Adrian Butterfield
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Jean-Marie Leclair: Violin Sonatas, Book 3; Op.5, Nos. 5-8
Adrian Butterfield (violin), Sarah McMahon (cello), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)
The continuo playing is reliable and tasteful, and Butterfield’s sound has an attractive sweetness in all registers that is easy on the ears. He plays with relaxed confidence, and the players... —
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Jean-Marie Leclair: Violin Concertos, Vol. 1 - Op. 7 Nos. 1, 4, 5 & 6
Adrian Butterfield (violin), London Handel Players
The French violinist and composer's works are elegant and exposed, demanding absolute clarity and London Handel Players precision from their players a challenge Butterfield and the ensemble... —
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Handel - Complete Sonatas and Works for Violin & Continuo
Adrain Butterfield (violin), Katherine Sharman (cello) & Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this disc several times through…..Adrian Butterfield plays beautifully
throughout…..and is lent wonderful support by Katherine Sharman and Laurence Cummings….This... — -
Leclair - Violin Sonatas Volume 2
Book 1, Nos. 5-8
Adrian Butterfield (Baroque Violin), Alison McGillivray (Viola da Gamba) & Laurence Cummings (Harpsichord)
Leclair's Corelli-haunted First Book of Sonatas might have been overshadowed by later volumes, but there's a deal of attractive music to savour. The ensemble interplay is exemplary and the gamba... —
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Naxos July 2013 New Release Sampler
Alexandrina Pendatchanska (soprano), Robert Cook (horn), Peter Franks (trumpet), Javier Arnal Gonzalez (oboe), Mary Oleskiewicz (baroque flute), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord), Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba), Adrian Butterfield (baroque violin), Philip Dukes (viola), Piers Lane (piano), Thomas...
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas For Violin and Harpsichord
Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)
Adrian Butterfield’s sweetly focused violin tone and Silas Wollston’s elegant accompanying are well matched. —
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Special offer. Handel: Chandos Te Deum and Chandos Anthem No. 8
London Handel Orchestra & Soloists, Adrian Butterfield
The London Handel Orchestra and Soloists, under the assured direction of Adrian Butterfield, offer lightly-articulated and texturally lucid performances, where Grace Davidson’s limpid A major... —
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Daniel Taylor - The Voice of Bach
Daniel Taylor (counter tenor), Agnes Zsigovics (soprano), Theatre of Early Music
…is chamber music-making of high seriousness and high integrity that allows Bach's timeless music to speak for itself. —
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Lost is My Quiet
Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Nancy Argenta (soprano)
Theatre of Early Music
Christopher Jackson
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Leclair: Violin Sonatas, Book 2 Nos. 1–5 and 8
Adrian Butterfield (baroque violin), Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba) & Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
Butterfield and his colleagues are sympathetic interpreters, fully conversant with the intimate yet intricate yet intricate French Baroque manner. Most successful are the elegiac slow movements,... —
