Keyboard Suites & Grounds

~ Release by Henry Purcell; Richard Egarr (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Production USA

Played on the harpsichord Joel Katzman, Amsterdam, 1991 (after Ruckers, Antwerp, 1638) Pitch: A=392; Temperament: 'ordinaire'

Cover illustration: Cornelius Johnson & Gerard Houckgeest "Queen Henrietta Maria of Great Britain" (1638) © Sotheby's
Booklet cover: "Portrait of Henry Purcell" (1690) attributed to Johann Baptist Closterman, National Gallery Potrait Gallery, London.
Page 10: Charles Plumier "Cocoa Tree" (1688) from "Plantes de la Martinique et de la Guadalope".

Recorded October, 2007 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England

℗ © 2008 Harmonia Mundi USA
Digipak
Made in Austria

Other Identifiers
Label Code: LC 7045
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L551
Mould SID Code: IFPI 94K5
Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC A0100961425-0101 11 A2

Annotation last modified on 2025-10-14 12:16 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Suite no. 1 in G major, Z 660: I. Prelude
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
recording of:
Harpsichord Suite no. 1 in G major, Z. 660: I. Prelude
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Harpsichord Suite no. 1 in G major, Z. 660
Henry Purcell0:35
2Suite no. 1 in G major, Z 660: II. Almand
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
recording of:
Harpsichord Suite no. 1 in G major, Z. 660: II. Almand
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Harpsichord Suite no. 1 in G major, Z. 660
Henry Purcell1:14
3Suite no. 1 in G major, Z 660: III. Corant
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
recording of:
Harpsichord Suite no. 1 in G major, Z. 660: III. Corant
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Harpsichord Suite no. 1 in G major, Z. 660
Henry Purcell1:06
4Suite no. 1 in G major, Z 660: IV. [Minuet]
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
recording of:
Harpsichord Suite no. 1 in G major, Z. 660: IV. Minuet
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Harpsichord Suite no. 1 in G major, Z. 660
Henry Purcell1:13
5Chacone in G minor, ZT 680 (from "Timon of Athens")
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
recording of:
Chaconne, ZT. 680
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: ZT. 680)
Henry Purcell2:56
6Suite no. 2 in G minor, Z 661: I. Prelude
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:40
7Suite no. 2 in G minor, Z 661: II. [Almand]
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell3:47
8Suite no. 2 in G minor, Z 661: III. Corant
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:37
9Suite no. 2 in G minor, Z 661: IV. Sarabande
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:43
10Ground, ZT 681 (from "Ye tuneful Muses")
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell3:57
11Suite no. 3 in G major, Z 662: I. Prelude
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:25
12Suite no. 3 in G major, Z 662: II. Almand
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell3:35
13Suite no. 3 in G major, Z 662: III. Courante
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell2:06
14A New Ground, ZT 682 (from "Welcome to all the pleasures")
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell2:26
15Suite no. 4 in A minor, Z 663: I. Prelude
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:04
16Suite no. 4 in A minor, Z 663: II. Almand
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell3:02
17Suite no. 4 in A minor, Z 663: III. Corante
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:42
18Suite no. 4 in A minor, Z 663: IV. Saraband
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:18
19Suite no. 4 in A minor, Z 663: V. Jig
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:36
20Ground in Gamut, Z 645
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:59
21Suite no. 5 in C major, Z 666: I. Prelude
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell0:47
22Suite no. 5 in C major, Z 666: Ia. Prelude
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:15
23Suite no. 5 in C major, Z 666: II. Almand
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell3:11
24Suite no. 5 in C major, Z 666: III. Corant
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:09
25Suite no. 5 in C major, Z 666: IV. Saraband
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:18
26Ground, ZD 221
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell2:58
27Suite no. 6 in D major, Z 667: I. Prelude
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell0:49
28Suite no. 6 in D major, Z 667: II. Almand
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell3:10
29Suite no. 6 in D major, Z 667: III. Hornpipe
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:14
30Round O, ZT 684 (from "Abdelazer")
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:50
31Suite no. 7 in D minor, Z 668: I. [Improvised prelude]
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell0:30
32Suite no. 7 in D minor, Z 668: II. Almand, very slow. 'Bell-barr'
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell4:46
33Suite no. 7 in D minor, Z 668: III. Corant
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:41
34Suite no. 7 in D minor, Z 668: IV. Hornpipe
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell0:52
35Ground, ZD 222 (from "Celebrate the festival")
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell2:20
36Suite no. 8 in F major, Z 669: I. Prelude
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell0:55
37Suite no. 8 in F major, Z 669: II. Almand
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell3:16
38Suite no. 8 in F major, Z 669: III. Courante
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell2:10
39Suite no. 8 in F major, Z 669: IV. Minuet
harpsichord:
Richard Egarr (conductor)
Henry Purcell1:12

Credits

Release

photography:Marco Borggreve (photographer) (task: of R. egarr)
liner notes:Richard Egarr (conductor)
Heidi Fritz
Geneviève Bégou (liner notes translator)
engineer:Chris Barrett (British sound engineer, @AIR Lyndhurst Studios)
Brad Michel (engineer)
executive producer:Robina G. Young (producer)
producer:Brad Michel (engineer) (task: session)
editor:Brad Michel (engineer)
artwork:Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen (English painter of portraits of Dutch or Flemish parentage) (task: cover / painting)
Johann Baptist Closterman (painter and brother of John Closterman) (task: portrait of purcell / painting)
Gerard Houckgeest (Dutch golden age painter of architectural scenes and church interiors) (task: cover / painting)
Charles Plumier (French botanist, after whom the Frangipani genus Plumeria is named) (task: page 10 / painting)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Harmonia Mundi USA (not for release label use!)
pressed by:Sony DADC (company; use on releases if exact pressing location is not known)
recorded at:Potton Hall in Westleton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2074419 [info]