Two Rococo Flutes: Music from Murberget, Vol.1

from the Carl Nyrén collection, Hernösand 1792

audio CD - MHCD 104

CAPELLA CAROLINA
Reet Sukk & Kerstin Bodin, baroque flauto traverso
David Kettlewell, harpsichord, harp, direction

Recording - Kjell Persson
Photography - Dagmar Veraksits
Production, text, layout - David Kettlewell

Murberget is the area of Härnösand in Northern Sweden which is taken up by the county museum. In 1792 a large collection of musical works, mostly manuscripts with a few prints, was donated to the grammar school (gymnasium) to mark the dedication of a new building.

The collection now lives at the country museum and David has been busy cataloguing the collection on and off for the past ten years; he discovered very quickly that there's a vast amount of breathtakingly beautiful music hidden among these old notes, and there have been many performances with a great variety of instruments and voices.

The plan is that by summer 2005, the catalogue - including examples of the notation and the sounds - will available on the museum's web-site. For now you can read more about the collection at www.New-Renaissance.eenet.ee/laeroverkssamlingen, and about early music in other Swedish libraries at www.New-Renaissance.eenet.ee/early_music_swedish_libraries.

Johan Adolf Hasse, Trio/Sonata a 3 no.2, C, Opera Prima:
Allegro-Adagio-Allegro

Giovanni Andrea Sabatini, Sonata no.4 , C, Opera 1:
Allegretto-Presto

Sig. Benda, [Sonata, D] Flauto Traverso Solo et Basso Conthinuo:
Adagio-Allegro-Vivace

[Maddalena Lombardini] ur Six Sonate a 3 da Madame Sirmen, Sonata 1, F:
Tempo giusto-Allegretto/Tempo di Menuetto

Johann Joachim Quanz, Sonata III, Opera Quinta:
Adagio-Presto-Adagio-Allegro

Johan Fredrik Grenser, Trio 1, C, Oeuvre Premier:
Allegro-Andantino-Allegro Rondo