Complete Chamber Music : Belder / Musica Amphion

Purcell:
Complete Chamber Music (7CDs)

Performed by:
Musica Amphion, Pieter-Jan Belder

・A rare treat: no less than 7 CD' s with instrumental chamber music by Henry Purcell. In spite of his past and present international fame too little attention has been paid to this part of his oeuvre. This collection offers a great variety: from the Staircase overture・to voluntaries for organ.

・Henry Purcell' s present fame is mainly based on some dramatic works Dido and Aeneas -, his anthems and numerous songs. In his relatively short life he managed to compose in every genre usual at the time. Well hidden among a vast amount of vocal music lies a relatively small collection of chamber music pieces.

・Together with Handel Henry Purcell was and is England' s most important baroque composer. He was also an organist and as such left behind remarkable little for his instrument. Pieter-Jan Belder - the keyboard player who also recorded the complete Scarlatti sonatas - combined this with Purcell' s varied music for harpsichord, which includes eight suites.

・Here (together with) his ensemble Musica Amphion (he) also performs the bulk of Purcell' s chamber music: listen and enjoy.

CD 1: Twelve Sonatas of three parts (1683)
Sonata I in G minor
Sonata II in B flat major
Sonata III in D minor
Sonata IV in F major
Sonata V in A minor
Sonata VI in C major
Sonata VII in E minor
Sonata VIII in G major
Sonata IX in C minor
Sonata X in A major
Sonata XI in F minor
Sonata XII in D major

CD 2: Ten Sonatas in Four Parts (1697)
Sonata I in B minor
Sonata II in E flat major
Sonata III in A minor
Sonata IV in D minor
Sonata V in G minor
Sonata VI in G minor (Chaconne)
Sonata VII in E minor
Sonata VIII in G minor
Sonata IX in F major
Sonata X in D major

CD 3:
Overture in G major for two violins, viola & basso continuo
Pavan of four parts in G minor for three violins & b.c
Chacony for two violins, viola & b.c
Sonata for trumpet, strings & b.c. in D major
Pavan in A major for two violins & b.c
Suite in G major for two violins, viola & b.c
Fantasia: three parts on a ground, for three recorders & b.c
Overture in D minor for two violins, viola & b.c.
Pavan in B flat major for two violins & b.c
Prelude for recorder in D minor
Sonata for violin & b.c. in G minor
The Staircase Overture in B flat major for two violins & b.c.
Cibell for trumpet, strings & b.c. in C major
Pavan in A minor for two violins & b.c.
Overture in G minor for two violins, two violas & b.c.
Pavan in G minor for two violins & b.c.

CD 4: Fantasias for strings

CD 5: 8 Suites for the harpsichord
Suite no.2 in G minor (Z 661)
Suite no.3 in G major (Z 662)
Suite no.4 in A minor (Z 663)
Suite no.5 in C major (Z 666)
Suite no.6 in D major (Z 667)
Suite no.7 in D minor (Z 668)
Suite no.8 in F major (Z 669)

CD 6: Miscellaneous pieces for the harpsichord
Songtune (Z.T694) 0:50
March (Z.647) 1:02
A song tune (Z.T695) 0:41
March (Z.648) 0:57
NewMinuet (Z.T689) 0:45
Minuet (Z.649) 0:37
AMinuet (Z.650) 0:49
Anew Schotch tune (Z.655) 0:50
A new ground (Z.T682) 2:27
A new Irish tune (Z 646) (Lilliburlero) 1:00
Riggadoon (Z.653) 0:37
Sefauchi’s Farewell ( Z.656) 2:13
Minuet (Z.T688) 1:00
March (Z.T687) 1:17
Trumpet tune (Z.T698) 0:38
Chaconne (Z.T680) 2:38
Jigg (Z.T686) 0:40
Trumpet tune called the Cibell (Z.T678) 1:25
Trumpet tune (Z.T697) 0:47
Air (Z.641) 1:29
Aire (Z.T675) 1:15
Aire (Z.T696/2) 0:59
Air (Z.676) 0:42
Air (Z.630/1) 1:17
Air (Z.T693/2) 1:31
Canary (Z.T677) 0:44
Prelude in G minor (Alternative prelude from Suite no.2 in G minor) 0:46
Ground in gamut (Z.645) 1:51
Prelude in C (from 20 harp.Pieces, ed.Moroney) 0:39
Ground in C minor (Z.T681) 2:53
Ground in D minor (Z.D222) 2:07
Hornpipe (Z.T683) 0:45
Hornpipe (Z.T685) 0:43
Minuet (Z.651) 0:52
Round O (Z.T684) 1:32
Corant (Z.644) 1:51
(Gavotte) Almond in D-sol-re# (Z.D219/1) 1:11
Ground in C minor (Z.D221) 3:12
Jigg (Z.D223) 1:13
The Queens dolour (Z.670) 0:56
Rigaudon (Z.D227) 0:34
Saraband with division (Z.654) 1:29
(Saraband) Borry in D-sol-re# (Z.D219/2) 0:56
Trumpet minuet (Z.D230) 0:44

CD 7: From 20 keyboard pieces (ed. Davitt Moroney) - Suite in C, Works for organ
Prelude in A (alternative version to suite no.4 Z 663) 0:54
Jig (17) 1:15
Prelude (1) 0:25
Minuet (2) 0:35
Air (3) 0:30
Thus happy (5) 0:42
Air (7) 1:02
Hornpipe (9) 1:00
Hornpipe (10) 0:59
Minuet (11) 0:40
Air (12) 1:14
Menuet (13) 1:06
Suite in C (Z. 665)
Voluntary in G (Z 720) 2:45
Verse in F (Z 716) 1:28
Voluntary for double organ (Z 719) 5:14
Voluntary in C (Z 717) 1:24
Voluntary on the old 100th 3:07
Voluntary in D minor (Z 718) 3:35

Musica Amphion
Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord & organ

Flemish harpsichord after Ruckers, Cornelis Bom 1999
Italian Virginal by Cornelis Bom 1997
Italian Harpsichord after Giusti by Cornelis Bom 2003
Organ by Johannes Vollebregt, 1854
From 20 keyboard pieces (ed. Davitt Moroney)