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Reviews:
This lovely CD… presents a panorama of what this magnificent instrument can do.
Michael Church, Sunday Express
 
…an ingeniously planned evening recital… the high spot is Booth’s own transcription of Bach’s solo violin Chaconne… a technical tour de force…
George Pratt, BBC Music Magazine (Five stars *****)
 
…Colin Booth is a clear and deep thinker about music as well as a much respected player… Here all his talents combine to produce an original programme played with unfailing, if understated, taste and skill. …The strongest of recommendations - it could become cult listening.
David Hansell, Early Music Review
 
Track Listing:
Prelude - evening
Jean Henry D’Anglebert (1628-91): Prelude in G minor
Armand-Louis Couperin (1725-89): Allemande in G major
Johann Mattheson (1681-1764): Air in G minor (12 Suites of 1714)
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Louis Couperin (c1626-1661): Prelude in F major
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788): Andante (Sonata in F major W62/6)
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D’Anglebert Prelude in D minor
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J S Bach (1685-1750): Chaconne in A minor (arr.Booth, from violin Partita in D minor)
François Couperin (1668-1733): Prelude in A major (l’Art de Toucher le Clavecin)
Louis Andriessen: Overture to Orpheus (1981-2)
Louis Couperin: Passacaille in G minor
Postlude - towards night
 
This CD recaptures the atmosphere, and much of the music, of a recent, memorable concert. It presents, in a continuously linked sequence of diverse but musically related pieces, an introspective exploration of mood.