Schobert: Pastorale de la Sonate pour clavecin avec accompagnement d'un violon et d'une basse opus VI en ut mineur

Four hands, two harpsichords and a positive organ.

Pastoral symphonies and songs of birds, clocks and glowing orchestral textures, Hispanic frenzy and crazy Viennese waltzes, tender serenades, delirious counterpoint: pure pleasure, sheer caprice.

What you hear here might have resonated amid the wood panelling of a living room in the 18th century salon. Or, not quite: the ‘Four pieces’ of the Viennese composer Peter Planyavsky barge in, mischievous and impertinent but beautifully written for the harpsichord.