The Pleasures of the Imagination: English 18th Century Music / Yates

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
July 29, 2016
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      BACH CLARKE GREENE
    • PERFORMER
      Sophie Yates
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 29, 2016
    • UPC
      095115081426
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 0814
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Chaconne in F Major

      Composer: John Blow

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    2. Morlake Ground

      Composer: John Blow

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    3. I. Almand

      Composer: Jeremiah Clarke

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    4. II. Round O

      Composer: Jeremiah Clarke

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    5. III. Jigg

      Composer: Jeremiah Clarke

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    6. I. Slow almand

      Composer: William Croft

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    7. II. Corant

      Composer: William Croft

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    8. III. Saraband, slow

      Composer: William Croft

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    9. I. Allegro

      Composer: Maurice Greene

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    10. II. Vivace

      Composer: Maurice Greene

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    11. III. Allegro

      Composer: Maurice Greene

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    12. I. Prelude

      Composer: Richard Jones

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    13. II. Sarabande

      Composer: Richard Jones

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    14. III. Allegro

      Composer: Richard Jones

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    15. IV. Minuet

      Composer: Richard Jones

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    16. V. Bourree

      Composer: Richard Jones

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    17. VI. Largo

      Composer: Richard Jones

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    18. VII. Giga: Allegro

      Composer: Richard Jones

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    19. I. Prelude

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    20. II. Allegro

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    21. III. Minuet

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    22. I. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Christian Bach

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    23. II. Andante

      Composer: Johann Christian Bach

      Performer: Sophie Yates

    24. III. Prestissimo

      Composer: Johann Christian Bach

      Performer: Sophie Yates


Following successful French and Spanish harpsichord albums, Sophie Yates is at it again with English harpsichord music. "With this anthology, I hope to give an overview of English keyboard music during the course of the eighteenth century. Two significant figures cast their long shadows over this period of music in England: the first of which is Henry Purcell, whose legacy dominated the beginning of the century: the second of which is George Frederic Handel, who embodies the idea of eighteenth-century English music..."