Wooley, Robert

Purcell: Music for Pleasure and Devotion / Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Henry Purcell: The Indian Queen; Abdelazer; Gordian Knot Unty'd; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Fantasia upon a Ground in D major, Z 731; Close thine eyes and sleep secure, Z 184; Ground in Gamut for Harpsichor...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Andrews, Haden; Berridge, Simon; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bury, Alison; Campbell, Richard; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Earle, Richard...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Henry Purcell is regarded as the first great master of English Baroque music and his works find their best interpreters today in Andrew Parrott and...continue...
Recording information: 06/1985-03/1994....continue...

A Handel Portrait

42 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Handel - Bourée; Concerto for Oboe no 3 in G minor, HWV 287; C...
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Balzereit, Charlotte; Borgstede, Michael; Bosgraaf, Erik; Brett, Charles; Bury, Alison; Carolan, Lucy; Comberti, Micaela; Corti, Francesco; Gati, Istvan; Grafova, M...
Conductors: Clark, Robert Haydon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Haenchen, Hartmut; Lubbock, John; Szostak, Zdzislav; Rolla, János [Violin]; Vitale, Marco; Matt, Nicol; ; Willcocks, David; Wentz, Jed; Cleobury, St...
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Consort of London; L'Ecole d'Orphée ; Musica ad Rhenum

A wider survey of Handel’s output could scarcely be imagined, making this the perfect introduction to one of 'our' musical geniuses, whether you are English,...continue...

Carlos Seixas: Harpsichord Sonatas

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Carlos de Seixas: Keyboard Sonata no VII in D minor (Poco Allegro - Minuet); Keyboard Sonata no 27 in D minor (Allegro - Minuet); Keyboard Sonata no 57 in A major (Allegro - Adagio - Allegro assai); ...
Performers: Wooley, Robert

A Golden Treasury of Baroque Music

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Su le sponde del Tebro, chamber cantata for soprano, 2 violins, trumpet & continuo; Giuseppe Tartini: Concerto for Flute in G major (Gimo 293; doubtful); Domenico Scarlatti: Son...
Performers: Burnett, Richard [Piano]; Cole, Maggie; Eustace, Frances; McLaren, Neil; North, Nigel [Lute]; Watts, Andre; Watts, Andrew [Bassoon]; Wooley, Robert
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Ensemble: Cambridge Baroque Camerata; Le Nouveau Quatuor; Members of Nouveau Quatuor (Members); Preston's Pocket

Sweelinck: Keyboard Works Vol 2 / Robert Woolley

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-03-31

Works: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Toccata Noni Toni, for keyboard, SwWV297; Est-ce Mars, variations for keyboard, SwWV 321; Pavana Lachrymae for keyboard (after Dowland's "Flow My Teares"), SwWV 328; More P...
Performers: Wooley, Robert

'Gramophone' wrote of the first volume in this series, "Those who have encountered the supreme artistry of this composer at his best will relish the...continue...
Recording information: Glynde Church, East Sussex (10/20/2006-10/21/2006)....continue...

Scarlatti: La Folia, Cantatas / Dawson, Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-06-12

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Correa nel seno amato, chamber cantata for soprano, 2 violins & continuo; Variations on "La Follia" for keyboard; Già lusingato appieno, chamber cantata for soprano, 2 viol...
Performers: Dawson, Lynne; Wooley, Robert
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"My very favourite... their easy rapport and the stylishness of the singing are quite unforgettable, and Woolley's stunning performance wants for nothing." -Gramophone...continue...

C.P.E. Bach: La Folia and other works / Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-05-08

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sinfonia a tre voci, trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in D major, H. 585; Variations (12) for Harpsichord in D minor, Wq 118 no 9/H 263 "Folie d'Espagne"; Sonata; Sonat...
Performers: Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Wooley, Robert
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Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"This disc was an instant classic from the time it was issued in 1988, the Purcell Quartet's C.P.E. Bach: La Folia and other works. The...continue...

Couperin: Les Nations Vol 2 / The Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-11-21

Works: François Couperin: L'art de toucher le clavecin; L'impériale, for 2 violins & continuo (Les Nations); Treizième concert, for 2 instruments in G major (Les Goûts réunis); La P...
Performers: Wooley, Robert

Francois Couperin was the finest composer at the court of Louis XIV, the Sun King. In view of the fact that Versailles was the most...continue...

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...

Corelli: Sonatas for Strings / Lindberg, Purcell Quartet

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Sonate da chiesa a tre (Trio Sonatas) (12), for 2 violins, violone (or archlute) & organ, Op. 1; Trio Sonatas (12) for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo, Op. 2; Sonate da chiesa a tre (...
Performers: Lindberg, Jakob; Wooley, Robert

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Corelli's chamber music was reprinted 84 times during his lifetime and 31 more during the rest of the 18th century, a record...continue...

Capriccio Stravagante Vol 2 / Purcell Quartet, Wooley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-11-20

Works: Alessandro Stradella: Sinfonia 17; Giovanni Battista Vitali: Passagallo Primo, for 2 violins, viol (or spinet), Op. 7; Passagallo secondo, for 2 violins, bass violin & organ, Op. 7; Capriccio sopra d...
Performers: Lindberg, Jakob; Rogers, Jane; Wooley, Robert
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Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts

"More extraordinarily dramatic secular music from 16th-century Italy. Energy and exuberance bring its skeletal notation vividly to life in captivating colours - solo keyboards, conventional...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
Conductors:
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
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

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

Weckmann: Sacred Concerti and Harpsichord Music

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-11-30

Works: Matthias Weckmann: Wie liegt die Stadt so wüste, cantata; Toccata for keyboard in A minor; Suite for keyboard in B minor; Zion spricht, der Herr hat mich verlassen; Toccata for Keyboard no 5 in ...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Debretzeni, Kati; Gritton, Susan; Podger, Julian; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Wooley, Robert

"Weckmann wrote these Sacred Concertos for voices and instruments to mourn the devastation of the plague which broke out in Hamburg in 1663. They are...continue...

Handel: Tra le fiamme, etc / Bott, Purcell Quartet, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-06-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in G major, Op. 5/4, HWV 399; Tra le fiamme, HWV 170; Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in B flat major, Op. 5/7, HWV 402; Notte placi...
Performers: Amherst, Timothy; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Jonathan Manson [Cello/Viola da gamba]; Kershaw, Caroline; Mackintosh, Catherine; Weiss, Catherine; Wooley, Robe...

"There is some stunning singing to be heard on this attractively mixed disc of Handel vocal and instrumental works, and some nifty playing too...I think...continue...

La Folia - Variations on a Theme / Woolley, Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Hyperion / 1998-03-01

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Sonatas (12) for Violin and Basso Continuo, Op. 5; Marin Marais: Pièces de viole, Book 2; Alessandro Scarlatti: Toccata d'intavolatura for keyboard in D minor ("d'ottava ste...
Performers: Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Hunt, William; Wallfisch, Elizabeth; Wooley, Robert
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Ensemble: Purcell Band; Purcell Quartet

'Add to the remarkable program Hyperion's marvelous sound, plus excellent performances by the musicians, and you have a very attractive release indeed' (American Record Guide)...continue...

Biber: Sacro-profanum / The Purcell Quartet, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-07-15

Works: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Fidicinium sacroprofanum; Nisi Dominus, vesper-psalm for solo voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in D minor (Vesperae Longio; Battalia for Violin, Strings and Basso ...
Performers: Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Byrt, Rachel; Cresswell, Pamela; Hunt, William; Isserlis, Annette; Mackintosh, Catherine; McDonald, Anna; McGillivray, Katherine; Wooley, Robert

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
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

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