Keyboard Suites & Grounds

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PURCELL
Keyboard Suites & Grounds
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)

[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 20 October 2008

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Published a year after his death, Henry Purcell's eight keyboard suites were long overshadowed by his more celebrated works. They are the heirs to a characteristically English vein, shifting from humour to seriousness in delightfully casual fashion, like the elegant grounds chosen by Richard Egarr to echo them here; the musical testament of a composer who died all too soon.

Tracks:

Suite no.1 in G major
Chaconne in G minor
Suite no.2 in G minor
Ground, Z.T681 (from Ye tuneful Muses)
Suite no.3 in G major
A New Ground, Z.T682 (from Welcome to all the pleasures)
Suite no.4 in A minor
Ground in Gamut, Z.645
Suite no.5 in C major
Ground, Z.D221
Suite no.6 in D major
Round O, Z.T684 (from Abdelazer)
Suite no.7 in D minor
Ground, Z.D222 (from Celebrate the festival)
Suite no.8 in F major