Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. (Adagio)
2. Vivace
3. Adagio, Presto
4. Largo
5. Adagio
6. Largo, Presto
7. Adagio
8. Allegro
9. (Grave), Adagio
10. Canzona
11. Poco Largo, Allegro
12. (Adagio)
13. Canzona
14. Poco Largo
15. Allegro
16. (Canzona)
17. Adagio
18. Largo
19. Grave, Canzona
20. (Adagio)
21. Canzona
22. Largo
23. Allegro
24. (Adagio)
25. Canzona
26. Largo
27. Grave
28. Vivace
29. (Canzona)
30. Poco Largo, Allegro
31. Grave, Vivace
32. (Adagio)
33. Largo
34. Canzona, Adagio
35. Allegro
36. (Adagio)
37. Largo
38. Grave, Presto
39. (Adagio)
40. Canzona
41. Adagio
42. Largo
43. Adagio
44. Canzona
45. Poco Largo
46. Grave, Presto
47. Allegro

Disc 2:

1. Adagio, Canzona (allegro)
2. Largo
3. Vivace
4. Adagio
5. Canzona (allegro)
6. Adagio
7. Largo, allegro
8. Grave
9. Largo
10. Adagio
11. Allegro
12. Adagio
13. Canzona
14. Adagio
15. Vivace
16. Largo
17. Adagio
18. Canzona
19. Largo
20. Adagio
21. Presto, allegro, adagio
22. Adagio
23. Vivace
24. Largo
25. Grave, Canzona
26. Allegro
27. Adagio
28. Canzona
29. Grave
30. Largo
31. Vivace
32. Vivace
33. Adagio
34. Canzona
35. Grave
36. Allegro
37. Adagio
38. Canzona (allegro)
39. Grave
40. Largo
41. Allegro

Disc 3:

1. Overture in G major for two violins, viola & basso continuo
2. Pavan of four parts in G minor for three violins & b.c
3. Chacony for two violins, viola & b.c
4. (Allegro)
5. Adagio
6. Presto
7. Pavan in A major for two violins & b.c
8. Overture
9. Air
10. Borry
11. Air
12. Jigg
13. Fantasia: three parts on a ground, for three recorders & b.c
14. Overture in D minor for two violins, viola & b.c.
15. Pavan in B flat major for two violins & b.c
16. Prelude for recorder in D minor
17. Adagio
18. Allegro
19. Largo
20. Vivace
21. The Staircase Overture in B flat major for two violins & b.c.
22. Cibell for trumpet, strings & b.c. in C major
23. Pavan in A minor for two violins & b.c.
24. Overture in G minor for two violins, two violas & b.c.
25. Pavan in G minor for two violins & b.c.

Disc 4:

1. Fantasia I a 3 Z 732
2. Fantasia II a 3 Z 733
3. Fantasia III a 3 Z 734
4. Fantasia IV a 4 June 10 1680 Z 735
5. Fantasia V a 4 June 11 1680 Z 736
6. Fantasia VI a 4 June 14 1680 Z 737
7. Fantasia VII a 4 June 19 1680 Z 738
8. Fantasia VIII a 4 June 22 1680 Z 739
9. Fantasia IX a 4 June 23 1680 Z 740
10. Fantasia X a 4 June 30 1680 Z 741
11. Fantasia XI a 4 August 18 1680 Z 742
12. Fantasia XII a 4 August 31 1680 Z 743
13. Fantasia XIII a 4 incomplete Z 744
14. Fantasia upon one note a 5 Z 745
15. In Nomine of six parts Z 746
16. In Nomine of seven parts Z 747

Disc 5:

1. Prelude
2. Almand
3. Corant
4. (Minuet)
5. Prelude
6. Almand
7. Corant
8. Saraband
9. Prelude
10. Almand
11. Courante
12. Prelude
13. Almand
14. Corante
15. Saraband
16. Prelude
17. Almand
18. Corant
19. Saraband
20. Prelude
21. Almand
22. (Hornpipe)
23. Almand, very slow
24. Corant
25. Hornpipe
26. Prelude
27. Almand
28. Corant
29. Minuet

Disc 6:

1. Songtune (Z.T694)
2. March (Z.647)
3. A song tune (Z.T695)
4. March (Z.648)
5. NewMinuet (Z.T689)
6. Minuet (Z.649)
7. AMinuet (Z.650)
8. Anew Schotch tune (Z.655)
9. A new ground (Z.T682)
10. A new Irish tune (Z 646) (Lilliburlero)
11. Riggadoon (Z.653)
12. Sefauchi's Farewell ( Z.656)
13. Minuet (Z.T688)
14. March (Z.T687)
15. Trumpet tune (Z.T698)
16. Chaconne (Z.T680)
17. Jigg (Z.T686)
18. Trumpet tune called the Cibell (Z.T678)
19. Trumpet tune (Z.T697)
20. Air (Z.641)
21. Aire (Z.T675)
22. Aire (Z.T696/2)
23. Air (Z.676)
24. Air (Z.630/1)
25. Air (Z.T693/2)
26. Canary (Z.T677)
27. Prelude in G minor (Alternative prelude from Suite no.2 in G minor)
28. Ground in gamut (Z.645)
29. Prelude in C (from 20 harp.Pieces, ed.Moroney)
30. Ground in C minor (Z.T681)
31. Ground in D minor (Z.D222)
32. Hornpipe (Z.T683)
33. Hornpipe (Z.T685)
34. Minuet (Z.651)
35. Round O (Z.T684)
36. Corant (Z.644)
37. (Gavotte) Almond in D-sol-re# (Z.D219/1)
38. Ground in C minor (Z.D221)
39. Jigg (Z.D223)
40. The Queens dolour (Z.670)
41. Rigaudon (Z.D227)
42. Saraband with division (Z.654)
43. (Saraband) Borry in D-sol-re# (Z.D219/2)
44. Trumpet minuet (Z.D230)

Disc 7:

1. Prelude in A (alternative version to suite no.4 Z 663)
2. Jig (17)
3. Prelude (1)
4. Minuet (2)
5. Air (3)
6. Thus happy (5)
7. Air (7)
8. Hornpipe (9)
9. Hornpipe (10)
10. Minuet (11)
11. Air (12)
12. Menuet (13)
13. Prelude
14. Almond
15. Courant
16. Saraband
17. Jigg
18. Voluntary in G (Z 720)
19. Verse in F (Z 716)
20. Voluntary for double organ (Z 719)
21. Voluntary in C (Z 717)
22. Voluntary on the old 100th
23. Voluntary in D minor (Z 718)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53547 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-01
• Number of discs: 7
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .48 pounds

Customer Reviews

Excellent Purcell
This is an excellent seven-CD set. With substantial box-sets like this which are very reasonably priced, there is always a slight worry in my mind that the performances will be a bit substandard. That was a misplaced worry with this set. Pieter-Jan Belder has recently completed a very good recording of Scarlatti's Sonatas for Brilliant Classics, Scarlatti Complete Keyboard Sonatas (Box)and he and Musica Amphion here do Purcell proud, too.

The music itself is delightful. You get the Sonatas Of Three- and Four-Parts, the Fantazias and In Nomines, three discs of harpsichord music and one of miscellaneous chamber music. All of it displays Purcell's melodic gift and inventive harmony and there's nothing in any of the seven discs that smacks of filler; it's a treasure trove of great music which will give you pleasure for many years.

The performances, too, are very good. I have the excellent London Baroque discs of the Sonatas, and I think these stand up very well beside them. Belder's harpsichord playing is very fine on the solo works. The Fantazias and In Nomines are also very well played by the ensemble. They play on violins, violas and violas da gamba rather than viols, and I miss the wonderful sound on Fretwork's superb disc of these pieces Purcell the Complete Fantazias & in Nomines, but the playing is excellent and, on these instruments, I have no complaint about the performance whatever.

In short, it's a gem of a set and truly excellent value. This will make a fitting tribute for Purcell's 350th anniversary year in 2009, and I recommend it very highly.

If you love Purcell, get this set
Purcell is simply my favorite composer - he has inventiveness, depth and poignancy. What luck to finally happen upon this set. These are among the rare CDs in my collection that don't disturb my concentration when working, but that also stand up to intensive listening. Parts of some performances bring tears, others make me listen for how the ornaments are executed - and all are done impeccably. My favorite Purcell is probably the short but seminal individual movements of his keyboard suites, on disc 6, in part because those are the ones I can attempt to play myself on the piano. And by the way, the stress is on the first syllable: 'Purcell, not Pur'cell - it took a while to retrain myself on this. Highly recommended: six stars.

excellent value
I have an enormous amount of affection for this anthlogy. The music is quintessential Purcell- ingeneous, straight-forward, the show tune king of his day. This is a seven disc set. The first four discs are performed by Musica Antiphon, one of several European H.I.P. ensembles who seem to draw personnel from the same pool. This particular group empressed me earlier with a performance of the Telemann Tafelmusik which was far more spirited and fun than the benchmark perfomance by Musica Antiqua Koln. That same sense of fun is present here as well. The final three discs are harpsichord (and a little organ) pieces played by Pieter-Jan Belder. His performances are pleasant and musical as well. It is nice to hear music in these discs (instead of a prissy HIP seminar). My only qualm about this set is that the final discs are short in duration