Every One a Chaconne : The Bach Players

The Bach Players : Every One a Chaconne.
Baroque instrumental and vocal gems.

Every one a chaconne

This programme is centred on the chaconne: we hear how Henry Purcell and Johann Sebastian Bach join hands in this much-loved dance form of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Of the few works of Philipp Heinrich Erlebach that survive, we perform a suite that concludes with a chaconne. The two Bach cantatas are contrasting: BWV 150 is said to be Bach's earliest surviving cantata, BWV 78 was composed in Leipzig at the height of his career.

Rachel Elliott - soprano
Clare Wilkinson - alto
Nicholas Mulroy - tenor
Matthew Brook - bass
Nicolette Moonen - violin
Rodolfo Richter - -violin
Anne Schumann - violin / viola
Rachel Stott - viola
Alison McGillivray - cello
Elizabeth Bradley - double bass
Marion Moonen - flute
James Eastaway - oboe
Catherine Latham - oboe
Alastair Mitchell - bassoon
Silas Standage - organ / harpsichord

"There's something about the openness of sound, the sheer quality of music-making and the sense of connection between performers and composers that makes this a very special recording. Its contents explore the world of the Baroque chaconne, a secular dance form that became a staple of music for the concert room and chapel. The challenge of creating a piece above a repeated bass line certainly appealed to Bach, Purcell and the little-known Erlebach, each on inspired, inventive form in the works offered here. The Bach Players ... reach the music's emotional heart with tremendous conviction."
AS, Classic FM magazine, January 2010

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Release date: 8/20/2011
The Bach Players lives in London England

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Classical Singing, Cello, Harpsichord, Composer: Henry Purcell, Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Oboe, Composer: Philipp Heinrich Erlebach

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