Purcell: Harpsichord Suites

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Gilbert offers an urbane and stylish alternative to Richard Egarr's more theatrical set. Instrument and recording are beautifully married. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 14th Jul 2014
Catalogue No: HMA1951496
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Series: Musique d'Abord
Length: 66 minutes

Purcell: Suite No. 1 in G major, Z 660

Work length3:49

$4.20

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Kenneth Gilbert

I. Prelude

Track length0:30

$1.05

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II. Almand

Track length1:20

$1.05

$1.30

III. Corant

Track length1:00

$1.05

$1.30

IV. Minuet

Track length0:59

$1.05

$1.30

Purcell: A Ground in Gamut, Z. 645

Work length1:46

$1.05

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Kenneth Gilbert

Purcell: Suite No. 2 in G minor, Z 661

Work length8:17

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Kenneth Gilbert

I. Prelude

Track length1:18

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II. Almand

Track length3:35

$1.05

$1.30

III. Corant

Track length1:47

$1.05

$1.30

IV. Sarabande

Track length1:37

$1.05

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Purcell: Chacone in G Minor, Z. T680: Chacone in G Minor, ZT 680

Work length3:00

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Kenneth Gilbert

Purcell: Suite No. 3 in G major, Z 662

Work length5:49

$3.15

$3.90

Kenneth Gilbert

I. Prelude

Track length1:10

$1.05

$1.30

II. Almand

Track length2:54

$1.05

$1.30

III. Courante

Track length1:45

$1.05

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Purcell: A New Scotch Tune Z 655

Work length1:20

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Kenneth Gilbert

Purcell: Air in G major, Z. 641

Work length1:08

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Kenneth Gilbert

Purcell: Suite No. 4 in A minor, Z 663

Work length6:09

$4.20

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Kenneth Gilbert

I. Prelude

Track length0:49

$1.05

$1.30

II. Almand

Track length2:22

$1.05

$1.30

III. Corante

Track length1:22

$1.05

$1.30

IV. Saraband

Track length1:36

$1.05

$1.30

Purcell: Suite No. 5 in C major, Z 666

Work length6:58

$5.25

$6.50

Kenneth Gilbert

I. Prelude in C

Track length1:13

$1.05

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III. Almand

Track length2:07

$1.05

$1.30

III. Corant

Track length1:00

$1.05

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IV. Saraband

Track length1:34

$1.05

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VI. Jigg

Track length1:04

$1.05

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Purcell: Ground in C minor, ZD221

Work length2:48

$1.05

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Kenneth Gilbert

Purcell: Suite No. 6 in D major, Z 667

Work length4:46

$3.15

$3.90

Kenneth Gilbert

I. Prelude

Track length0:49

$1.05

$1.30

II. Almand

Track length2:51

$1.05

$1.30

III. Hornpipe

Track length1:06

$1.05

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Purcell: Suite No. 7 in D minor, Z 668

Work length6:24

$3.15

$3.90

Kenneth Gilbert

II. Almand, Very Slow, 'Bell-barr'

Track length3:32

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III. Corant

Track length1:32

$1.05

$1.30

III. Hornpipe

Track length1:20

$1.05

$1.30

Purcell: Ground in D minor, ZD222

Work length1:44

$1.05

$1.30

Kenneth Gilbert

Purcell: Sefauchi's Farewell, Z656

Work length1:43

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Kenneth Gilbert

Purcell: Hornpipe in D Minor, ZT 684

Work length1:36

$1.05

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Kenneth Gilbert

Purcell: Suite No. 8 in F major, Z 669

Work length6:14

$4.20

$5.20

Kenneth Gilbert

I. Prelude

Track length0:59

$1.05

$1.30

II. Almand

Track length2:38

$1.05

$1.30

III. Courante

Track length1:47

$1.05

$1.30

IV. Minuet

Track length0:50

$1.05

$1.30

Purcell: A New Ground in E minor, Z. T682

Work length2:18

$1.05

$1.30

Kenneth Gilbert

Purcell: Hornpipe in E Minor, ZT 685

Work length0:44

$1.05

$1.30

Kenneth Gilbert

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Kenneth Gilbert [b.1931] entwined scholarship and performance more closely than most in the field of early music, making scholarship an art and performance a means of investigation. He was an early pioneer in editing Baroque scores: from a new edition to honour the F. Couperin tercentenary (1968) based on scholarly re-examination of the original engraved scores to the monumental task of preparing a new edition (from existing editions) of the 555 sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti in 11 volumes. Gilbert also edited the complete harpsichord works of Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Bach's Goldberg Variations, Frescobaldi's first and second books of toccatas and Rameau's complete harpsichord works. In 1968, he gave his first recital in London and undertook an international career. Stephen Plaistow in Gramophone (May 1973) said: 'Kenneth Gilbert's achievement... is to rescue the music from a small circle of connoisseurs and to make it… universally enjoyable. He does so by harnessing the discipline of scholarship to his flair for performing the music... Not since Thurston Dart... has there been such a fruitful coincidence of the scholar's mind and the performer's fingers in this field'.

He has made well over 50 recordings on the Harmonia Mundi and Archiv labels, as well as a host of more specialised lines. He has focused on French music and many of his recordings are considered standards. Originally issued in 1994.

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October 2014

Gilbert offers an urbane and stylish alternative to Richard Egarr's more theatrical set. Instrument and recording are beautifully married.

Purcell: Harpsichord Suites

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