18th century music inspired and informed by period mechanical musical instruments.This recording is the culmination of 10 years of research by Dr Emily Baines, and it brings to dazzling life the fascinating and effervescent performance style found in eighteenth-century mechanical musical instruments. It contains never before heard transcriptions of music, found in eighteenth-century barrel organs and musical clocks.
1. Handel: Suite In D Major, Hwv 341, 'the Famous Water Piece':
2. Saul, Hwv 53: Act Iii: Dead March
3. Judas Maccabaeus, Hwv 63: See the Conquering Hero Comes
4. Hotteterre Le Romain : Ornamented Airs and Brunettes: L'amou
5. Ornamented Airs and Brunettes: L'autre Jour Ma Cloris
6. Handel: Organ Concerto No. 5 In F Major, Op. 4, No. 5, Hwv 2
7. Organ Concerto No. 5 In F Major, Op. 4, No. 5, Hwv 293 (Arr.
8. Organ Concerto No. 5 In F Major, Op. 4, No. 5, Hwv 293 (Arr.
9. Organ Concerto No. 5 In F Major, Op. 4, No. 5, Hwv 293 (Arr.
10. Ottone, Hwv 15, Act Ii: Alla Fama, Dimmi Il Vero
11. Arianna In Creta (Ariadne), Hwv 32: Overture: Minuet
12. Scipione, Hwv 20: Overture: Allegro
13. Anon: Mr Reddin's Ground
14. Arnold: the Favorite March In [Purcell] Bonduca
15. Anon: God Save the King
16. Arne: Rule, Britannia!
17. Barsanti: Recorder Sonata In G Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 I. Adagio
18. Recorder Sonata In G Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 Ii. Allegro
19. Recorder Sonata In G Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 Iii. Largo
20. Recorder Sonata In G Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 Iv. Gavotta
21. Recorder Sonata In G Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 V. Minuet
22. The Lass of Patie's Mill
23. Geminiani: a Treatise of Good Taste In the Art of Musick: Ai
24. Handel: Rinaldo, Hwv 7: Overture: Largo (Ornaments By Willli
25. Rinaldo, Hwv 7: Act Ii: Lascia Ch'io Pianga (Ornaments By Wi
26. Rodelinda, Hwv 19: Minuet
27. Baston: 6 Recorder Concertos: No. 6 In D Major I. Allegro
28. 6 Recorder Concertos: No. 6 In D Major Ii. Siciliana
29. 6 Recorder Concertos: No. 6 In D Major Iii. Allegro