thomas Barton, London, 1709

JOHN BLOW (1649-1708)

15

Mortlack's Ground

3:10

Single-manual harpsichord (4479)

Thomas Barton, London, 1709

JOHANN JAKOB FROBERGER (1616-1667)

16

Lamento sopra la dolora perdita della Real Msta. Di Ferdinando IV, Re de Romani

5:10

Unfretted clavichord (4487)

possibly Dresden, c. 1740

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

Suite in F minor BWV 823

6:43

17

Prelude

2:00

18

Sarabande en rondeau

2:30

19

Gigue

2:13

Unfretted clavichord (4487)

possibly Dresden, c. 1740

BERNARDO PASQUINI (1637-1710)

20

Alemanda

1:59

21

Corrente

1:07

Virginal (4484)

Honofrio Guarracino, Naples, 1678

WILLIAM BYRD (c. 1540-1623)

22

Pavan: Bray [MB XXVIII, 59a, b]

3:39

23

Galliard

1:31

Single-manual harpsichord (4471)

Bernardinus de Trasuntinis, Venice, 1574

GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643)

24

Toccata nona (1637)

5:02

Single-manual harpsichord (4471)

Bernardinus de Trasuntinis, Venice, 1574

ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI (1660-1725)

25

Toccata decima in F

5:20

Single-mamual harpsichord (4473)

Franciscus de Paulinis, Rimini, 1725

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)

Three Songs Without Words

8:43

26

in E major (Second book, Op. 30)

2:25

27

in C minor (Third book, Op. 38)

2:47

28

in A flat major (Third book, Op. 38)

3:29

Grand pianoforte (4490)

John Broadwood, London, 1793

John Kitchen all instruments

17 December 2008, 13-14 July 2009 & 7-8 January 2010