Notes: | Chandos: CHAN 0575/6 (CHAN 0575--CHAN 0576). Suites. The 1st-3rd and 5th-6th works for 2 violins and continuo; the 4th work for violin, viola di braccio, and continuo; the 7th work for 2 viole d'amore and continuo; violins in the 1st-5th works are scordatura. Compact discs. Program notes by Lucy Robinson, in English with German and French translations (15 p. : ports.) inserted in container. Purcell Quartet ; Elizabeth Wallfisch, viola d'amore. Partita I in D minor (15:26) -- Partita II in B minor (8:33) -- Partita III in A major (10:10) -- Partita IV in E flat major (8:38) -- Partita V in G minor (10:03) -- Partita VI in D major (17:39) -- Partita VII in C minor (19:13). Recorded May 16-18, 1994, Orford Church, Suffolk.
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