Jones: 6 Harpsichord Suites (2CD)

Richard Jones (? - 1744)

Suits or Setts of Lessons for the Harpsicord (London, 1732)

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                55’22

Suite No.1 in D minor - First Set

1. I. Prelude 1’22
2. II. Vivace 2’05
3. III. Tocatt 2’03
4. IV. Sarabanda 3’30
5. V. Gavot 2’11
6. VI. Minuet 1’53
7. VII. Toccatta 2’42
8. VIII. Giga 2’01

Suite No.2 in A - Second Set

9. I. Prelude 2’58
10. II. Paspie 2’42
11. III. Allemanda 2’36
12. IV. Minuet 3’39
13. V. Giga 1’42
14. VI. Sarabanda 3’56
15. VII. Giga 2’26

Suite No.3 in B-flat - Third Set

16. I. Prelude (Allegro – Largo – Allegro – Largo) 5’59
17. II. Sarabanda 2’53
18. III. Allegro 3’01
19. IV. Minuet 1’04
20. V. Boree 0’52
21. VI. Largo 1’03
22. VII. Giga 2’31

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                65’13

Suite No.4 in A minor - Fourth Set

1. I. Largo 4’14
2. II. Allemanda 2’38
3. III. Sarabanda 2’19
4. IV. Minuet 4’14
5. V. Boree 1’59
6. VI. Giga 1’42

Suite No.5 in B minor - Fifth Set

7. I. Prelude (Largo e staccato) 4’08
8. II. Allemanda (Vivace) 3’21
9. III. Corrente 3’39
10. IV. Sarabanda 3’19
11. V. Vivace 3’48
12. VI. Sarabanda 3’40
13. VII. Boree 1’30
14. VIII. Giga 2’47

Suite No.6 in various keys - Sixth Set

15. I. Allemende 3’03
16. II. Sarabanda 3’42
17. III. Brisk Air 1’33
18. IV. Minuet 2’00
19. V. March 1’01
20. VI. Scotch Air 1’11
21. VII. Hornpipe 1’46
22. VIII. Corente 1’58
23. IX. Minuet 0’45
24. X. Gavote 0’59
25. XI. Slow Air 2’14
26. XII. Minuet 1’30

Francesco Fornasaro

Harpsichord by Jim Hall (Amsterdam, 2005) after Henri Hemsch

Recording: 15-22 November 2021, Stella Recording Studio, Florence, Italy