Avison Ensemble: Pavlo Beznosiuk and Caroline Balding, violins; Richard Tunnicliffe, violoncello; Robert Howarth, organ
Pavlo Beznosiuk plays a violin from the Hill workshop, c.1760. Caroline Balding plays a violin of the Stainer school, c.1680. Richard Tunnicliffe plays a cello by Leonhard Maussiell, Nuremberg, c.1730. Robert Howarth plays a copy (1995, D. Jacques Way and Marc Ducornet, Paris) of an original Taskin instrument, c.1770, from the Yale Collection, and a small Chest Organ by the Dutch firm of Van der Putten and Veger.
Recorded Dec. 11-14, 2005, Paxton House, Berwick upon Tweed.
Disc 1: Six sonatas for two violins and a bass, op. 1 -- Disc 2: Six sonatas for harpsichord with accompaniments for two violins and a violoncello, op. 8