The Ghost in the Machine: Music from Mechanical Instruments / Baines, Amyas

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Label
First Hand Records
Release Date
April 22, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Emily Baines
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 22, 2022
    • UPC
      5060216346113
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FHR113
    • LABEL
      First Hand Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Water Piece in D Major, HWV 341: I. Overture (arr. E. Baines for recorder and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    2. Saul, HWV 53, Act III: Dead March (arr. E. Baines for recorder and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    3. Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Part III: See the Conquering Hero Comes! (arr. E. Baines for recorder and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    4. L'amour, le seul amour

      Composer: Jacques-Martin Hotteterre

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    5. L'autre jour ma Cloris

      Composer: Jacques-Martin Hotteterre

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    6. I. Larghetto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    7. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    8. III. Alla Siciliana

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    9. IV. Presto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    10. Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15, Act II: Aria: Alla fama, dimmi il vero (arr. for recorder and organ)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Emily Baines, Steven Devine

    11. Arianna in Creta, HWV 32: Overture (arr. for recorder and organ)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Emily Baines, Steven Devine

    12. Scipione, HWV 20: Overture (arr. for recorder and organ)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Emily Baines, Steven Devine

    13. Mr. Reddin's Ground [The Genteel Companion, 17th century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    14. The Favorite March in Bonduca (attrib. H. Purcell) (arr. E. Baines for recorder, cello and guitar)

      Composer: Samuel Arnold

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    15. God Save the King (arr. E. Baines for recorder, cello, theorbo and organ)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    16. Alfred: Rule Britannia (arr. E. Baines for recorder and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    17. I. Adagio

      Composer: Francesco Barsanti

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    18. II. Allegro

      Composer: Francesco Barsanti

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    19. III. Largo

      Composer: Francesco Barsanti

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    20. IV. Gavotta

      Composer: Francesco Barsanti

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    21. V. Minuet

      Composer: Francesco Barsanti

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    22. The Lass of Patie's Mill (arr. E. Baines for recorder, cello and theorbo)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    23. A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick: Air No. 1. Auld Bob Morrice

      Composer: Francesco Geminiani

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    24. Rinaldo, HWV 7: Overture (arr. E. Baines for recorder, cello and harpsichord)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    25. Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II: Lascia ch'io pianga (arr. E. Baines for recorder and theorbo)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Emily Baines, Arngeir Hauksson

    26. Rodelinda, HWV 19: Minuet (arr. E. Baines for recorder, cello, theorbo and harpsichord)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    27. I. Allegro

      Composer: John Baston

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    28. II. Siciliana

      Composer: John Baston

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines

    29. III. Allegro

      Composer: John Baston

      Ensemble: Amyas

      Performer: Emily Baines


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, set for the live performers of Amyas ensemble and a number of other collaborators.

Dr. Baines is a recorder player, lecturer, and musical director working throughout Europe, also specialising in a wide variety of historical woodwinds. She she wrote her doctoral thesis on the role of mechanical musical instruments as sources for 18th-century performance practice. Baines performs regularly for many period instrument ensembles, contemporary groups, music festivals and theatres across Europe.

In addition to her performing schedule, Baines is a lecturer in Music at Brunel University London, Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Shakespeare's Globe Higher Education department, and is regularly invited to other H.E. institutions for guest lectures and practical workshops.