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Violet Gordon Woodhouse

Title
Violet Gordon Woodhouse [sound recording].
Published
Wadhurst, E. Sussex, England : Pearl, p1996.
Physical Description
1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Compact disc.
Program notes by Jessica Douglas-Home, Richard Luckett, & Teri Noel Towe, with discographical details, inserted in container.
Recorded acoustically or electrically at various tmes between 1922 & 1941. "For the first time, all of her known extant commercial recordings have been gathered together"--Notes, p. 8.
Variant and related titles
Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach. (1725)
Format
Audio
Added to Catalog
November 02, 2011
Series
Great virtuosi of the harpsichord.
Great virtuosi of the harpsichord ; v. 3
Performers
Violet Gordon Woodhouse, harpsichord (except tr. 32-33), or clavichord (tr. 32-33) ; all her instruments were by Arnold Dolmetsch (see Notes).
Contents
Gavotte in D major, Z. D220 / Purcell (1:21)
French suite no. 4 in Eb major, BWV 815a. Prelude / J.S. Bach (1:40)
Pièces de clavecin. 23ème ordre, L'arlequine / Couperin 'Le Grand' (1:40)
Suite in E minor. Tambourin / Rameau (1:24)
Fugue in D minor, BWV 948 (4:12) ; Toccata in E minor, BWV 914. Fugue (2:47) / Bach
Three English folk dances (2:49) / Bach ; arr. C.J. Sharp
Nobody's gigge (FVB 149) / Farnaby (2:10)
Sonata in D major, K 29, L 461 (2:37) ; Sonata in A major, K 113, L 345 (2:11) / D. Scarlatti
Partita no. 1 in Bb major, BWV 825. Allemande / Bach (2:44)
Galliard (FVB 185) / Bull (3:17)
Suite no 5 in E major [HWV 430]. Air with doubles : "The harmonious blacksmith" / Handel (4:04)
English suite no 1 in A major, BWV 806. Prelude / Bach (3:33)
Earle of Oxford's marche (FVB 259) (3:13) ; The queene's alman (FVB 171) (2:22) ; Galiarda (FVB 255) (2:17) ; Rowland, or, Lord Willobie's welcome home (FVB 160) (2:23) / Byrd
Italian concerto in F major, BWV 971 / J.S. Bach (11:03) ;
Three pieces from the Clavierbüchlein for Anna Magdalena Bach, 1725. Polonaise in G minor, BWV Anh. 123 / C.P.E. Bach (1:32) ; March in D major, BWV Anh. 127 ; Musette in D major, BWV Anh. 126 (1:16) / Bach
Keyboard sonata no. 37 in D major, H. XVI:37 / Haydn (9:04)
Excerpts from a BBC interview with Violet Gordon Woodhouse (5:02)
Strallock manuscript. Woe betide my weary body (55 sec.)
The Well-tempered clavier Book I. Prelude and fugue no 1 in C major, BWV 846 / Bach (3:34).
Issue number
GEMM CD 9242 Pearl
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