Hyperion Records | English 18th-century Keyboard Concertos

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Greenwich Observatory (1848) by George Baxter (1804-1867)
Reproduced by courtesy of Warwick Leadlay Gallery, Greenwich, London

CDA66700
Superseded by CDH55341

Recording details: October 1993
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: May 1994
Total duration: 75 minutes 30 seconds

'A delightful project' (The Times)

'Los amantes de le buena música encontraran en él elementos de indudable atractivo que sería una lástima dejar escapar' (CD Compact, Spain)

English 18th-century Keyboard Concertos

The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra, Paul Nicholson (conductor)

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1		Chaconne in G major [6'51] George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
2		Organ Concerto movement in D minor [5'45] George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
		Organ Concerto in D major Thomas Roseingrave (1688-1766)
3		Movement 1: Allegro [2'51]
4		Movement 2: Adagio [0'26]
5		Movement 3: Andante [1'38]
6		Movement 4: Allegro [2'50]
7		Movement 5: Adagio [1'04]
8		Movement 6: Spiritoso [2'16]
		Concerto in A major, Op 2 No 2 Thomas Chilcot (c1700-1766)
9		Movement 1: Allegro [4'48]
10		Movement 2: Largo [2'37]
11		Movement 3: Tempo di Gavotta [2'35]
		Concerto/Sonata in G major, Op 2 James Nares (1715-1783)
12		Movement 1: Allegro [4'58]
13		Movement 2: Adagio [6'15]
14		Movement 3: Musette. Andante [2'37]
		Piano Concerto No 4 in A major Philip Hayes (1738-1797)
15		Movement 1: Allegro [4'56]
16		Movement 2: Grazioso [3'41]
17		Movement 3: Minuetto con variationi. Moderato [4'13]
		Concerto in D major, Op 1 No 5 James Hook (1746-1827)
18		Movement 1: Allegro con spirito [7'09]
19		Movement 2: Andante [3'10]
20		Movement 3: Rondo. Allegro [4'50]