Richard Boothby

Composers

Biography

Richard Boothby performs viola da gamba music from the Middle Ages to the present and is on the forefront of expanding the contemporary repertoire for the instrument. He studied performance practice with Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Salzburg, then founded the Purcell Quartet in 1984. In 1985, he became a founding member of the viol consort Fretwork. He has toured Europe, Japan, and the United States and has made over 50 recordings for Hyperion, Read more Chandos, Virgin Classics, and Harmonia Mundi. Boothby is a professor of viola da gamba at the Royal College of Music in London and professor of both Baroque cello and viola da gamba at the Welsh College of Music and Drama. Read less
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    The Very Best Of English Song
    The Very Best Of English Song
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 80513 Release Date: 04/03/2012   Number of Discs: 5
    Composer:  Ralph Vaughan Williams,  John Ireland,  Charles Hubert Parry,  Roger Quilter  ... 
    Performer:  Dame Janet Baker,  Gerald Moore,  Thomas Allen,  Geoffrey Parsons  ... 
    Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner,  Sir John Barbirolli,  Simon Rattle,  Steuart Bedford  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,  Fretwork,  London Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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    Buxtehude: VII Suonate Op. 2 / Purcell Quartet
    Buxtehude: VII Suonate Op. 2 / Purcell Quartet
    Label: Chandos   Catalog: 784 Release Date: 02/28/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Dietrich Buxtehude
    Performer:  Catherine Weiss,  Catherine Mackintosh,  Richard Boothby,  Robert Woolley
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Purcell Quartet
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    Shakespeare - Come Again, Sweet Love / Daniel Taylor
    Shakespeare - Come Again, Sweet Love / Daniel Taylor
    Label: Rca   Catalog: 72722 Release Date: 06/28/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Henry Purcell,  Edward Johnson,  Robert Jones,  Thomas Robinson  ... 
    Performer:  Daniel Taylor,  Emma Kirkby,  Elizabeth Kenny,  Jacob Heringman  ... 
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    50 Best Bach
    50 Best Bach
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 57496 Release Date: 06/29/2010   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer:  Richard Boothby,  Peter Kooy,  Christoph Prégardien,  Catherine Patriasz  ... 
    Conductor:  Sir Philip Ledger,  Wolfgang Gönnenwein,  Andrew Parrott,  Philippe Herreweghe  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Consortium Musicum,  Taverner Players,  La Petite Bande  ... 
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    50 Best Baroque
    50 Best Baroque
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 57503 Release Date: 06/29/2010   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  George Frideric Handel,  Jeremiah Clarke,  John Dowland,  Henry Purcell  ... 
    Performer:  Crispian Steele-Perkins,  Gérard Lesne,  Susan Graham,  Christopher Robson  ... 
    Conductor:  Stephen Cleobury,  Richard Hickox,  Andrew Parrott,  Emmanuelle Haďm  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Fretwork,  Taverner Players,  Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble  ... 
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    Petrucci - Harmonice Musices Odhecaton / Fretwork
    Petrucci - Harmonice Musices Odhecaton / Fretwork
    Label: Harmonia Mundi   Catalog: 507291 Release Date: 09/09/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Alexander Agricola,  Josquin Des Préz,  Crispin van Stappen,  Hayne van Ghizeghem  ... 
    Performer:  Wendy Gillespie,  Julia Hodgson,  Richard Campbell,  Susanna Pell  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Fretwork
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    Leclair: Ouvertures Et Sonates En Trio / Purcell Quartet
    Leclair: Ouvertures Et Sonates En Trio / Purcell Quartet
    Label: Chandos   Catalog: 542 Release Date: 04/29/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Jean Marie Leclair
    Performer:  Catherine Mackintosh,  Catherine Weiss,  Richard Boothby,  Robert Woolley
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Purcell Quartet
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    Leclair: Sonatas For Strings Op 4 / Purcell Quartet
    Leclair: Sonatas For Strings Op 4 / Purcell Quartet
    Label: Chandos   Catalog: 536 Release Date: 04/29/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Jean Marie Leclair
    Performer:  Catherine Weiss,  Catherine Mackintosh,  Richard Boothby,  Robert Woolley
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Purcell Quartet
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    Biber: Mensa Sonora, Violin Sonata / The Purcell Quartet
    Biber: Mensa Sonora, Violin Sonata / The Purcell Quartet
    Label: Chandos   Catalog: 748 Release Date: 02/05/2008   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Heinrich Ignaz Biber
    Performer:  Richard Boothby,  Catherine Mackintosh,  Robert Wooley,  Catherine Weiss  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Purcell Quartet
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    Christmas Carols / Parrott, Taverner Consort
    Christmas Carols / Parrott, Taverner Consort
    Label: Virgin Classics   Catalog: 03680 Release Date: 11/06/2007   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  Michael Praetorius,  Anonymous,  Lucas Osiander,  Mateo Flecha  ... 
    Performer:  Emily van Evera,  Leigh Nixon,  Nicholas Robertson,  Stephen Charlesworth  ... 
    Conductor:  Andrew Parrott
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Taverner Players,  Taverner Choir,  Taverner Consort
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    Trumpet Music By Biber And Schmelzer / Pickett
    Trumpet Music By Biber And Schmelzer / Pickett
    Label: L'oiseau Lyre   Catalog: 425834 Release Date: 10/12/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Johann Heinrich Schmelzer,  Heinrich Ignaz Biber
    Performer:  Stephen Keavy,  Andrew Manze,  Julia Hodgson,  Pavlo Beznosiuk  ... 
    Conductor:  Philip Pickett
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  New London Consort
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    Marais: La Folia, Etc / Purcell Quartet
    Marais: La Folia, Etc / Purcell Quartet
    Label: Helios   Catalog: 55235 Release Date: 09/11/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Marin Marais
    Performer:  Catherine Mackintosh,  Richard Boothby,  William Hunt,  Robert Woolley  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Purcell Quartet
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    Geminiani: La Folia, Etc / Purcell Quartet, Purcell Band
    Geminiani: La Folia, Etc / Purcell Quartet, Purcell Band
    Label: Helios   Catalog: 55234 Release Date: 08/14/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Francesco Geminiani
    Performer:  Richard Boothby,  Robert Woolley,  Elizabeth Wallfisch,  Catherine Mackintosh
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Purcell Quartet,  Purcell Band
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    Scarlatti: La Folia, Cantatas / Dawson, Purcell Quartet
    Scarlatti: La Folia, Cantatas / Dawson, Purcell Quartet
    Label: Helios   Catalog: 55233 Release Date: 06/12/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Alessandro Scarlatti
    Performer:  Catherine Mackintosh,  Lynne Dawson,  Elizabeth Wallfisch,  Robert Woolley  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Purcell Quartet
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    C.p.e. Bach: La Folia And Other Works / Purcell Quartet
    C.p.e. Bach: La Folia And Other Works / Purcell Quartet
    Label: Helios   Catalog: 55232 Release Date: 05/08/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
    Performer:  Richard Boothby,  Elizabeth Wallfisch,  Robert Woolley,  Catherine Mackintosh
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Purcell Quartet
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    Vivaldi: Variations, Trio Sonatas / Purcell Quartet
    Vivaldi: Variations, Trio Sonatas / Purcell Quartet
    Label: Helios   Catalog: 55231 Release Date: 02/13/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Antonio Vivaldi
    Performer:  Robert Woolley,  Richard Boothby,  Catherine Mackintosh,  Elizabeth Wallfisch
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Purcell Quartet
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    Best Bach 100
    Best Bach 100
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 83765 Release Date: 02/06/2007   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  J. F. Ludwig Thiele
    Performer:  Lionel Rogg,  Monica Huggett,  Gustav Leonhardt,  Alison Bury  ... 
    Conductor:  Sir Philip Ledger,  Wolfgang Gönnenwein,  Philippe Herreweghe,  Andrew Parrott  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,  English Chamber Orchestra,  South German Madrigal Choir Stuttgart  ... 
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    Best Baroque 100
    Best Baroque 100
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 70907 Release Date: 08/29/2006   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Claudio Monteverdi,  Antonio Vivaldi,  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Joao Domingos Bomtempo  ... 
    Performer:  Della Jones,  Arleen Augér,  Michel Sanvoisin,  Lionel Rogg  ... 
    Conductor:  Richard Hickox,  Louis Auriacombe,  Michel Corboz,  Lajos Rovátkay  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  City of London Baroque Sinfonia,  Toulouse Chamber Orchestra,  Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon  ... 
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    Awake Sweet Love - English Lute Songs By Purcell & Dowland / Chance, Müller
    Awake Sweet Love - English Lute Songs By Purcell & Dowland / Chance, Müller
    Label: Brilliant Classics   Catalog: 92137 Release Date: 04/04/2006   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Henry Purcell,  John Dowland
    Performer:  Richard Boothby,  Nigel North,  Michael Chance,  Maggie Cole  ... 
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    Lockerbie Memorial Concert / Bryars, Hilliard Ensemble
    Lockerbie Memorial Concert / Bryars, Hilliard Ensemble
    Label: Gb Records   Catalog: 3 Release Date: 03/14/2006   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  John Jenkins,  Gavin Bryars,  Nicolas Gombert,  Henry Purcell  ... 
    Performer:  William Hunt,  Wendy Gillespie,  Julia Hodgson,  Susanna Pell  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Fretwork,  Hilliard Ensemble
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    Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas Vol 2 / Kirkby, Et Al
    Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas Vol 2 / Kirkby, Et Al
    Label: Chandos   Catalog: 723 Release Date: 09/20/2005   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Dietrich Buxtehude
    Performer:  Catherine Weiss,  Charles Daniels,  Richard Boothby,  Emma Kirkby  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Purcell Quartet
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  • 22.
    Purcell: Sacred Music
    Purcell: Sacred Music
    Label: Brilliant Classics   Catalog: 99790 Release Date: 03/29/2005   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Henry Purcell
    Performer:  Nigel North,  Maggie Cole,  Richard Boothby,  Michael Chance  ... 
    Conductor:  Timothy Brown
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Baroque Brass of London,  Clare College Choir
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    Corelli: Sonatas For Strings / Lindberg, Purcell Quartet
    Corelli: Sonatas For Strings / Lindberg, Purcell Quartet
    Label: Chandos   Catalog: 692 Release Date: 03/25/2003   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  Arcangelo Corelli
    Performer:  Catherine Mackintosh,  Robert Woolley,  Catherine Weiss,  Jakob Lindberg  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Purcell Quartet
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    Purcell: Fantazias & In Nomines / Fretwork
    Purcell: Fantazias & In Nomines / Fretwork
    Label: Virgin Classics Veritas   Catalog: 45062 Release Date: 09/10/2002   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Henry Purcell
    Performer:  Wendy Gillespie,  Richard Campbell,  William Hunt,  Susanna Pell  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Fretwork
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    Veritas - Lawes: Complete Consort Setts /Fretwork, Nicholson
    Veritas - Lawes: Complete Consort Setts /Fretwork, Nicholson
    Label: Virgin Classics Special Import   Catalog: 62001 Release Date: 05/07/2002   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  William Lawes
    Performer:  Paul Nicholson,  Richard Boothby,  William Hunt,  Richard Campbell
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Fretwork
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