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A Night in London - Gabriel Pidoux (oboe); Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano); Ophélie Gaillard (cello); Sandrine Piau (soprano);...
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  1. She's Sweetest When She's Naked (a.k.a. "Miss Faw's Minuet"), traditional air
  2. Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D minor (after Scarlatti): I. Largo
  3. Concerto Grosso, for 2 violins, strings & continuo No.12 in D minor ("La Follia"; after Corelli Op. 5/12)
  4. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Act 3: Sinfonia
  5. Concerto for cello, strings & continuo in G
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  1. She's Sweetest When She's Naked (a.k.a. "Miss Faw's Minuet"), traditional air
  2. Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D minor (after Scarlatti): I. Largo
  3. Concerto Grosso, for 2 violins, strings & continuo No.12 in D minor ("La Follia"; after Corelli Op. 5/12)
  4. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Act 3: Sinfonia
  5. Concerto for cello, strings & continuo in G
  6. Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Act 3: Credete al mio dolore
  7. Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op.3/2, HWV 313: II. Largo in G minor
  8. Fuga & Grave, for orchestra in G minor (doubtful)
  9. Cello Concerto in G major, Op. 14/2
  10. The Murrays March
  11. Nanny-O, for voice & continuo (A Collection of the Best Old Scotch and English Songs, No. 16)
  12. She's Sweetest When She's Naked (a.k.a. "Miss Faw's Minuet"), traditional air
  13. Song: "The Night her silent fable wore," air for violin (or recorder) & continuo No. 2 (Treatise of Good Taste 2)
  14. The Bottom of the Punch Bowl, for violin or flute & continuo (Collection of Curious Scots Tunes, Book 2, No. 27)
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The cello repertory from the 18th century is not large. There are concertos by Vivaldi, Haydn, and some lesser composers, and these are sometimes recorded. Cellist Ophélie Gaillard and her small but mighty Pulcinella Orchestra take a different tack here, with highly enjoyable results. She offers a "Night in London," as it might have been presented by a cellist of the day. Gaillard does include a couple of cello concertos, and these are very fine. One, by Haydn's teacher Nicola Porpora, is both attractively melodic and ...

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