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Dietrich Buxtehude: 7 Sonatas, Op. 2 / Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-03-27

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Sonata for violin, viola da gamba & harpsichord in B flat major, Op. 2/1, BuxWV 259; Sonata for violin, viola da gamba & harpsichord in D major, Op. 2/2, BuxWV 260; Sonata for vio...
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

Performed here by The Purcell Quartet, the Trio Sonatas for violin, viola da gamba, and harpsichord, Op. 2 are remarkable examples of Buxtehude's beautiful chamber...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London (02/21/2011-02/23/2011)....continue...

Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri / Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-11-16

Works: Richard Strauss: Concerto for Horn no 1 in E flat major, Op. 11 (TrV 117); Duet-Concertino for clarinet, bassoon, harp & strings, o.Op. 147 (TrV 293, AV 147); Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; An...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Chance, Michael; Clevenger, Dale; Combs, Larry; Daniels, Charles; Golan, Joseph; Guastefeste, Joseph; Harvey, Peter; Kirkby, Emma; Klein, Alex; Magad, Samuel; Mc...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Purcell Quartet

This new release from Chaconne the Chandos' early music label focuses on Buxtehude's seven cantatas, collectively know as Membra Jesu nostri. The work takes the...continue...

Buxtehude: VII Suonate, Op. 1

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-01-26

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Sonatas (7) (Trio Sonatas) for 2 violins, viola da gamba & harpsichord, Op. 1, BuxWV 252-258
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

Buxtehude's legacy, for many centuries neglected, has more recently been re-appraised and its importance accepted, not only for the quality of its craftsmanship but also...continue...
Recording information: St Bartholemew's Church, Orford, Suffolk, England (2008-11-26_2008-11-27&2009-)....continue...

Bach: Early Cantatas Vol 2 - Weimar 2 / Kirkby, Chance, Daniels, Harvey, Purcell Quartet, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-09-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 172, "Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten" BWV 172; Cantata no 182, "Himmelskönig, sei willkommen," BWV 182; Cantata no 21, "Ich hatte viel Beküm...
Performers: Bainbridge, Philip; Beckett, Rachel; Blackadder, David; Byrt, Rachel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hayward, Tim; Hoffnung, Benedict; Kirkby, Emma; Moonen, Nicolette; Robso...
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

This two-disc set selling for the price of one CD presents three cantatas dating from 1714, when Bach was serving at the court of Weimar....continue...

Biber: Mensa sonora, Violin Sonata / The Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-02-06

Works: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Mensa Sonora seu Musica Instrumentalis, suites (6) for violin, 2 violas & continuo, C. 69-74; Sonata for solo violin in A major, C. 147 (B IV 22)
Performers: Rogers, Jane
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

Having recorded Biber's 'Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa', 'Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes', and the 'Fidicinium sacro-profanum' sonatas to deserved plaudits, The Purcell Quartet here adds Mensa...continue...

Bach: Weimar Cantatas Vol 2 / Kirkby, Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-07-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 12 "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen", BWV 12 (BC A68); Cantata no 18, "Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt" BWV 18; Cantata no 61, "Nun komm, der Heid...
Performers: Beckett, Rachel; Bengton, Katarina; Blackadder, David; Byrt, Rachel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hunt, William; Kirkby, Emma; Latham, Catherine; Robson, Anthony; Watts, A...
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"The performances themselves, while fully sympathetic to the text, the music and the mood, are essentially light, clear, even ultimately life-affirming. Part of this is...continue...

Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas Vol 2 / Kirkby, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Das neugeborne, Kindelein, for SATB voices, 3 violins, violone, bassoon & continuo, BuxWV 13; Quaemadmodum desiderat cervus, BuxWV 92; Nichts soll uns Scheiden, for SAB voices, 2 ...
Performers: Byrt, Rachel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hunt, William; Ichise, Reiko; Kirkby, Emma; Rogers, Jane; Salaman, Clare
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

This is the second disc of sacred cantatas by Buxtehude on the Chaconne label, featuring artists famous in this repertoire. The disc contains some of...continue...

Bach: Early Cantatas Vol 1 / Kirkby, Chance, Harvey, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-03-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; Cantata no 131, "Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir" BWV 131; Cantata no 106, "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit," ("Actus Tragicus"), BW...
Performers: Beckett, Rachel; Campbell, Richard; Chance, Michael; Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kirkby, Emma; Robson, Anthony; Rogers, Jane; Salaman, Clare; Scott, Marion; Watts, Andrew [Bassoon]
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"...a gracious and gratifying expose of the f minor and A major settings of the Ordinary, sensitively performed in alert and honest chamber-scaled performances..." -...continue...

Classics - Vivaldi: In furore, etc / Bott, Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-11-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in E flat major, RV 130 "Sonata al Santo Sepolcro"; Alleluia; Concerto for strings & continuo in D major, Op. 12/3, RV 124; Concerto for Violin in D minor; Lauda...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Bruggemeyer, Cecelia; Preston, Stephen; Rogers, Jane
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

Bear Essentials - Dining Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for strings & continuo in D major, Op. 12/3, RV 124; Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Australia, Soloists of; Barnert, Matthias; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Cantilena [Instrumental Ensemble]; City of Birmingham ...
Conductors: Shelley, Howard; ; Manze, Andrew; Thomas, Ronald [Violin]; Standage, Simon; Preston, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; Garforth, David; Shepherd, Adrian; Leppard, Raymond; Weller, Walter; Turovsky, Yuli; Bam...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Ambache Chamber Ensemble; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Cantilena; Collegium Musicum 90; Concerto Copenhagen; English Chamber Ensemble; English Cha...

Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas / Kirkby, LeBlanc, Harvey, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden, for SSB voices, 2 violins, violone & continuo, BuxWV 47 (revision of Bux; Salve, Jesu, Patris gnate unigenite, for SS voices, 2 violins & continuo, Bux...
Performers: Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kirkby, Emma; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Salaman, Clare; Wooley, Robert
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"The Purcell Quartet's essential string sound has always been sweet, airy and lucid, and it is interesting to hear how that has been transferred here...continue...

Couperin: Les Nations / Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-06-25

Works: François Couperin: La Françoise (La pucelle), for 2 violins & continuo (Les Nations); Douzième concert, for 2 viols (or other instruments) in A major (Les Goûts-réunis); La S...
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"This is a fine release of some of Francois Couperin's more famous works. Robert Wooley is the harpsichordist here; the other names - violinists Catherine...continue...

Early Music - Klaglied - German Sacred Concertos / Chance

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-06-26

Works: Johann Christoph Bach: Ach, dass ich Wassers genug hätte; Christian Geist: Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel, for voice, strings & continuo; Dietrich Buxtehude: Wenn ich, Herr Jesu, habe dich, ...
Performers: Byrt, Rachel; Chance, Michael; Salaman, Clare; Wooley, Robert
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

Reincken: Hortus Musicus Vol 1, etc / Robert Woolley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-03-27

Works: Johann Adam Reincken: Hortus Musicus, suite for 2 violins, viola da gamba & continuo no 1 in A minor; Ballet for keyboard in E minor; Hortus Musicus, suite for 2 violins, viola da gamba & continuo no...
Performers: Wooley, Robert
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"...Reincken's musical legacy is very small, so this disc from the Purcell Quartet is all the more welcome...Listening to the suites of 'Hortus Musicus', I...continue...

Capriccio Stravagante Vol 1 / Purcell Quartet, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-01-23

Works: Carlo Farina: Capriccio stravagante a 4, for 2 violins, viola & continuo (Book 2); Michelangelo Rossi: Toccata a 3; Toccata No 8; Biagio Marini: Capriccio in modo di Lira, for chamber instruments & c...
Performers: Lindberg, Jakob; Mackintosh, Catherine; Rogers, Jane; Wooley, Robert
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"Seldom can performance be so indebted to scholarly investigation as here, and scholarship so rewarded, in turn, by inspired performance...The playing is infectiously uninhibited and...continue...

Bach: Trio Sonatas / Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-07-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata for Organ no 1 in E flat major, BWV 525; Trio Sonata for Organ no 2 in C minor, BWV 526; Trio Sonata for Organ no 3 in D minor, BWV 527; Trio Sonata for Organ no 4 ...
Performers: Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Mackintosh, Catherine; Weiss, Catherine; Wooley, Robert
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

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'Too good to be left only to organists' is how Richard Boothby cheekily describes Bach's six delightful 'organ trios', in which the...continue...

Bach: Lutheran Masses Vol 2 / Argenta, Chance, Harvey, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-03-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata for Organ no 5 in C major, BWV 529; Mass for 4 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G major, BWV 236 (BC E4); Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & conti...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Halstead, Anthony; Latham, Catherine; Montgomery, Roger; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Robson, Anthony; Rogers, Jane
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"Here the performances are one-on-a-part for both instruments and voices. The singers seem entirely at home in this daunting idiom, and each presents a clear...continue...

The Chaconne Collection / Pastyme with good companye

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-01-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: ; George Frideric Handel: ; Henry Purcell: ; Antonio Vivaldi: ; Heinrich Ignaz Biber: ; Tomaso Albinoni: ; Johann Sebastian Bach: ; Various: Work(s)
Performers: Kee, Piet; Kirkby, Emma; Robson, Anthony; Thomas, David; Yates, Sophie
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Christophers, Harry;
Ensemble: ; Purcell Quartet; The Sixteen

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Purcell Miscellany / Bott, Bennett, Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-02-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; Lord, what is man?, Z 192; Thus the ever grateful spring (from "The Fairy Queen"), soprano aria, Z. 629/33; See even Night herself is here (from "The Fairy Queen"),...
Performers: Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byrt, Rachel; Mackintosh, Catherine; McGillivray, Katherine; Weiss, Catherine; Wooley, Robert
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

Includes work(s) by Henry Purcell....continue...

Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae / Purcell Quartet, Kirkby, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-01-01

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae, Book 2, motets (27) for voices, instruments & continuo, SWV 341-367 (Op. 10)
Performers: Daniels, Charles; Kirkby, Emma; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Perry, Nicholas; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Vocal], Nigel Rogers [Tenor; West, Jeremy; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

Vivaldi: Sonatas for Strings Vol 1 / Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in B flat major, Op. 5/5, RV 76; Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in G minor, Op. 5/6, RV 72; Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in E flat ...
Performers: Wallfisch, Elizabeth
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet