Various Composers – 18th-century Overtures – Raymond Leppard

Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782):
Catone in Utica - Opera: Overture
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764):
Les Paladins, comédie lyrique: Overture
Zaïs, pastorale-héroïque: Overture
Pygmalion, acte de ballet: Overture
William Boyce (1711–1779):
Here all thy active fires diffuse, ode: Overture
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725):
Il giardino di rose: La SS Vergine del Rosario, oratorio: Overture
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801):
I Tre Amanti, opera: Overture
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736):
L'olimpiade, opera: Overture
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Il Pastor Fido, opera, HWV 8a: Overture
André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741–1813):
Le Jugement de Midas, opera: Overture
Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747):
Polifemo, opera: Overture
Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini (1730–1786):
Oedipe a Colonne, opera: Overture
Étienne Nicolas Méhul (1763–1817):
Le Jeune Henri, opera: Overture

New Philharmonia Orchestra
Raymond Leppard - conductor

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Londoner's Taste – Chamber Music London 1740 – Musica Alta Ripa

William Babell (ca.1690-1723):
Concerto for Recorder, 2 Violins and B.C. in D major, op.3-1
Giuseppe Sammartini (1693-1751):
Concerto for Harpsichord, 2 Violins and B.C. in G major
Nicola Porpora (1686-1766):
Sonata for Violoncello and B.C. in F major
William Boyce (1711-1779):
Sonata XI in C minor
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759):
Sonata for Recorder and B.C. in B flat major
Francesco Geminiani (1679-1762):
Variations on a Subject of an English Tune for Violin, Violoncello and B.C.
Robert Valentine (1685-ca.1735):
Concerto for Recorder, 2 Violins and B.C. in B flat major

Musica Alta Ripa [on period instruments]

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Boyce - 8 Symphonies - Pinnock

William Boyce (1711-1779) - 8 Symphonies:
Symphony No.1 in B flat major
Symphony No.2 in A major
Symphony No.3 in C major
Symphony No.4 in F major
Symphony No.5 in D major
Symphony No.6 in F major
Symphony No.7 in B flat major
Symphony No.8 in D minor

Trevor Pinnock - harpsichord and direction
The English Concert [on period instruments]

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