E. Power Biggs (pedal harpsichord) Holiday for Harpsichord, Fun-filled favorites from Power Biggs

Pedal harpsichord built by John Challis
All arrangements by E. Power Biggs
Released 1966 by Columbia 'Masterworks' Stereo-MS 6878 (also available as Mono ML 6278)
Notes by E. Power Biggs
Produced by Adrew Kazdin
Illustration and typography by Chas B. Slackman
Photography by Bob Cato
Printed in U.S.A.
Library of Congress catalog card number R66· 2661 applies to ML 6278/ R66·2662 applies to MS 6878.

Thanks to Robert Tifft the webmaster of the European Revival Harpsichordists ( https://jsebestyen.org/harpsichord/ ) for this Christmas gift of the LP-documentation and acoustic material to make this publication possible.

Side 1
00:00 Schubert: Marche Militaire, Op. 51, No. 1 (3'15 -P.D.)
03:16 Schubert: Moment musical in f minor (1'29 -P.D.)
04:44 Mozart: Rondo alla Turca from Sonata in A major, K. 331 (2'50 -P.D.)
07:35 Haydn: Minuet from Symphony No. 104 in D major, "London" (2'29 -P.D.)
10:05 Beethoven: Turkish march from "The ruins of Athens" (1'59 -P. D.)
12:06 Beethoven: Minuet in G major (2'41 -P.D.)
14:49 Falla: Ritual fire dance from "El Amor Brujo" (3'41 -S.G. A.E.)

Side 2
18:34 Chopin: "Military" Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1 (3'10 -P.D.)
21:50 Chopin: Prelude in c minor Op. 28, No. 20
23:38 Chopin: Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7 (2'44 -P.D.)
24:33 Weber: Country dance (1'24 -P.D.)
26:05 Boccherini: "Celebrated" Minuet in A major (4'15 -P.D.)
28:54 Brahms: Hungarian dance No. 5 (2'47 -P.D.)
31:47 Grieg: In the hall of the mountain king from "Peer Gynt suite No. 1" (2'31 -P.D.)
34:21 Saint-Saëns: The Swan from "The Carnival of the animals" (2'37 -BIEM)
37:00 Tchaikovsky: Russian dance ("Trepak") from "Nutcracker suite," Op. 71a (1'11 -P.D.)

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