Purcell’s extraordinarily inventive, highly individual music combines Italian vigour, French elegance and delicious English melancholy with harmonic daring, brilliant contrapuntal technique and unique melodic inventiveness. The King’s Consort holds a worldwide reputation as leading performers of Purcell; this new release adds to TKC’s 25 recordings of the composer’s music, which have won numerous international awards and been central in restoring Purcell’s music to prominence. The international line-up includes Italian-Dutch violinist Cecilia Bernardini, Gramophone award-winning German viol player Susanne Heinrich, Welsh violinist Huw Daniel, and English organist Robert King and theorbo player Lynda Sayce, recorded in the well-nigh perfect acoustic of The Menuhin Hall, Surrey. The extensive presentation includes a 44 page booklet with an authoritative liner note in three languages by renowned Purcell expert and biographer Robert King, together with session photographs and reproductions from the 1697 first edition.
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Purcell: Ten Sonatas in Four Parts
Purcell: Ten Sonatas in Four Parts
£8.00 – £15.00
Carolyn Sampson soprano
The King’s Consort
Robert King
“Enthusiastically recommended to Sampson’s many admirers and Handel lovers alike”
(Gramophone)
“This entrancing disc – Robert King’s consort is a British treasure”
(Otago Daily Times)
| Track | Composer | Title | Duration | Play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | Purcell | Sonata in A minor, Z804 | 7’41 | |
| 3-4 | Purcell | Sonata in D minor, Z805 | 9’33 | |
| 5-6 | Purcell | Sonata in G minor, Z806 | 8’32 | |
| 7-8 | Purcell | Sonata in C major, Z808 | 7’15 | |
| 9-10 | Purcell | Sonata in F major, Z810 | 7’49 | |
| 11-12 | Purcell | Sonata in D major, Z811 | 6’22 | |
| 13-14 | Purcell | Sonata in B minor, Z802 | 7’36 | |
| 15-16 | Purcell | Sonata in G minor, Z809 | 7’55 | |
| 17-18 | Purcell | Sonata in E flat major, Z803 | 8’05 | |
| 19 | Purcell | Sonata in G minor, Z807 | 6’53 | |
| Total | 76′ |
“Superbly played” *****
(The Daily Telegraph)
“Exquisitely performed”
(The Independent)
“dazzle with glittering virtuosity … and ooze pathos in the agonised dissonances”
(International Record Review)
“There are delights at every turn in these beautifully performed sonatas”
(The Classical Reviewer)
“Superbly played … the time listening flashes by. Highly recommended”
(Planet Hugill)
VIVAT 106
Purcell: Ten Sonatas in Four Parts
The King’s Consort
Cecillia Bernardini violin
Huw Daniel violin
Susanne Heinrich bass viol
Lynda Sayce theorbo
Robert King organ & harpsichord
Sonata in A minor, Z804
Sonata in D minor, Z805
Sonata in G minor, Z806
Sonata in C major, K808
Sonata in F major, Z810
Sonata in D major, Z811
Sonata in B minor, Z802
Sonata in G minor, Z809
Sonata in E flat major, Z803
Sonata in G minor, Z803