Sacred Cantatas

'...I can think of no performance that has served them more affectionately and with such sensibility to Buxtehude's warmly communicative harmonies.'
- BBC Music Magazine

'A sound choice of beautiful voices and elegant playing marks a distinguished issue.'
- Gramophone

'Suzie LeBlanc and Emma Kirkby are of course first-rate, as one has come to expect, and what a delight it is to encounter such inventive and demanding writing for the bass, so well sung by Peter Harvey; nor should one forget the Purcell Quartet's stylish and apt accompaniments. Another 'must' for the collection.'
- Cathedral Music

Emma Kirkby, internationally renowned for her interpretations of early music, joins Suzie LeBlanc, Peter Harvey and Clare Salaman and The Purcell Quartet in this disc of sacred music by Buxtehude.

All the artists here are renowned interpreters of repertoire of this kind.

This is the only available recording for many of the works on this disc.

Buxtehude's legacy, for many centuries neglected, has more recently been re-appraised and its importance accepted, not only for the quality of its craftsmanship but also for its undeniable influence on composers such as J.S. Bach.

REVIEWS
The Purcell Quartet receives consistently good reviews:

'…for sheer musical pleasure this is not to be missed.'
The Sunday Times on CHAN 0642 (Bach, Lutheran Masses Vol. 1)

'…a most moving rendition by both singer and instrumentalists.'
Gramophone on CHAN 0675 (Klaglied)

'…a delightful disc.'
BBC Music Magazine on CHAN 0675 (Klaglied)