Purcell: Sonatas Vol 1 / The Purcell Quartet

On this CD:

1. Sonata in three parts for two violins, bass viol & continuo No.1 in G minor, Z. 790
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Richard Boothby, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Robert Woolley
Conducted by Catherine MacIntosh

2. Pavan for 3 violins & continuo in G minor, Z. 752
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Richard Boothby, Risa Browder, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Robert Woolley
Conducted by Catherine MacIntosh

3. Sonata in three parts for two violins, bass viol & continuo No.2 in B flat major, Z. 791
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Richard Boothby, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Robert Woolley
Conducted by Catherine MacIntosh

4. Pavan for 2 violins & continuo in B flat major, Z. 750 No 03 in Bb, Z 7
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Richard Boothby, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Robert Woolley
Conducted by Catherine MacIntosh

5. Sonata in three parts for two violins, bass viol & continuo No.3 in D minior, Z. 792
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Richard Boothby, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Robert Woolley
Conducted by Catherine MacIntosh

6. Sonata in three parts for two violins, bass viol & continuo No.4 in F major, Z. 793
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Richard Boothby, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Robert Woolley
Conducted by Catherine MacIntosh

7. Pavan for 2 violins & continuo in A minor, Z. 749 No 02 in A Minor
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Richard Boothby, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Robert Woolley
Conducted by Catherine MacIntosh

8. Sonata in three parts for two violins, bass viol & continuo No.5 in A minor, Z. 794
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Richard Boothby, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Robert Woolley
Conducted by Catherine MacIntosh

9. Sonata in three parts for two violins, bass viol & continuo No.6 in C major, Z. 795
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Richard Boothby, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Robert Woolley
Conducted by Catherine MacIntosh

10. Sonata in three parts for two violins, bass viol & continuo No.7 in E minor, Z. 796
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Richard Boothby, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Robert Woolley
Conducted by Catherine MacIntosh

Tracks:

Son No.1 in g: Vivace; Adagio; Presto; Largo
Pavan in g
Son No.2 in B Flat: Largo; Presto; Adagio; Vivace; Allegro
Pavan in B Flat
Son No.3 in d: Adagio; Canzona; Poco; Largo; Allegro
Son No.4 in F: Canzona; Poco; Largo; Allegro
Pavan in a
Son No.5 in a
Son No.6 in C: Canzona; Largo; Allegro
Son No.7 in e: Canzona; Largo; Grave; Vivace; Adagio

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Corelli: Sonatas for Strings, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000000A4J
Release Date: 1992-07-29

Tracks:

Op. 2, No. 7 In F Major: Preludio: Adagio
Op. 2, No. 7 In F Major: Allemanda: Largo
Op. 2, No. 7 In F Major: Corrente: Allegro
Op. 2, No. 7 In F Major: Giga: Allegro
Op. 2, No. 8 In B Minor: Preludio: Adagio
Op. 2, No. 8 In B Minor: Allemanda: Largo
Op. 2, No. 8 In B Minor: Sarabanda: Adagio
Op. 2, No. 8 In B Minor: Tempo di Gavotta: Allegro
Op. 1, No. 7 In C Major: Allegro
Op. 1, No. 7 In C Major: Grave
Op. 1, No. 7 In C Major: Allegro
Op. 1, No. 8 In C minor: Grave
Op. 1, No. 8 In C minor: Allegro
Op. 1, No. 8 In C minor: Largo
Op. 1, No. 8 In C minor: Vivace
Op. 2, No. 9 In F Sharp Minor: Allemanda: Largo
Op. 2, No. 9 In F Sharp Minor: Tempo di Sarabanda: Largo
Op. 2, No. 9 In F Sharp Minor: Giga: Allegro
Op. 2, No. 10 In E Major: Preludio: Adagio
Op. 2, No. 10 In E Major: Allemanda: Allegro
Op. 2, No. 10 In E Major: Sarabanda: Largo
Op. 2, No. 10 In E Major: Corrente: Allegro
Op. 1, No. 9 In G Major: Allegro - Adagio
Op. 1, No. 9 In G Major: Allegro
Op. 1, No. 9 In G Major: Adagio
Op. 1, No. 9 In G Major: Allegro
Op. 1, No. 10 In G Minor: Grave
Op. 1, No. 10 In G Minor: Allegro
Op. 1, No. 10 In G Minor: Adagio
Op. 1, No. 10 In G Minor: Allegro
Op. 2, No. 11 In E Flat Major: Preludio: Adagio
Op. 2, No. 11 In E Flat Major: Allemanda: Presto
Giga: Allegro
Op. 2, No. 12 In G Major: Ciaccona: Largo - Allegro
Op. 1, No. 11 In D Minor: Grave
Op. 1, No. 11 In D Minor: Allegro
Op. 1, No. 11 In D Minor: Adagio
Op. 1, No. 11 In D Minor: Allegro
Op. 1, No. 12 In D Major: Grave
Op. 1, No. 12 In D Major: Largo e puntato
Op. 1, No. 12 In D Major: Grave
Op. 1, No. 12 In D Major: Allegro

Corelli: Sonatas for Strings Vol 1 (from Op 1 & 2) /Purcell Quartet

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Corelli: Sonatas for Strings Vol 1 (from Op 1 & 2) /Purcell Quartet
Richard Boothby , Arcangelo Corelli , Purcell Quartet , Robert Woolley , Jakob Lindberg , Catherine Mackintosh , and Elizabeth Wallfisch
Manufacturer: Chandos Chaconne
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000000A4K
Release Date: 1992-07-29

Tracks:

Op.1, No. 1 in F major: I - Grave
Op.1, No. 1 in F major: II - Allegro
Op.1, No. 1 in F major: III - Adagio
Op.1, No. 1 in F major: IV - Allegro
Op.1, No. 2 in E minor: I - Grave
Op.1, No. 2 in E minor: II - Vivace
Op.1, No. 2 in E minor: III - Adagio
Op.1, No. 2 in E minor: IV - Allegro
Op.2, No. 1 in D major: I - Preludio: Adagio
Op.2, No. 1 in D major: II - Allemamda: Largo
Op.2, No. 1 in D major: III - Corrente: Allegro
Op.2, No. 1 in D major: IV - Gavotta: Allegro
Op.2, No. 2 in D minor: I - Allemands: Adagio
Op.2, No. 2 in D minor: II - Corrente: Allegro
Op.2, No. 2 in D minor: III - Giga: Allegro
Op.1, No. 3 in A major: I - Grave
Op.1, No. 3 in A major: II - Allegro
Op.1, No. 3 in A major: III - Adagio
Op.1, No. 3 in A major: Iv - Allegro
Op.1, No. 4 in A minor: I - Vivace
Op.1, No. 4 in A minor: II - Adagio
Op.1, No. 4 in A minor: III - Allegro
Op.1, No. 4 in A minor: IV - Presto
Op.2, No. 3 in C major: I - Preludio: Adagio
Op.2, No. 3 in C major: II - Allemanda: Allegro
Op.2, No. 3 in C major: III - Adagio
Op.2, No. 3 in C major: IV - Allemanda
Op.2, No. 4 in E minor: I - Preludio: Adagio
Op.2, No. 4 in E minor: II - Allemanda: Presto
Op.2, No. 4 in E minor: III - Grave - Adagio
Op.2, No. 4 in E minor: IV - Giga: Allegro
Op.1, No. 5 in B flat major: I - Grave
Op.1, No. 5 in B flat major: II - Allegro
Op.1, No. 5 in B flat major: III - Adagio - Allegro
Op.1, No. 5 in B flat major: IV - Allegro
Op.1, No. 6 in B minor: I - Grave
Op.1, No. 6 in B minor: II - Allegro
Op.1, No. 6 in B minor: III - Adagio
Op.1, No. 6 in B minor: IV - Allegro
Op.2, No. 5 in B flat major: I - Preludio: Adagio
Op.2, No. 5 in B flat major: II - Allemanda: Allegro
Op.2, No. 5 in B flat major: III - Sarabanda: Adagio
Op.2, No. 5 in B flat major: IV - Tempo di Gavotta: Allegro
Op.2, No. 6 in G minor: I - Allemanda: Largo
Op.2, No. 6 in G minor: II - Corrente: Allegro
Op.2, No. 6 in G minor: III - Giga: Allegro

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Pretty Damn Good
Great CD, specially the adagio.
It's No Louis Clark & the Royal Philharmonic... But it's ok
No So Great

Hooked on Classics 4: Baroque

Manufacturer: K-Tel
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

Hooked on Classics 3: Journey Through the Classics
Hooked On Classics
More Hooked On Classics
Hooked on Classics
Hooked on Classics 5

ASIN: B000000RYV
Release Date: 1992-05-08

Tracks:

Hooked On Baroque 2
Hooked On Adagio
Hooked On Gigue
Hooked On Fugue
Hooked On Handel
Hooked On Vivaldi
Hooked On Scarlatti
Hooked On Baroque 2 (Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

Pretty Damn Good.......2004-07-06

I received as a gift the box set of all four Hooked On Classics CD's. As an avid fan of classical music, I was quite shocked to hear DRUMS in the background! I didn't really know what the Hooked On Classics series was, so I didn't know what to expect. As such, I eventually got used to the percussion, and found that I liked the fourth CD the best of all of them. The drums are more tolerable, and the recording quality is much improved over the other volumes. The playing is superb; on par with any legitimate recording made by any professional orchestra. The selections are diverse, and the arrangements are refreshing. HOC 4 was my link to many of the full-length versions of the excerpts featured, and I especially like the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th tracks (the 8th track is simply an extended version of the 1st, which makes it a much better rendition). The harpsichord playing in the 7th track is outstanding, as are the arrangements for this track. The climax will give you chills. All in all, an excellent album. I give it four stars only because as a die-hard purist, I don't suppose Bach and Vivaldi and Scarlatti would be too happy if they were to hear percussion along with their music. It would be interesting to see what the tracks would sound like without this.

Great CD, specially the adagio........2004-01-28

I love this CD in particular, because it introduced me to various greatest hits of baroque. I used it to practice my music as a teenager. I recommed this to you, specially if you have kids, because the drum sounds, make it easier to listen to the new generations. I loved the Pachelbel, and the adagio part is Super Excellent.

It's No Louis Clark & the Royal Philharmonic... But it's ok.......2003-12-07

Back in 81 when I got the original Hooked on Classics record as a gift (which I still have), I discovered the beauty and power of classical music in a different way. Now, classical music makes up 1/3 of my music library because of that compilation of classics (thanks to Louis Clark and the Royal Philharmonic).

So would I say this volume 4 has the same effect? I'd answer no, but I did like tracks 2 & 7.

No So Great.......2003-10-29

Once again another pathetic attempt at recreating what Louis Clark did with the original Hooked on the Classics. He succeeded by getting many of us hooked to the classics...something this album probably can't and won't do.

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Vivaldi: Sonatas for Strings, Vol. 2
Richard Boothby , Antonio Vivaldi , Robert Woolley , Catherine Mackintosh , Elizabeth Wallfisch , and The Purcell Quartet
Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000000A4F
Release Date: 1992-07-29

Tracks:

Sonata For Two Violins And Continuo In A Major: I. Preludio - Allegro
Sonata For Two Violins And Continuo In A Major: II. Adagio
Sonata For Two Violins And Continuo In A Major: III. Allemanda - Allegro
Sonata For Two Violins And Continuo In A Major: IV. Corrente - Presto
Sonata For Violin And Continuo In C Minor: I. Largo
Sonata For Violin And Continuo In C Minor: II. Allegro
Sonata For Violin And Continuo In C Minor: III. Adagio
Sonata For Violin And Continuo In C Minor: IV. Adagio
Sonata For Two Violins And Optional Continuo In F Major: I. Allegro
Sonata For Two Violins And Optional Continuo In F Major: II. Andante
Sonata For Two Violins And Optional Continuo In F Major: III. Allegro
Sonata For Two Violins And Optional Continuo In B Flat Major: I. Allegro
Sonata For Two Violins And Optional Continuo In B Flat Major: II. Andante
Sonata For Two Violins And Optional Continuo In B Flat Major: III. Allegro
Sonata For Two Violins And Continuo In D Minor: I. Preludio Largo
Sonata For Two Violins And Continuo In D Minor: II. Corrente - Allegro
Sonata For Two Violins And Continuo In D Minor: III. Grave
Sonata For Two Violins And Continuo In D Minor: IV. Giga - Allegro
Sonata For Violin And Continuo In C Major: I. Largo
Sonata For Violin And Continuo In C Major: II. Allegro
Sonata For Violin And Continuo In C Major: III. Andante
Sonata For Violin And Continuo In C Major: IV. Presto
Sonata For Two Violins And Continuo In B Minor: I. Preludio - Andante
Sonata For Two Violins And Continuo In B Minor: II. Corrente - Allegro
Sonata For Two Violins And Continuo In B Minor: III. Giga - Allegro
Sonata For Two Violins And Continuo In B Minor: IV. Gavotta - Presto

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Vivaldi is more than the Four Seasons!

Vivaldi: Sonatas for Strings, Vol. 1

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000000A47
Release Date: 1992-07-29

Tracks:

I Preludio
II Allemanda
III Corrente
I Preludio
II Allemanda
III Air - Menuet
I Preludio
II Allemanda
III Sarabanda
IV Giga
I Preludio
II Allemanda
III Gavotta
I Allegro
II Larghetto
III Allegro Molto
I [Andante] - Elizabeth Wallfisch
II [Allegro] - Elizabeth Wallfisch
III [Andante] - Elizabeth Wallfisch
IV Presto - Elizabeth Wallfisch
I Allegro
II Larghetto
III Allegro

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Vivaldi is more than the Four Seasons!.......2005-10-03

For many listeners, the Vivaldi revival has been limited to “The Four Seasons”, and the frequency with which excerpts from this evergreen are played on classical radio stations could lead one to the conclusion that Stravinsky was right when he pooh-poohed at Vivaldi’s creative achievement with the remark that he had written the same concerto 600 times! But of course there was and is much more to the “prete rosso” (red priest – Vivaldi’s nickname because of the color of his hair) than just “Le Quatro Stagione”, as many recordings from the “early music” scene testify: sacred and secular vocal music, concertos for all sorts of combinations of instruments and, last but not least, chamber music. It is this last neglected area that is here explored (on the first of two CDs dedicated to Vivaldi) by the Purcell Quartet, here consisting of Catherine Mackintosh and Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin), Richard Boothby (baroque cello) and Robert Woolley (harpsichord).

The disc does not, as one might perhaps be tempted to surmise, contain trio sonatas but rather six sonatas for two violins with and without continuo (RV 70 is here played as a violin duet without the continuo instruments) plus one sonata (RV 29) for solo violin and continuo. This fascinating music tends to confirm the contemporary opinion about Vivaldi quoted in the booklet: “Although he played exceptionally difficult and animated pieces he lacked a pleasant and cantabile style.” There is a certain ruggedness in the quality of the music which may surprise those who have, until now, assumed that the “Four Seasons” were all Vivaldi was up to. It is perhaps also a little surprising to find that fast movements abound, whereas slower ones are quite few and far between.

The recording, made in 1989 at two sessions, one in London and the other at a church in the village of Orford, Suffolk, is a lovely, clear effort that, presupposing the right hifi-equipment, enables one to follow the playing of the two violins despite the fact that Ms. Mackintosh and Ms. Wallfisch were obviously standing quite near each other during the recording sessions (the continuo instruments being to the right). The playing is, to my ears at any rate, delightful, and the “intonation problems” detected by a well-known critic must be such as only an expert can recognize because I did not hear anything that really grated on the ear at all – rather the opposite, making it a bounden duty to listen to this disc over and over again at intervals and to rejoice in the “other Vivaldi”, the “prete rosso” as a master of chamber music for the violin.