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Purcell: Fantazias / Rose Consort of Viols

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-07-29

Works: Henry Purcell: Fantasias (15) for viols
Performers: Bryan, John; Crum, Alison; Groser, Sarah; Heringman, Jacob; Kerr, Andrew; Marks, Roy; Pell, Susanna
Conductors:
Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols

"No one knows why Purcell wrote these string fantasias, which date from 1680 and are among his earliest surviving works. The are densely contrapuntal and...continue...