Amanda Pitt, soprano ; John Lofthouse, baritone ; David Owen Norris, piano (Broadwood). Recorded Nov. 18-19, 2009, Music Room, Hatchlands, Surrey. Compact disc. Booklet with program notes in English (11 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Fairy dance / arr. Mattias Holst (2:04) -- She never told her love / Joseph Haydn (3:37) -- One half o' the world / James Hook (3:59) -- Waly waly / Anon. (3:32) -- Crazy Jane / Harriet Abrams (2:34) -- Robin Adair / George Kiallmark (5:51) -- Captivity / Stephen Storace (4:53) -- Que j'aime à voir les hirondelles / Anon. (2:54) -- Fandango / Ann Thicknesse (2:54) -- Queen Mary's lamentation / Tommaso Giordani (4:40) -- Song from Burns / Anon. (2:18) -- African song / G G Ferrari (2:47) -- Hindoo song / Edward Smith Biggs (3:36) -- Rodelinda. Overture / Handel (3:52) -- Irishman / Anon. (2:43) -- Wife's farewell / Michael Kelly (2:41) -- Husband's return / M. Kelly (2:04) -- Nobody coming to marry me / Anon. (2:09) -- Favorite song from the Stranger / G Cavendish (3:11) -- Whim of the day / J. Hook (2:59) -- Petits riens / J B Cramer (7:38).
Summary:
This fascinating new Dutton recording features the first recordings of Jane Austen's three favorite songs and a dozen more premières, including the first chance to hear the only piece of music specifically mentioned in the novels. The piano featured on these recordings is an 1817 Broadwood grand signed by the composer J.B. Cramer. Broadwood is the only make of piano, and Cramer the only composer, mentioned by Jane Austen in Emma (1815). The pieces recorded here are drawn from seventeen music albums that belonged to Jane Austen and her female relations.
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