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Instruments from the St Cecilias's Hall Museum of Instruments
John Kitchen, a former senior lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, University Organist, and Organist of the City of Edinburgh plays music contemporary with the instruments.
Reduced price for buyers of all three CDs: see price list

Instruments from the Mirrey Collection Delphian Records 2010
Double-manual harpsichord, Luigi Baillon, Cyteux, 1755 (Louis Couperin)
Triple-fretted clavichord, possibly Flemish, 1620 (Two Renaissance dances, anon, Dutch, 16th century)
Grand pianoforte, Johann Friedrich Kuhlbörs, Breslau. c1805 (Joseph Haydn)
Single-manual harpsichord, Thomas Barton, London, 1709 (Henry Purcell, John Blow)
Unfretted clavichord, possibly Dresden, c1740 (Johann Jacob Froberger, JS Bach)
Virginal, Honofrio Guarrachino, Naples, 1678 (Bernardo Pasquini)
Single-manual harpsichord, Bernardinus de Trasuntinis, Venice, 1574 (William Byrd, Girolamo Frescobaldi)
Single-manual harpsichord, Franciscus de Paulinis, Rimini, 1725 (Alessandro Scarlatti)
Grand pianoforte, John Broadwood, London, 1793 (Felix Mendelssohn)

Instruments from the Russell Collection Volumes 1 and 2

Volume 1 Delphian Records 2001

Alexander Bertolotti virginal, Verona ?1586 (Anon Scottish C16; Tarquino Merula)
Single-manual harpsichord, Naples ?1620: (William Byrd; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)
Thomas Hitchcock bentside spinet, London c1728 (Domenico Scarlattti)
Jacob Kirckman double-manual harpsichord, London 1755 (Maurice Greene)
Johann Adolf Hass unfretted clavichord, Hamburg, 1763 (JC Bach)
Thomas Parker (attrib) enharmonic chamber organ, London, c1765 (John Stanley)
Pascal Taskin double-manual harpsichord, Paris 1769 (Antoine Forqueray: Armand-Louis Couperin)
John Broadwood single-manual harpsichord, London 1793: (GF Handel)
Thomas Loud grand pianoforte, London c1810 (Muzio Clementi)

Volume 2 Delphian Records 2006
Robert Falkener double-manual harpsichord, London 1773 (GF Handel)
John Player (attrib) bentside spinet, London c1705 (Henry Purcell)
John Harrison bentside spinet, London 1757 (Robert Bremner)
Francesco Poggio (attrib) enharmonic virginal, Florence c1620 (Michelangelo Rossi)
Anonymous chamber organ ?London c1680 (Thomas Tomkins, John Blow)
Christian Gotlob Hubert fretted clavichord, Ansbach 1784 (JCF Bach)
Andrew Rochead square piano, Edinburgh c 1815 (Franz Xavier Mozart)
John Goermans/Pascal Taskin double-manual harpsichord, Paris 1764/1783-84 (Armand-Louis Couperin)
Johann Adolf Hass single-manual harpsichord, Hamburg 1764 (Christoph Graupner)


John Kitchen plays Handel Overtures
On the 1755 Kirckman harpsichord from the Russell Collection
Overtures to the Occasional Oratoria, Athalia, Radamisto
Suite in A (HWV 454)
Overtures to Samson, Saul
Suite in G HWV 450
Overtures to Il Pastor Fido, Tesco. Rinaldo
Delphian Records 2009


La Paix du Parnasse
Music by François Couperin for one and two harpsichords played by the late Lucy Carolan and John Kitchen on the Goermans-Taskin and Taskin instruments from the collection.
Items include La Paix du Parnasse , Concert Royal no 3 in A and La Steinquerque.
Delphian Records 2003


Within a Mile of Edinburgh
Scottish songs of the 18th Century, with variations and rondos based on them
Singer: Malcolm Green; Accompaniment and solo piano: John Kitchen. Delphian Records 2002
The items include all the solo pieces listed for the Within a Mile of Edinburgh music book (see books page, plus the songs
Within a Mile of Edinburgh, Thou art Gane Awa, Loch Erroch Side, The Banks o' Doon, My Love, She's But a Lassie Yet, The Lass of Peaty's Mill, Sic a Wife as Willie Had, Hamilla, The Yellow-hair'd Laddie, Here's a Health to Them that's Awa
The book is also available: see the books page.There is a reduced price for the book and the CD bought together – details on prices page.



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