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Background: The four instruments used 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 to people at that time 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.

CATALOGUE NR: ATHCD23026
RECORD LABEL: Athene
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 9.35 including VAT, or £ 7.96 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 12-May-2008

COMPOSER: Francois Couperin  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: A Century of Domestic Keyboards 1727-1832
TRACKS: Les Barricades Mysterieuses : Rondeau. Les Folies Francaises ou les Dominos (Couperin). Pavan - The Earle of Salisbury (Byrd). Fantasia in C G60. Sonata in G minor G273. Toccata in G minor G276 (Handel). Prelude No.5 in E BWV933. Prelude No.6 in E minor BWV933 (JS Bach). Air and Variations G56 (Handel). Sonata No.84 in D (Soler). Adagio in B minor K540 (Mozart). Six Dances : Walzer D145 No.6 / Walzer D365 No.24 / Ecossaise No.1 D783 No.17 / Deutscher Tanz D783 No.4 / Landler D790 No.4 / Valse Sentimentale D779 No.13. Ungarische Melodie D817 (Schubert). Lieder ohne Worte - Song Without Words : Venetianisches Gondellied in F sharp minor op.30 No.6 / Venetianisches Gondellied in A minor op.62 No.5 / Wie die Zeit lauft! - How Time Flies! / Lieder ohne Worte Duetto op.38 No.6. Albumblatt in E minor op.117 (Mendelssohn).
ARTISTS: Joanna Leach      

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