Henry Purcell - Sonnatas, Purcell Qt. (3 CD)

Henry Purcell - Sonnatas (3 CD) The Purcell Quartet mp3 lame cbr 320 kbits The Purcell Quartet Catherine Mackintosh, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Richard Boothby, Robert Woolley with Risa Browder Recorded on Nov 1987 Henry Purcell (1659-1695), England's greatest native composer, who wrote with consummate skill music of virtually every kind known during the Restoration. His compositions combined elements of the French and Italian baroque and traditional English musical forms. Born in Westminster (now London), Purcell was the son of a court musician and became a chorister in the Chapel Royal at the age of ten; when his voice broke, he was apprenticed to the keeper of the royal instruments and tuned the organ in Westminster Abbey. Purcell was appointed composer for the court violins in 1677 upon the death of Matthew Locke. Three years later he succeeded John Blow as abbey organist. He became organist at the Chapel Royal in 1682 and was appointed composer in ordinary to the King's Musick (1683), a major post, under Charles II; later he was harpsichord player to James II. Purcell also taught music to the aristocracy, wrote ceremonial odes and anthems for royal events, and composed for the stage, church, and home. He died in London on November 21, 1695, and was buried under the organ in Westminster Abbey. Purcell is most famous for his theatrical music. His only true opera is Dido and Aeneas, a masterpiece based on a tragedy by Nahum Tate and first performed in about 1689. Other dramatic works, although called operas, are actually instrumental and vocal music written to accompany such plays as Thomas Betterton's Dioclesian (1690); John Dryden's King Arthur (1691); The Fairy Queen (1692), a masque adapted from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream (1692); and Dryden and Sir Robert Howard's The Indian Queen (1695; completed by Purcell's brother Daniel), which contains some of Purcell's most famous music. Purcell also wrote much fine sacred music, of which the anthem My Heart Is Inditing (1685), performed at the coronation of James II, is outstanding. His many songs and duets, both sacred and secular, are still highly regarded. His instrumental compositions include fantasias and sonatas, mostly for strings, and keyboard works. ----------- tracks --------- cd 1 01 Sonnata No. 1 in G minor 02 Pavan in B flat major Two Violins and Bass 03 Sonnata No. 2 i B flat Minor 04 Pavan in B flat major Two Violins and Bass 05 Sonnata No. 3 in D minor 06 Sonnata No. 3 in D minor 07 Pavan in A minor for Two Violins and Bass 08 Sonnata No. 5 in A minor 09 Sonnata No. 6 in C major 10 Sonnata No. 7 in E minor cd 2 01 Sonnata No. 8 in G major 02 Sonnata No. 9 in B minor 03 Three Parts upon a Ground in D major 04 Sonnata No.10 in D major 05 Sonnata No.11 in F minor 06 Sonnata No.12 in A major 07 Pavan in A major for Two Violins and Bass 08 Sonnata No.13 in C minor 09 Sonnata No.14 in E flat major 10 Pavan for Two Violins and Bass 11 Chacony for Two Violins cd 3 01 Sonnata No. 9 in F major Z.810 'Called for its excellence the Golden Sonata' 02 Sonnata No. 4 in D minor 03 Voluntary for Organ in G major 04 Sonnata No. 8 in G minor 05 Variant to two movements of Sonata No. 8 06 Sonnata No. 7 in C major 07 Sonnata No. 3 in A minor 08 Voluntary for Organ in D minor 09 Sonnata No.10 in D major 10 Prelude for Solo Violin in G minor ZN.733 11 Sonnata No. 5 in G minor 12 Sonnata No. 6 in G minor More detailed informations in covers muzik62

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