DESCRIPTION:
SAMUEL ARNOLD [after Johann Georg Pepusch, 1729]

POLLY (ballad opera as sequel to The Beggar's Opera)
Libretto: John Gay revised by George Colman
London, Haymarket Little Theatre, 19 June 1777

DANCES OF THE INDIANS (Suite from Act III)

I. Allegro - 0:05
II. Andante - 1:13
III. Allegro - 2:06
IV. Andante - 3:10
V. Allegro - 4:24

Laura Albino (soprano I)
Geneviève Gilardeau, Bethany Bergman, Liz Johnston, Elyssa Lefurgy-Smith, Elizabeth Loewen-Andrews, Ellie Nimeroski, Dafna Ravjd, Paul Zevenhuizen (violin)
Eric Paetkau, Carol Gimbel (viola)
Katie Rietman, Laura Jones (violoncello)
J. Tracey Mortimore (double bass)
Paul Jenkins (harpsichord)
Ed Reifel (percussions)
Lucas Harris (theorbo)
Kathryn Montoya, Chris Palameta (baroque oboe)
Dominic Teresi, Ondrej Golias (baroque bassoon)
Mylene Guay, Emma Elkinson (traversiere)
Ron George, Chris Passmore, Derek Conrod (horn)

Aradia Ensemble / Kevin Mallon (conductor)
http://www.aradia.ca/

2010
Naxos 8.660241 - DDD
http://www.naxos.com/

[on authentic instruments]