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ine composers represented in the Barraud volumes include some of the best of the day. Featured on the recording are: Franz Joseph Haydn’s “Sonata 49 in C sharp minor,” George Frideric Handel’s “Concerto in B flat major” (opus IV, no. 2), three songs from the musical [day "Rosina” by William Shield, Johann Samuel Schroeter’s “Concerto in E flat major” (opus III, no. 6), and two songs by William Jackson of Exeter.
All pieces are played on authentic period instruments from Colonial Williamsburg’s collection or on modem reproductions made by craftsmen associated with the foundation. The first violin is an original unaltered English instrument made in London in 1727 by Nathaniel Cross.17
Colonial Williamsburg musicians employ 18th-century performance techniques such as playing original instruments with gut strings, period bows and limited use of vibrato. All selections are played at 420 hz., a half-tone lower than modem pitch.
The organ in the Wren Building Chapel of the College of William and Mary, where the recording was made, is ascribed to John Snetzler, ■' (ca. 1760), although some authorities believe an unknown builder began the instrument.
Peter, Pestone, of Claremont, Va, reproduced the oldest surviving EqgiWF grand piano by Americus Backers (1772) for Colonial Wil
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