Maurice Steger, Naoki Kitaya, Continuo Consort - An English Collection: Baroque Music for Recorder (1996)

Tracklist

01. Solos for a German Flute or Hoboy or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin: Sonata XI in F Major: I. Larghetto
02. Solos for a German Flute or Hoboy or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin: Sonata XI in F Major: II. Allegro
03. Solos for a German Flute or Hoboy or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin: Sonata XI in F Major: III. Siciliana
04. Solos for a German Flute or Hoboy or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin: Sonata XI in F Major: IV. Allegro
05. A Jacobean Masque, Pt. 1: I. The Temple anticke 1
06. A Jacobean Masque, Pt. 1: II. Adson's Ayre
07. A Jacobean Masque, Pt. 1: III. Gray's Inn or Cuperaree
08. A Jacobean Masque, Pt. 1: IV. The L. Zouches Maske
09. Solos for a German Flute or Hoboy or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin: Sonata II in E Minor: I. Adagio
10. Solos for a German Flute or Hoboy or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin: Sonata II in E Minor: II. Allegro
11. Solos for a German Flute or Hoboy or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin: Sonata II in E Minor: III. Grave
12. Solos for a German Flute or Hoboy or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin: Sonata II in E Minor: IV. Minuet
13. Three Fantasies in Three Parts: I. Fantasie in F Major
14. Three Fantasies in Three Parts: II. Fantasie in D Minor
15. Three Fantasies in Three Parts: III. Fantasie in G Minor
16. A Jacobean Masque, Pt. 2: I. The Fairy Masque
17. A Jacobean Masque, Pt. 2: II. The Nobleman
18. A Jacobean Masque, Pt. 2: The Lord Hays His Masque
19. Consort of Two Parts, ffor Seaverall Ffreinds: Suite IV in E Minor: I. Almand
20. Consort of Two Parts, ffor Seaverall Ffreinds: Suite IV in E Minor: II. Courante
21. Consort of Two Parts, ffor Seaverall Ffreinds: Suite IV in E Minor: III. Ayre
22. Consort of Two Parts, ffor Seaverall Ffreinds: Suite IV in E Minor: IV. Saraband
23. Consort of Two Parts, ffor Seaverall Ffreinds: Suite IV in E Minor: V. Jigg, Conclude thus
24. Six Solos for a German Flute or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Violoncello: Sonata VI in A Minor, Op. 2: I. Adagio ma non tanto
25. Six Solos for a German Flute or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Violoncello: Sonata VI in A Minor, Op. 2: II. Allegro
26. Six Solos for a German Flute or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Violoncello: Sonata VI in A Minor, Op. 2: III. Andante
27. Six Solos for a German Flute or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Violoncello: Sonata VI in A Minor, Op. 2: IV. Allegro assai
28. The Second Part of Musick's Hand-Maid: A New Ground



The esteem in which the recorder in England was held in the 16th to 18th centuries can be attributed mainly to foreign immigrants who greatly influenced musical life in London: Händel, Geminiani, Sammartini, Dieupart, etc.

Maurice Steger’s gift of presenting early music in a new light is demonstrated once again on his second compact disc for Claves Records: «An English Collection: Baroque Instrumental Music In The English Style». One of the recorder virtuoso’s principal interests «is the acclimatization or adaptation of ancient music to contemporary times. Our goal is not to reconstruct exactly «fossils» from the past, but to make past forms of musical experiences possible given current cultural «constraints».»

Steger and his international continuo consort (Naoki Kitaya, harpsichord, organ and direction; Yasunori Imamura and Eric Bellocq, theorbes; Guido Balestracci, viola da gamba; Roberto Sensi, violin, Irene Müller-Glasewald, harpsichord; Christian Sager, percussion) perform works by Händel, Purcell, Locke, Sammartini, Hilton, and others – early music in an expressive, vibrant style.

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