Virginals, Harpsichord & Piano

William Byrd
(1543-1623)

Baroque

Canaries in G (Gigue)
by Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (c.1602-1672)

late Renaissance/early Baroque

Courante in Em
by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)

Air Tendre
by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)

Fughetta in C
by Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

Gavotte and Variations in Am
by Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

Prelude in G
by Henry Purcell (1658-1695)

Minuetto Scherzando in Em
by Allessandro Scarlatti (1659-1725)

Hornpipe in F
by Daniel Purcell (1660-1717)

L'Europe Galante
(Passepied)

by André Campra (1660-1774)

Amadis de Grèce
(Canaries)

by André Destouches (1672-1749)

Issé
(Passepied)

by André Destouches (1672-1749)

Little Prelude in Am
by Domenico Zipoli (1675-1726)

Little Fugue in F
by Domenico Zipoli (1675-1726)

Gigue in Gm
by Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (1680-1730)

Impatience
(L'Empressee)

by Jean-François Dandrieu (1682-1738)

Minuet in G
by Jean-François Dandrieu (1682-1738)

Intrada in C
by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760)

Polonaise in F
by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

Rondino in Am
by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

La Poule
(The Hen)
by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

This is the original "Hen" used by Ottorino Respighi in "The Birds".
To hear it played on harpsichord is a scream!

L'Égyptienne
(The Egyptian Maiden)
by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

Adagio con Espressione in Gm
by Johann Jakob de Neufville (1684-1712)

La Moulin à Vent
(The Windmill)
by François Dagincourt (1684?-1758)

Gigue in Em
(from Suite #4)
by George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)

Sonata in C
by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Gigue à l'Angloise in G
by Georg Philipp Telemann (1691-1767)

Tambourin in G
by Jean-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)

La Melodieuse
by Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)

Le Coucou
(The Cuckoo)

by Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)

Old German Dance
Anonymous German (circa early 1700s)

Les Tambourins
by Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721-1783)

François Couperin
(1668-1733)

Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)

Goldberg Variations
Aria with 30 Variations

Leopold Mozart
(1719-1787)

Johann Christian Bach
(1735-1782)

Sonata in G
for 2 Harpsichords or Pianofortes
"Wolfy's Duet"
performed with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
at the court of King George III 1764

1st Movement
Allegro

2nd Movement
Minuetto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)

Classical, Romantic & Modern

Anglaise in F
by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795)

Schwaebisch in D
(Peasant Dance)

by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795)

Gavotte
(from opera Rosine)

by François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829)

Air de Dance
(from Sonatina #4)

by Jean Latour (1766-1837)

Russian Polka in Dm
by Michael Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857)

Musette in G
by Felix le Couppey (1811-1887)

Watch out for the crazy ending!

Passepied in E
by Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
#6 of "Six Dances in the Old Style"

Neopolitan Dance in Eb
by Petr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Minuet in G
by Ignace Jan Paderewkski (1860-1941)

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