Purcell: Keyboard Suites & Grounds / Richard Egarr

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.

1 Suite no.1 in G major, Z.660 4'10
1 Prelude 0'35
2 Almand 1'14
3 Corant 1'06
4 [Minuet] 1'13
5 Chaconne in G minor, Z.T680 (from Timon of Athens) 2'56
6 Suite no.2 in G minor, Z.661 8'48
6 Prelude 1'40
7 [Almand] 3'47
8 Corant 1'37
9 Sarabande 1'43
10 Ground, Z.T681 (from Ye tuneful Muses) 3'57
11 Suite no.3 in G major, Z.662 7'06
11 Prelude 1'25
12 Almand 3'35
13 Courante 2'06
14 A New Ground, Z.T682 (from Welcome to all the pleasures) 2'26
15 Suite no.4 in A minor, Z.663 8'41
15 Prelude 1'04
16 Almand 3'02
17 Corante 1'42
18 Saraband 1'18
19 Jig (from GB-Lbl Mus.1) 1'36
20 Ground in Gamut, Z.645 1'59
21 Suite no.5 in C major, Z.666 7'40
21 Prelude in C (from GB-Lbl Mus.1) 0'47
22 Prelude 1'15
23 Almand 3'11
24 Corant 1'09
25 Saraband 1'18
26 Ground, Z.D221 2'58
27 Suite no.6 in D major, Z.667 5'13
27 Prelude 0'49
28 Almand 3'10
29 [Hornpipe] 1'14
30 Round O, Z.T684 (from Abdelazer) 1'50
31 Suite no.7 in D minor, Z.668 7'50
31 [Improvised prelude] 0'30
32 Almand, very slow. 'Bell-barr' 4'46
33 Corant 1'41
34 Hornpipe 0'52
35 Ground, Z.D222 (from Celebrate the festival) 2'20
36 Suite no.8 in F major, Z.669 7'33
36 Prelude 0'55
37 Almand 3'16
38 Courante 2'10
39 Minuet 1'12

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