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Siren Voices
With Richard Baker.
5: Violet Gordon Woodhouse was a rich and brilliantly talented musician who became the first person ever to be recorded playing the harpsichord. Including: attrib Purcell Gavotte in G
Haydn Sonata in D, H XVI 37 (3rd mvt) Scarlatti Sonata in D, Kk29
Bach Italian Concerto (3rd mvt)
And music by Saint-Saens, Delius and Ethel Smyth.
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Richard Baker.
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Violet Gordon Woodhouse
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Purcell Gavotte
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Scarlatti Sonata
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Ethel Smyth.
Source: Radio Times

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