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On this page we cover the formation of Athene Records; meet Joanna championing the English Square Piano. Listen to six ‘squares’ and a Spinet. Watch Joanna’s film debut; enjoy illustrated conversations and the complete Joanna Leach / Peter Katin Square Piano Discography.
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In 1988 Joanna met Andrew Lancaster, a restorer of English Square Pianos (1780-1835). It was a meeting that would change her life and be the impetus for the creation of Athene Records in 1991.
Andrew: “I invited Jo and Dave, her husband, to an antiques fair in Guildford, where I was showing a particularly fine Regency Broadwood… Jo placed the music on the piano; sat herself on the stool and began to play. The effect was electrifying as the notes tripped from her fingers and the piano came to life. Visitors began to gather round forming a crowd in the isles and balcony above. She was playing the Rondo alla Turca from Mozart’s Sonata K331… Hearing her playing that piano had a profound effect on me. It was a revelation to find how a square piano could sound when played by a pianist of Jo’s calibre. From then on my yardstick for restorations became, “Would Joanna like playing on this piano?”
It had a profound effect on Jo, for she found in playing these pianos a special resonance that seemed to open up a connection to composers and a deeper insight into their inspiration. They may well have had similar instruments on which they composed and would have heard their music very differently from the modern Steinway.
David Turner (Jo’s husband and recording engineer) had the idea of creating a specialist label for period pianos. The John Field Nocturnes CD, played on three pianos, was originally planned as a demo CD for Andrew Lancaster. It became the first release (still the most popular) on the Athene Records label.
Peter Katin was taken with the pianos and sound and keen to make a recording: Peter’s highly acclaimed Clementi on Clementi CD (Dave’s last recording, just before he died). Peter went on to record three further square piano discs with Mike Beville as engineer.
Derek Bell (of Chieftains fame), in a letter to Joanna, writing in connection with their Dussek Erard Harp and Square Piano recording:
“There is not another pianist in the world who could possibly get such a full range of free expression out of a rickety piano or fortepiano as your good self! You are rightly the star of the whole record, which would not have been possible without Mike’s microphone placing, and your brilliant ‘sly’ editing! The “pathetic” parts of the Sonata are ravishing in sheer beauty of phrasing and tone, and the wild passionate bits are wonderfully strong and frightening at times. The upward scales are immaculate and the awkward syncopation in the finale, is spot on and very exciting. The sheer feeling behind all your playing is riveting, that never can one stop listening to it – the whole way through. It’s magnetic! I ought to have some lessons from you, but I don’t think what I most admire and covet in your marvellous playing could be imparted!!”
Dussek: Duo Concertant No3
Allegro Moderato
Derek Bell: Erard Harp; Joanna Leach: Stodart piano 1823
(CD 23010)
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
(CD 23006)
Soler: Sonata 90 in F sharp minor
(CD 23003)
Haydn Sonata in C Minor, finale – Allegro Moderato
(CD 23002)
Haydn: Sonata in C
(CD 23003)
Chopin: Polonaise in G minor
(CD 24116)
Joanna playing an Astor piano c.1800 at a recital in Arundel
Haydn: Sonata in E flat (excerpt)
(CD 23002)
Haydn & Inconsolable Grief
Joanna tells how when Haydn was composing the F minor Variations, that towards the end of the composition he heard that his dear friend – Maria Anna von Gensinger, the wife of the doctor to Prince Esterházy – had died. “Towards the end of this piece you suddenly get the grief and tearing out of hair in a terrible kind of feeling of loss, that comes out very strongly and I do identify with that.“
“When I recorded it I wasn’t particularly aware of any emotions. I was more concerned with getting the music as I heard it and felt it. After David died, I played it again: it was out on CD and I couldn’t believe how deeply it expressed what I was feeling. And I thought to myself that Haydn knew just what it was like to look into the abyss of deep inconsolable grief. When I first heard my own recording of it – I fished it out sometime after Dave died – I just wept and wept; it seemed to express what I felt. Really that piece, at the end, is more close to my feelings; that and the Janáček Sonata which I also have recorded. “
Haydn: F minor Variations (finale)
played on the 1823 Stodart
(CD 23002)
A recording of the Longman & Broderip using the Lute Stop
Handel: Keyboard Suite No 1 in B flat minor
(CD 23026)
The Spinet is included for comparison with the Square Pianos of 60-100 years later.
Handel: Fantasia No 69 in C major
(CD 23026)
Squares – How it started
(with musical examples)
Joanna talks to Andrew Lancaster
More Square Talk
(with musical examples)
Joanna talks to Andrew Lancaster
Joanna (talking with Andrew Lancaster):
“Well Andrew, you completely changed my life, with the square pianos. You asked me down to Guildford to play the Broadwood you had on show. I thought it would be rather fun to have one, but I hadn’t thought of recording on it at that stage. I remember I sat down and played this wonderful Broadwood you had just restored and I felt, this is my instrument!”
In a dream Jo had had previously about an early piano, she said, “I sat down and music just flowed out of my fingers as I played, and I felt so happy; the piano just opened its heart to me and poured out all this wonderful music which I played. Now when I came to Guildford and sat at that piano, I had the same feeling as in that dream. I immediately said, Please, please find me another piano like this’”.
Joanna was captivated by the charm and delicacy of the sound, the lightness of touch, and the unique vocal conversational characteristics of these pianos. She performed exquisitely on them and made them available as CDs.
Joanna recorded quite a wide range of music; some specifically written for these pianos and other music regularly performed on square pianos during the early 1800s – an amazing period of frenzied square piano development and manufacture in England – when ‘anybody who was anyone’ had a ‘square’ in the home.
Read Articles on Square Pianos and performance
by Andrew and Joanna:
The English Square Piano
by Andrew Lancaster
Read article as PDF
Square Pianos – their effect on Society
by Andrew Lancaster
Read article as PDF
Joanna’s 1823 Stodart
by Andrew Lancaster
Read article as PDF
Performance on Early Pianos
by Joanna Leach
Read article as PDF
If you want to contact a restorer of period instruments, visit:
The Music Room Workshop
Square Piano Discography – Joanna Leach & Peter Katin
For more information and to purchase CDs click on the link to Divine Art found in ‘Further Information’
The Square Piano Recording Index:
By PIANO & By COMPOSER
with recording ID numbers
TUNING: The pianos in our recordings have been tuned to a = 415 equal temperament, a semi-tone below present pitch. This slightly reduces the strain on the old frames. and is also convenient: by the simple expedient of transposing the piano part, it is possible to accompany instruments tuned to our present concert pitch.
VIDEO CLIP: Camera test
VIDEO CLIP: Interview with a Vampire – the square piano segments
(With acknowledgement to Griffin Pictures)
On hearing the Haydn Sonata in E flat and the Soler, Sonata No.90, George Fenton said that “this is exactly what I want for the film music I am doing”. The artists were given a disc of the pieces and practised getting fingering as correct as possible. George still had to rewrite bits for the Haydn to be convincing with the actual filmed hand movements.
Joanna, who had long since programmed herself to play the piece how Haydn had written it, found it a challenge to play it ‘wrong’ for the film. As was her way when getting things wrong during practice, contrarywise she furiously swore at herself when she kept doing it ‘right’ (to hear the Haydn correctly, play CD 23002 Haydn Sonata in E flat in Discography; to hear the Soler, play the Stodart piano track in Play Squares).
| J.S.BACH: Partita No.1 in B flat | 23003 (ATHCD3) | Longman & Broderip,1787 |
| J.S.BACH: Prelude in E major, BWV933 No.5 | 23026 | Longman & Broderip,1787 |
| J.S.BACH: Prelude in E minor, BWV933 No.6 | 23026 | Longman & Broderip,1787 |
| BYRD, Pavan – The Earle of Salisbury | 23026 | Barton Spinet, 1727 |
| CHOPIN: Berceuse, Op.57 | 24116 (ATHCD11) | Collard & Collard, 1835 |
| CHOPIN: Mazurka in A flat major, Op.24 No.3 | 24116 (ATHCD11) | Collard & Collard, 1835 |
| CHOPIN: Mazurka in B flat minor, Op.24 No.4 | 24116 (ATHCD11) | Collard & Collard, 1835 |
| CHOPIN: Mazurka in C major, Op.24 No.2 | 24116 (ATHCD11) | Collard & Collard, 1835 |
| CHOPIN: Mazurka in F minor, Op.68 No.4 | 24116 (ATHCD11) | Collard & Collard, 1835 |
| CHOPIN: Mazurka in G minor, Op.24 No.1 | 24116 (ATHCD11) | Collard & Collard, 1835 |
| CHOPIN: Nocturne in C sharp minor; | 24116 (ATHCD11) | Collard & Collard, 1835 |
| CHOPIN: Polonaise in A flat major, KK Iva, No.2; | 24116 (ATHCD11) | Collard & Collard, 1835 |
| CHOPIN: Polonaise in B flat major, KK IVa, No.1; | 24116 (ATHCD11) | Collard & Collard, 1835 |
| CHOPIN: Polonaise in G minor, KK IIa, No.1; | 24116 (ATHCD11) | Collard & Collard, 1835 |
| CHOPIN: Variations Brilliantes, Op.12; | 24116 (ATHCD11) | Collard & Collard, 1835 |
| CHOPIN: Waltz in A flat major, Op.64 No.3. | 24116 (ATHCD11) | Collard & Collard, 1835 |
| CHOPIN: Waltz in C sharp minor, Op.64 No.2 | 24116 (ATHCD11) | Collard & Collard, 1835 |
| CHOPIN: Waltz in D flat major, Op.64 No.1; | 24116 (ATHCD11) | Collard & Collard, 1835 |
| CLEMENTI: Sonata in B flat Major, Op.24 No.2 (Peter Katin) | 24113 (ATHCD4) | Clementi, c.1832 |
| CLEMENTI: Sonata in D major, Op.25 No.6 (Peter Katin) | 24113 (ATHCD4) | Clementi, c.1832 |
| CLEMENTI: Sonata in F minor, Op.13, No.6 (Peter Katin) | 24113 (ATHCD4) | Clementi, c.1832 |
| CLEMENTI: Sonata in F sharp minor, Op.25 No.5 (Peter Katin) | 24113 (ATHCD4) | Clementi, c.1832 |
| CLEMENTI: Sonata in G minor, Op.7 No.3 (Peter Katin) | 24113 (ATHCD4) | Clementi, c.1832 |
| COUPERIN, Les Barricades Mysterieuse | 23026 | Barton Spinet, 1727 |
| COUPERIN, Les Folies Française | 23026 | Barton Spinet, 1727 |
| DUSSEK: Duo Concertants, Op.69 No.1 (Derek Bell, Erard harp) | 23010 (ATHCD10) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| DUSSEK: Duo Concertants, Op.69 No.3 (Derek Bell, Erard harp) | 23010 (ATHCD10) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| DUSSEK: Sonata in F sharp minor, Op.61 | 23010 (ATHCD10) | Clementi, c.1832 |
| FIELD: Nocturne No.1 in E flat | 23001 (ATHCD1) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| FIELD: Nocturne No.2 in C minor | 23001 (ATHCD1) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| FIELD: Nocturne No.3 in A flat | 23001 (ATHCD1) | Broadwood, 1823 |
| FIELD: Nocturne No.4 in A major | 23001 (ATHCD1) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| FIELD: Nocturne No.5 in B flat | 23001 (ATHCD1) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| FIELD: Nocturne No.6 in F major | 23001 (ATHCD1) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| FIELD: Nocturne No.7 in C major | 23001 (ATHCD1) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| FIELD, Nocturne No.8 in A major | 23001 (ATHCD1) | Broadwood, 1823 |
| FIELD, Nocturne No.9 in E flat | 23001 (ATHCD1) | Broadwood, 1823 |
| FIELD: Nocturne No.10 in E minor | 23001 (ATHCD1) | D’Almaine, c.1835 |
| FIELD: Nocturne No.11 in E flat | 23001 (ATHCD1) | D’Almaine, c.1835 |
| FIELD: Nocturne No.12 in G major | 23001 (ATHCD1) | D’Almaine, c.1835 |
| FIELD: Nocturne No.13 in D minor | 23001 (ATHCD1) | D’Almaine, c.1835 |
| FIELD: Nocturne No.14 in C major | 23001 (ATHCD1) | D’Almaine, c.1835 |
| FIELD: Nocturne No.15 in C major | 23001 (ATHCD1) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| FIELD, Nocturne No.16 in E major | 23001 (ATHCD1) | Broadwood, 1823 |
| HANDEL, Fantasie in C major, G.60 | 23026 | Barton Spinet, 1727 |
| HANDEL: Air and Variations, G56 | 23026 | Longman & Broderip,1787 |
| HANDEL: Keyboard Sonata in G minor, G273 | 23026 | Longman & Broderip,1787 |
| HANDEL: Toccata in G minor, G276 | 23026 | Longman & Broderip,1787 |
| HAYDN: Capriccio in G major, Hob.XVII-1 | 23022 (ATHCD22) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| HAYDN: Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI-35 | 23002 (ATHCD2) | Broadwood, 1789 |
| HAYDN: Sonata in C minor, Hob.XVI-20 | 23002 (ATHCD2) | Longman & Broderip,1787 |
| HAYDN: Sonata in C sharp minor, Hob.XVI-36 | 23022 (ATHCD22) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| HAYDN: Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI-1 | 23003 (ATHCD3) | Broadwood, 1789 |
| HAYDN: Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI-37 | 23022 (ATHCD22) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| HAYDN: Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI-51 | 23022 (ATHCD22) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| HAYDN: Sonata in E flat, Hob.XVI-49 | 23002 (ATHCD2) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| HAYDN: Sonata in E minor, Hob.XVI-34 | 23022 (ATHCD22) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| HAYDN: Sonata in F flat, Hob.XVI-49 | 23002 (ATHCC2) | Astor, c.1800 |
| HAYDN: Sonata in F major, Hob.XVI-23 | 23022 (ATHCD22) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| HAYDN: Variations in F minor, Hob.XVII-6 | 23002 (ATHCD2) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| MENDELSSOHN: Albumblatt in E minor. op.117 | 23026 | Clementi, c.1832 |
| MENDELSSOHN: Duetto, op. 38 No.6 | 23026 | Clementi, c.1832 |
| MENDELSSOHN: Lied ohne Worte, Op.19 No.1 | 23003 (ATHCD3) | D’Almaine, c.1835 |
| MENDELSSOHN: Venetian Gondola Song in A minor | 23026 | Clementi, c.1832 |
| MENDELSSOHN: Venetian Gondola Song in F# minor | 23026 | Clementi, c.1832 |
| MENDELSSOHN: Wie die Zeit lauft – How Time Flies | 23026 | Clementi, c.1832 |
| MOZART: Adagio in B minor, K540 | 23026 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| MOZART: Fantasie in D minor, K.397 | 23003 (ATHCD3) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| MOZART: Sonata in A, K.331 (Rondo alla Turka) | 23003 (ATHCD3) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in A major, KK113 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in A major, KK208 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in A major, KK209 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in A minor, KK54 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in B minor, KK27 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in C major, KK461 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in D major, KK491 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in D major, KK492 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in D minor, KK1 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in D minor, KK64 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in D minor, KK9 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in E major, KK380 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in E minor, KK198 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in F minor, KK466 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in F minor, KK481 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCARLATTI: Sonata in F sharp minor, KK25 | 23025 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Deutscher Tanz in G | 23026 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Ecossaise No.1 | 23026 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Ländler, D.790 No.4 | 23026 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Valse Sentimentale | 23026 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Walzer, in B major | 23026 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Walzer, in B minor | 23026 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCHUBERT: Die schone Müllerin | 23006 | Clementi, c.1832 |
| SCHUBERT: Drie Klavierstücke, D.946 (Peter Katin) | 23007 (ATHCD7) | Clementi, c.1832 |
| SCHUBERT: Four Impromptus, D.899 (Peter Katin) | 24112 | Clementi, c.1832 |
| SCHUBERT: Four Impromptus, D.935 (Peter Katin) | 24112 | Clementi, c.1832 |
| SCHUBERT: Impromptu in A flat, D899 No.4 | 23003 (ATHCD3) | D’Almaine, c.1835 |
| SCHUBERT: Moments Musiceaux, D.780 (Peter Katin) | 23007 (ATHCD7) | Clementi, c.1832 |
| SCHUBERT: Ungarische Melodie, D817 | 23026 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SCHUBERT: Valse Nobles, D.969 (Peter Katin) | 23007 (ATHCD7) | Clementi, c.1832 |
| SOLER: Sonata No.84 in D major | 23026 | Stodart, c.1823 |
| SOLER: Sonata No.90 in F sharp major | 23003 (ATHCD3) | Stodart, c.1823 |
| Astor, c.1800 | HAYDN: Sonata in F flat, Hob.XVI-49 | 23002 (ATHCD2) |
| Barton Spinet, 1727 | BYRD, Pavan – The Earle of Salisbury | 23026 |
| Barton Spinet, 1727 | COUPERIN, Les Barricades Mysterieuse | 23026 |
| Barton Spinet, 1727 | COUPERIN, Les Folies Française | 23026 |
| Barton Spinet, 1727 | HANDEL, Fantasie in C major, G.60 | 23026 |
| Broadwood, 1789 | HAYDN: Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI-35 | 23002 (ATHCD2) |
| Broadwood, 1789 | HAYDN: Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI-1 | 23003 (ATHCD3) |
| Broadwood, 1823 | FIELD: Nocturne No.3 in A flat | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| Broadwood, 1823 | FIELD, Nocturne No.8 in A major | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| Broadwood, 1823 | FIELD, Nocturne No.9 in E flat | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| Broadwood, 1823 | FIELD, Nocturne No.16 in E major | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| Clementi, c.1832 | CLEMENTI: Sonata in B flat Major, Op.24 No.2 (Peter Katin) | 24113 (ATHCD4) |
| Clementi, c.1832 | CLEMENTI: Sonata in D major, Op.25 No.6 (Peter Katin) | 24113 (ATHCD4) |
| Clementi, c.1832 | CLEMENTI: Sonata in F minor, Op.13, No.6 (Peter Katin) | 24113 (ATHCD4) |
| Clementi, c.1832 | CLEMENTI: Sonata in F sharp minor, Op.25 No.5 (Peter Katin) | 24113 (ATHCD4) |
| Clementi, c.1832 | CLEMENTI: Sonata in G minor, Op.7 No.3 (Peter Katin) | 24113 (ATHCD4) |
| Clementi, c.1832 | DUSSEK: Sonata in F sharp minor, Op.61 | 23010 (ATHCD10) |
| Clementi, c.1832 | MENDELSSOHN: Albumblatt in E minor. op.117 | 23026 |
| Clementi, c.1832 | MENDELSSOHN: Duetto, op. 38 No.6 | 23026 |
| Clementi, c.1832 | MENDELSSOHN: Venetian Gondola Song in A minor | 23026 |
| Clementi, c.1832 | MENDELSSOHN: Venetian Gondola Song in F# minor | 23026 |
| Clementi, c.1832 | MENDELSSOHN: Wie die Zeit lauft – How Time Flies | 23026 |
| Clementi, c.1832 | SCHUBERT: Die schone Müllerin | 23006 |
| Clementi, c.1832 | SCHUBERT: Drie Klavierstücke, D.946 (Peter Katin) | 23007 (ATHCD7) |
| Clementi, c.1832 | SCHUBERT: Four Impromptus, D.899 (Peter Katin) | 24112 |
| Clementi, c.1832 | SCHUBERT: Four Impromptus, D.935 (Peter Katin) | 24112 |
| Clementi, c.1832 | SCHUBERT: Moments Musiceaux, D.780 (Peter Katin) | 23007 (ATHCD7) |
| Clementi, c.1832 | SCHUBERT: Valse Nobles, D.969 (Peter Katin) | 23007 (ATHCD7) |
| Collard & Collard, 1835 | CHOPIN: Berceuse, op.57; | 24116 (ATHCD11) |
| Collard & Collard, 1835 | CHOPIN: Mazurka in A flat major, op.24 No.3 | 24116 (ATHCD11) |
| Collard & Collard, 1835 | CHOPIN: Mazurka in B flat minor, op.24 No.4 | 24116 (ATHCD11) |
| Collard & Collard, 1835 | CHOPIN: Mazurka in C major, op.24 No.2 | 24116 (ATHCD11) |
| Collard & Collard, 1835 | CHOPIN: Mazurka in F minor, op.68 No.4 | 24116 (ATHCD11) |
| Collard & Collard, 1835 | CHOPIN: Mazurka in G minor, op.24 No.1 | 24116 (ATHCD11) |
| Collard & Collard, 1835 | CHOPIN: Nocturne in C sharp minor; | 24116 (ATHCD11) |
| Collard & Collard, 1835 | CHOPIN: Polonaise in A flat major, KK Iva, No.2; | 24116 (ATHCD11) |
| Collard & Collard, 1835 | CHOPIN: Polonaise in B flat major, KK IVa, No.1; | 24116 (ATHCD11) |
| Collard & Collard, 1835 | CHOPIN: Polonaise in G minor, KK IIa, No.1; | 24116 (ATHCD11) |
| Collard & Collard, 1835 | CHOPIN: Variations Brilliantes, op.12; | 24116 (ATHCD11) |
| Collard & Collard, 1835 | CHOPIN: Waltz in A flat major, op.64 No.3. | 24116 (ATHCD11) |
| Collard & Collard, 1835 | CHOPIN: Waltz in C sharp minor, op.64 No.2 | 24116 (ATHCD11) |
| Collard & Collard, 1835 | CHOPIN: Waltz in D flat major, op.64 No.1; | 24116 (ATHCD11) |
| D’Almaine, c.1835 | FIELD: Nocturne No.10 in E minor | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| D’Almaine, c.1835 | FIELD: Nocturne No.11 in E flat | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| D’Almaine, c.1835 | FIELD: Nocturne No.12 in G major | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| D’Almaine, c.1835 | FIELD: Nocturne No.13 in D minor | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| D’Almaine, c.1835 | FIELD: Nocturne No.14 in C major | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| D’Almaine, c.1835 | MENDELSSOHN: Lied ohne Worte, Op.19 No.1 | 23003 (ATHCD3) |
| D’Almaine, c.1835 | SCHUBERT: Impromptu in A flat, D899 No.4 | 23003 (ATHCD3) |
| Longman & Broderip,1787 | J.S.BACH: Partita No.1 in B flat | 23003 (ATHCD3) |
| Longman & Broderip,1787 | J.S.BACH: Prelude in E major, BWV933 No.5 | 23026 |
| Longman & Broderip,1787 | J.S.BACH: Prelude in E minor, BWV933 No.6 | 23026 |
| Longman & Broderip,1787 | HANDEL: Air and Variations, G56 | 23026 |
| Longman & Broderip,1787 | HANDEL: Keyboard Sonata in G minor, G273 | 23026 |
| Longman & Broderip,1787 | HANDEL: Toccata in G minor, G276 | 23026 |
| Longman & Broderip,1787 | HAYDN: Sonata in C minor, Hob.XVI-20 | 23002 (ATHCD2) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | DUSSEK: Duo Concertants, Op.69 No.1 Derek Bell, Erard harp | 23010 (ATHCD10) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | DUSSEK: Duo Concertants, Op.69 No.3 Derek Bell, Erard harp | 23010 (ATHCD10) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | FIELD: Nocturne No.1 in E flat | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | FIELD: Nocturne No.2 in C minor | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | FIELD: Nocturne No.4 in A major | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | FIELD: Nocturne No.5 in B flat | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | FIELD: Nocturne No.6 in F major | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | FIELD: Nocturne No.7 in C major | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | FIELD: Nocturne No.15 in C major | 23001 (ATHCD1) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | HAYDN: Capriccio in G major, Hob.XVII-1 | 23022 (ATHCD22) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | HAYDN: Sonata in C sharp minor, Hob.XVI-36 | 23022 (ATHCD22) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | HAYDN: Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI-37 | 23022 (ATHCD22) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | HAYDN: Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI-51 | 23022 (ATHCD22) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | HAYDN: Sonata in E flat, Hob.XVI-49 | 23002 (ATHCD2) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | HAYDN: Sonata in E minor, Hob.XVI-34 | 23022 (ATHCD22) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | HAYDN: Sonata in F major, Hob.XVI-23 | 23022 (ATHCD22) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | HAYDN: Variations in F minor, Hob.XVII-6 | 23002 (ATHCD2) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | MOZART: Adagio in B minor, K540 | 23026 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | MOZART: Fantasie in D minor, K.397 | 23003 (ATHCD3) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | MOZART: Sonata in A, K.331 (Rondo alla Turka) | 23003 (ATHCD3) |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in A major, KK113 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in A major, KK208 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in A major, KK209 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in A minor, KK54 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in B minor, KK27 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in C major, KK461 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in D major, KK491 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in D major, KK492 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in D minor, KK1 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in D minor, KK64 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in D minor, KK9 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in E major, KK380 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in E minor, KK198 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in F minor, KK466 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in F minor, KK481 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCARLATTI: Sonata in F sharp minor, KK25 | 23025 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Deutscher Tanz in G | 23026 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Ecossaise No.1 | 23026 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Ländler, D.790 No.4 | 23026 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Valse Sentimentale | 23026 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Walzer, in B major | 23026 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Walzer, in B minor | 23026 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SCHUBERT: Ungarische Melodie, D817 | 23026 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SOLER: Sonata No.84 in D major | 23026 |
| Stodart, c.1823 | SOLER: Sonata No.90 in F sharp major | 23003 (ATHCD3) |
THREE SQUARE
Nocturnes by John Field
Joanna Leach plays:
– Broadwood, 1823
– Stodart piano, 1823
– D’Almaine, 1835
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FIELD: Nocturne No.1 in E flat (Stodart)
FIELD: Nocturne No.2 in C minor (Stodart)
FIELD: Nocturne No.3 in A flat (Broadwood)
FIELD: Nocturne No.4 in A major (Stodart)
FIELD: Nocturne No.5 in B flat (Stodart)
FIELD: Nocturne No.6 in F major (Stodart)
FIELD: Nocturne No.7 in C major (Stodart)
FIELD: Nocturne No.8 in A major (Broadwood)
FIELD: Nocturne No.9 in E flat (Broadwood)
FIELD: Nocturne No.10 in E minor (D’Almaine)
FIELD: Nocturne No.11 in E flat (D’Almaine)
FIELD: Nocturne No.12 in G major (D’Almaine)
FIELD: Nocturne No.13 in D minor (D’Almaine)
FIELD: Nocturne No.14 in C major (D’Almaine)
FIELD: Nocturne No.15 in C major (Stodart)
FIELD: Nocturne No.16 in E major (Broadwood)
Haydn: Variations in F Minor & three Sonatas
Joanna Leach plays:
– Broadwood, 1789
– Longman & Broderip piano, 1787
– Astor piano, c.1800
– Stodart piano, 1823
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HAYDN: Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI-35 (Broadwood)
HAYDN: Sonata in E flat, Hob XVI-49 (Astor)
HAYDN: Sonata in C minor, Hob.XVI-20 (Longman & Broderip)
HAYDN: Variations in F minor, Hob.XVII-6 (Stodart)
Sixteen Scarlatti Sonatas
Joanna Leach
Stodart piano, 1823
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Sonata in A minor, KK 54
Sonata in A major, KK 113
Sonata in A major, KK 208
Sonata in A major, KK 209
Sonata in B minor, KK 27
Sonata in C major, KK 461
Sonata in D minor, KK 1
Sonata in D minor, KK 9
Sonata in D minor, KK 64
Sonata in D major, KK 491
Sonata in D major, KK 492
Sonata in E minor, KK 198
Sonata in E major, KK 380
Sonata in F sharp minor, KK 25
Sonata in F minor, KK 466
Sonata in F minor, KK 481
FOUR SQUARE Recital
Joanna Leach plays:
– Longman & Broderip, 1787
– Broadwood, 1789
– Stodart piano, 1823
– D’Almaine, 1835
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J.S.BACH: Partita No.1 in B flat (Longman & Broderip)
HAYDN: Sonata in C, Hob.XVI-1 (Broadwood)
MENDELSSOHN: Lied ohne Worte, Op.19 No.1 (D’Almaine)
MOZART: Fantasie in D minor, K.397 (Stodart)
MOZART: Sonata in A, K.331 “Rondo alla Turka” (Stodart)
SCHUBERT: Impromptu in A flat, D899 No.4 (D’Almaine)
SOLER: Sonata No.90 in F sharp major (Stodart)
Haydn: Five Sonatas & Cappriccio
Joanna Leach
Stodart piano, 1823
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HAYDN: Capriccio in G major, Hob.XVII-1
HAYDN: Sonata in C sharp minor, Hob.XVI-36
HAYDN: Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI-37
HAYDN: Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI-51
HAYDN: Sonata in E minor, Hob.XVI-34
HAYDN: Sonata in F major, Hob.XVI-23
SCHUBERT: Die schöne Müllerin
Joanna Leach, piano
Richard Edgar-Wilson, tenor
Clementi piano, 1832
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SCHUBERT: Die schöne Müllerin, D.795
A Century of Domestic Keyboards
Joanna Leach plays:
– Barton Spinet, 1727
– Longman & Broderip piano, 1787
– Stodart piano, 1823
– Clementi piano, 1832
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J.S.BACH: Prelude in E major, BWV933 No. 5 (Longman & Broderip)
J.S.BACH: Prelude in E minor, BWV933 No. 6 (Longman & Broderip)
BYRD: Pavan – The Earle of Salisbury (Barton Spinet)
COUPERIN: Les Barricades Mysterieuse (Barton Spinet)
COUPERIN: Les Folies Française (Barton Spinet)
HANDEL: Fantasie in C major, G.60 (Barton Spinet)
HANDEL: Keyboard Sonata in G minor, G273 (Stodart)
HANDEL: Toccata in G minor, G 276 (Stodart)
HANDEL: Air and Variations, G56 (Longman & Broderip)
MENDELSSOHN: Venetian Gondola Song in A minor (Clementi)
MENDELSSOHN: Venetian Gondola Song in F# minor (Clementi)
MENDELSSOHN: Wie die Zeit lauft – How Time Flies (Clementi)
MENDELSSOHN: Duetto, op. 38 No.6 (Clementi)
MENDELSSOHN: Albumblatt in E minor. op.117 (Clementi)
MOZART: Adagio in B minor, K540 (Stodart)
SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Deutscher Tanz in G (Stodart)
SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Ecossaise No.1 (Stodart)
SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Ländler, D.790 No.4 (Stodart)
SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Valse Sentimentale (Stodart)
SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Wlazer, in B minor (Stodart)
SCHUBERT: 6 dances – Wlazer, in B major (Stodart)
SCHUBERT: Ungarische Melodie, D817 (Stodart)
SOLER: Sonata No. 84 in D major (Stodart)
CHOPIN: First & Last
Peter Katin
Collard & Collard piano, 1835
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CHOPIN: Berceuse, op.57
CHOPIN: Mazurka in A flat major, op.24 No.3
CHOPIN: Mazurka in B flat minor, op.24 No.4
CHOPIN: Mazurka in C major, op.24 No.2
CHOPIN: Mazurka in F minor, op.68 No.4
CHOPIN: Mazurka in G minor, op.24 No.1
CHOPIN: Nocturne in C sharp minor
CHOPIN: Polonaise in A flat major, KK IVa, No.2
CHOPIN: Polonaise in B flat major, KK IVa, No.1
CHOPIN: Polonaise in G minor, KK IIa, No.1
CHOPIN: Variations Brilliantes, op.12
CHOPIN: Waltz in A flat major, op.64 No.3
CHOPIN: Waltz in C sharp minor, op.64 No.2
CHOPIN: Waltz in D flat major, op.64 No.1
CLEMENTI on CLEMENTI
Peter Katin
Clementi piano, 1832
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CLEMENTI: Sonata in F sharp minor, Op.25 No.5
CLEMENTI: Sonata in B flat Major, Op.24 No.2
CLEMENTI: Sonata in G minor, Op.7 No.3
CLEMENTI: Sonata in D major, Op.25 No.6
CLEMENTI: Sonata in F minor, Op.13, No.6
SCHUBERT IMPROMPTUS
Peter Katin
Clementi piano, 1832
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SCHUBERT: Four Impromptus, D.899
SCHUBERT: Four Impromptus, D.935
SCHUBERT RECITAL
Peter Katin
Clementi piano, 1832
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SCHUBERT: Drie Klavierstücke, D.946
SCHUBERT: Valse Nobles, D.969
SCHUBERT: Moments Musiceaux, D.780
