The Fitzwilliam Collection
Harpsichordist Sophie Yates explores the legacy of the 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam, whose collection of manuscripts is one of the most important archives in Britain.
The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge is home to a priceless collection of manuscripts bequeathed to the university by the extraordinary 18th-century polymath, the 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam.
Harpsichordist Sophie Yates visits the museum to explore the life and legacy of Fitzwilliam, whose now-famous Virginal Book is considered to be the primary source for late Elizabethan and early Jacobean keyboard music.
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Francesco Geminiani
Sonata in E minor, Op.4 No.10 (1st movement: Andante)
Performer: Liana Mosca.- STRADIVARIUS.
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John Keeble
Voluntary No.3 in F (4th movement: Fugue)
Performer: Richard Hobson.- REGENT.
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Jacques Duphly
La Pothouin
Performer: Sophie Yates.- CHANDOS.
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JeanâPhilippe Rameau
Ouverture: Castor et Pollux
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.- Phillips.
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George Frideric Handel
Praise him, all ye that in his house [Chandos anthem No.9]
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.- Hyperion.
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Lord Fitzwilliam
Courante
Performer: Gerald Gifford.- GMG.
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Pietro Domenico Paradies
Sonata No.1 (Allegro)
Performer: Enrico Baiano. Performer: Michael Cox. Singer: James Gilchrist. Ensemble: Fitzwilliam String Quartet.- GLOSSA.
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Padre Antonio Soler
Sonata in C major
Performer: Diego Ares.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Peter Phillips
Amarilli
Performer: Christopher Hogwood.- Decca Eloquence.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Sonata in D minor, Op.5 No.7 ((1st movement)
Performer: Sophie Yates.
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