Description

A collection of keyboard music from 1600-1750, featuring a fairly typical range of the forms, styles, and composers of the time. Offers both scholarly performing editions and sources of information on performance conventions. Dr. Richard Jones, a renowned Bach specialist, edited the work.

Songs / Content

• 1. Duke of York's March [Anon.]
• 2. Menuet in D minor, BWV Anh. 132 [Anon.]
• 3. Ouverture in F (Suite), BWV 820: 3rd and 4th movements, Menuet and Trio [J. S. Bach]
• 4. Ouverture in F (Suite), BWV 820: 6th movement, Gigue [J. S. Bach]
• 5. Prelude and Partita in F, BWV 833: 4th movement, Sarabande [J. S. Bach]
• 6. The Pilgrim [John Barrett]
• 7. Air in C [John Blow]
• 8. Gavott in C
• 9. Saraband in C [John Blow]
• 10. Sarabande in F minor [Bohm]
• 11. Sarabande in F [Chambonnieres]
• 12. Aire in C [Jeremiah Clarke]
• 13. Premier Air pour la Suite du Trophee, from 21st Ordre, 'Pieces de Clavecin', Book 4 [F Couperin]
• 14. Branle de Basque [L Couperin]
• 15. Minuet in G minor [William Croft]
• 16. Scotch Tune [William Croft]
• 17. L'Agreable, from 'Pieces de Clavecin', Book 1 [Dandrieu]
• 18. Suite No. 4 in C: 9th movement, Suite de la Rejouissance: Gavotte en Rondeau [Daquin]
• 19. Corrente prima in D minor [Frescobaldi]
• 20. Menuet in G [Graupner]
• 21. Aire in A [M Greene]
• 22. Saraband in G [W. Lawes]
• 23. Menuet in F, from 'Pieces de Clavecin' [G. Le Roux]
• 24. Gavotte in C, from 'Les Pieces de Clavessin' [Lebegue]