Description
Released: 15 September 2023
Smock Alley
IRLANDIANI
Carina Drury baroque cello
Poppy Walshaw baroque cello
John-Henry Baker violone, percussion
Nathaniel Mander harpsichord
Eimear McGeown Irish flute
TRADITIONAL
1. Gallaway’s Lament (from A Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes, pub. 1764)
Francis IRELAND (HUTCHESON) (1721–1784)
2. Sleep
Tommaso GIORDANI (1730–1806)
Six Duos for Two Cellos, Op. 18 (pub. c. 1780):
Sonata No. 1 in B major
3. I. Poco allegro
4. II. Tempo di minuetto
Sonata No. 2 in F major
5. I. Moderato
6. II. Allegro (Tamborino)
Sonata No. 3 in C major
7. I. Un poco allegro
8. II. Giga
Thomas ROSEINGRAVE (1688–1766)
9. Introduction to Scarlatti’s Lessons
Domenico SCARLATTI (1685–1757)
10. Keyboard Sonata in G major, K13 (pub. 1738)
11. Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K30 (pub. 1738)
Tommaso GIORDANI
Six Duos for Two Cellos, Op. 18:
Sonata No. 4 in G major
12. I. Allegro moderato
13. II. Rondo
Sonata No. 5 in D major
14. I. Andante
15. II. Minuetto
Sonata No. 6 in A major
15. I. Cantabile
16. II. Allegro
17. Prelude for Keyboard in A major, Op. 33, No. 11 (c. 1785)
Francesco GEMINIANI (1687–1762)
Cello Sonata in A Major, Op. 5, No. 1 (pub. 1746)
18. I. Andante
19. II. Allegro
20. III. Andante
21. IV. Allegro
TRADITIONAL
22. Eileen Aroon (from A New and Complete Tutor for the Violoncello, pub. 1785)
23. Molly St George (from 12 Irish and 12 Scotch Airs with Variations, pub. 1748)
24. Rakes of Westmeath (from 12 Irish and 12 Scotch Airs with Variations)
Carina DRURY
25. Caoineadh (based on the melody from the Irish air Caoineadh na dTrí Muire)
Produced by Tom Mungall
Recorded and edited by John Croft (Chiaro Audio)
Album cover image by Matthew James Robins
Artwork by Luke Avery
