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on original instruments Maggie Cole Harpsichords by Jacob Kirckman, London 1756 Adlam Burnett after Ruckers, Antwerp 1638 Recorded at Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, March 1986 by Gef Lucena (Amon Ra) and David Wilkins (Valley Recordings) Tuning by David Winston Harpsichords from The Richard Burnett Collection at Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent Photos by Andrew Sydenham Printed and made in Great Britain Recorded and edited using CLUE system, Sony PCM 701 Digital encoder, Calrec Soundfield stereo microphone. ©1986 AMON RA RECORDS, THE BARTON, INGLESTONE COMMON, BADMINTON, S.GLOS. GL9 1BX, ENGLAND Fax: 01454 299 858 E-mail: Saydiscrecords@aol.com www.saydisc.com 2
sonatas (even in the present small selection): compare, for example, the simple and appealing 12/8 Italian-type pastorale (446) with the prodigal invention of 263. There is also the only piece here not in binary form—one of Scarlatti's five fugues: though it begins soberly enough after the manner of his father Alessandro, it soon breaks out into busy quaver figurations and eventually into exuberant left-hand cavortings that suggest an irrepressible gaiety of spirit. LIONEL SALTER © This recording is dedicated to Kem and Agha Finchcocks is both a museum of historical instruments and a music centre of international repute. Founded by pianist Richard Burnett and first opened to the public in 1977, the beautiful 18th. century mansion houses his magnificent collection of keyboard instruments. Finchcocks is one of the few museums in the world where a large proportion of the instruments are in full playing order. <strong>SCARLATTI</strong> <strong>SONATAS</strong> Harpsichord by Jacob Kirckman, London 1756 1 Sonata Kk 380 in E maj [5'54"] 2 Sonata Kk 381 in E maj [3'26"] 3 Sonata Kk 27 in B min [3'45"] 4 Sonata Kk 446 in F maj [4'54"] 5 Sonata Kk 141 in D min [4'26"] 6 Sonata Kk 550 in Bb maj [4'52"] 7 Sonata Kk 551 in Bb maj [4'05"] Harpsichord by Adlam Burnett after Ruckers, Antwerp 1638 8 Sonata Kk 263 in E min [6'03"] 9 Sonata Kk 264 in E maj [5'27"] 10 Sonata Kk 318 in F sharp maj [4'16"] 11 Sonata Kk 319 in F sharp maj [3'43"] 12 Sonata Kk 417 in D min [4'44"] Total duration: 55'35" 6 3
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