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Ottobre/October 2007

George Frideric Handel
(1685-1759)

Ouverture "Judas Maccabaeus" (1746)

Thomas Arne
(1710-1778)

Eight Sonatas or Lessons for the harpsichord (1756)

Sonata I in F-major

Andante-Adagio
Allegro

Sonata II in e-minor

Andante
Adagio
Allegrissimo

Sonata III in G-major

Prelude
Allegro
Menuet and variations

Sonata IV in d-minor

Andante
Siciliano-Largo
Fuga-Allegro
Allegro

Sonata V in B-flat major

Poco largo
Gavotta

Sonata VI in g-min

Affettuoso
Presto

Sonata VII in A-major

Presto
Andante
Allegro

Sonata VIII in G-major

Minuett and variations

Thomas Augustine Arne

William Boyce

George Frideric Handel
(1685-1759)

Ouverture "Poro, Re dell'Indie" (1731)

William Boyce
(1711-1779)

from the Ten Voluntaries
for organ or harpsichord (1779)

Voluntary in a-minor

Voluntary in d-minor

Voluntary in g-minor

George Frideric Handel
(1685-1759)

Ouverture-Suite "Il Pastor Fido" (1720)

Largo-Allegro-Largo
Bourrée
Menuet I/II
Adagio
Allegro

Joseph Kelway
(1702-1782)

(*) Sonata VI in g-minor (1764)

Allegro
Andante amoroso
Allegro

Joseph Kelway

John Christopher Smith (jr)
(1712-1795)

(*) Lesson II c-minor

from Lessons, 1755

Andante-Allegro
Allegro (Fuga)
Allegro

(*) Sonata IX c-minor

from the Fifth Book of Ten Sonatas, 1765

Allemande
Courante
Gigue

(*) Thanks to Grant Colburn for helping us
to find the manuscript facsimile

Fernando De Luca, harpsichord

Recorded in Rome, August 2007

John Christopher Smith jr.