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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...

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...

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...