Hyperion Records | Purcell: The Complete Ayres for the Theatre

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Nell Gwynn posing as Diana by Simon Verelst (1644-c1710-21)
Private Collection / Photograph Courtesy of Sotheby's, London

CDA67001/3
3CDs To be superseded by CDS44381/3

Recording details: October 1994
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: June 1995
Total duration: 204 minutes 59 seconds

'The Parley of Instruments up to their usual stellar form' (Stereophile, USA)

'Highly enjoyable!' (Early Music Review)

''Ayres for the Theatre' is a wonderful collection of rich and varied, tuneful music and has been marvellously well recorded by engineer Tony Faulkner … the players set out in almost holographic detail between, beyond, between and in front of the loudspeakers.You could almost be there' (Gramophone 'Soundings')

'Strongly recommended' (Fanfare, USA)

'Goodman pilote sa troupe avec une science, une fraîcheur, une addresse, une élégance, qui signale le parfait purcellien' (Diapason, France)

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

The Complete Ayres for the Theatre

The Parley of Instruments, Roy Goodman (conductor)

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		The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z627
CD1	1	Suite. Movement 1: Overture [3'58]
	2	Suite. Movement 2: Preludio [2'12]
	3	Suite. Movement 3: Song Tune 'Let the soldiers rejoice' [1'12]
	4	Suite. Movement 4: Trumpet Tune [0'55]
	5	Suite. Movement 5: Country Dance [1'28]
	6	Suite. Movement 6: Air [0'56]
	7	Suite. Movement 7: Hornpipe [1'03]
	8	Suite. Movement 8: Air. Trumpet Tune [0'27]
	9	Suite. Movement 9: Canaries [0'51]
		King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z628
	10	Suite. Movement 01: Overture [3'38]
	11	Suite. Movement 02: Air [1'06]
	12	Suite. Movement 03: Air [1'18]
	13	Suite. Movement 04: Song Tune 'Fairest Isle' [1'35]
	14	Suite. Movement 05: Hornpipe [0'42]
	15	Suite. Movement 06: Hornpipe 'Come, shepherds' [0'49]
	16	Suite. Movement 07: Song Tune 'How blest are shepherds' [1'27]
	17	Suite. Movement 08: Air [1'36]
	18	Suite. Movement 09: Song Tune 'Round thy coasts' [1'12]
	19	Suite. Movement 10: Song Tune 'Come if you dare' [1'12]
	20	Suite. Movement 11: Trumpet Tune [0'44]
	21	Suite. Movement 12: Trumpet Tune [1'05]
	22	Suite. Movement 13: Chaconne [3'17]
		The Fairy Queen, Z629
	23	Suite. Movement 01: Overture [2'33]
	24	Suite. Movement 02: Hornpipe [0'57]
	25	Suite. Movement 03: Air [1'07]
	26	Suite. Movement 04: Air [0'53]
	27	Suite. Movement 05: Rondeau [1'50]
	28	Suite. Movement 06: Preludio [1'54]
	29	Suite. Movement 07: Hornpipe [1'03]
	30	Suite. Movement 08: Overture. Symphony while the Swans Come Forward [2'00]
	31	Suite. Movement 09: Song Tune 'If love's a sweet passion' [1'34]
	32	Suite. Movement 10: Jig [1'07]
	33	Suite. Movement 11: Dance for the Fairies [0'57]
	34	Suite. Movement 12: Air 4 in 2. Dance for the Followers of Night [2'15]
	35	Suite. Movement 13: Song Tune 'Sing while we trip it' [1'11]
	36	Suite. Movement 14: Air [1'26]
	37	Suite. Movement 15: Air [1'32]
	38	Suite. Movement 16: Song Tune 'Thus happy and free' [1'02]
	39	Suite. Movement 17: Chaconne. Dance for the Chinese Man and Woman [2'39]
	40	Suite. Movement 18: Air [1'32]
		The Indian Queen, Z630
	41	Suite. Movement 01: Overture [3'17]
	42	Suite. Movement 02: Trumpet Tune [0'35]
	43	Suite. Movement 03: Trumpet Tune. I come to sing great Zempoalla's story [1'13]
	44	Suite. Movement 04: Air [1'13]
	45	Suite. Movement 05: Hornpipe [0'50]
	46	Suite. Movement 06: Air [0'57]
	47	Suite. Movement 07: Hornpipe [1'00]
	48	Suite. Movement 08: Air [1'00]
	49	Suite. Movement 09: Song Tune 'We the spirits of the air' [1'01]
	50	Suite. Movement 10: Rondeau [1'46]
		The Married Beau, or The Curious Impertinent, Z603
CD2	1	Suite. Movement 1: Overture [2'56]
	2	Suite. Movement 2: Slow Air [0'58]
	3	Suite. Movement 3: Hornpipe [0'40]
	4	Suite. Movement 4: Air [1'21]
	5	Suite. Movement 5: Hornpipe [0'38]
	6	Suite. Movement 6: Jig [1'17]
	7	Suite. Movement 7: Trumpet Air [1'32]
	8	Suite. Movement 8: March [1'13]
	9	Suite. Movement 9: Hornpipe on a Ground [1'22]
		The Old Batchelor, Z607
	10	Suite. Movement 1: Overture [3'26]
	11	Suite. Movement 2: Hornpipe [0'56]
	12	Suite. Movement 3: Slow Air [1'17]
	13	Suite. Movement 4: Hornpipe [0'38]
	14	Suite. Movement 5: Rondeau [0'42]
	15	Suite. Movement 6: Minuet [0'55]
	16	Suite. Movement 7: Borry [0'32]
	17	Suite. Movement 8: March [0'55]
	18	Suite. Movement 9: Jig [0'39]
		Amphitryon, or The Two Sosias, Z572
	19	Suite. Movement 1: Overture [3'34]
	20	Suite. Movement 2: Saraband [0'43]
	21	Suite. Movement 3: Hornpipe [1'03]
	22	Suite. Movement 4: Scotch Tune [0'54]
	23	Suite. Movement 5: Air [0'56]
	24	Suite. Movement 6: Minuet [0'52]
	25	Suite. Movement 7: Hornpipe [0'34]
	26	Suite. Movement 8: Borry, or Gavotte [0'50]
		The Double Dealer, Z592
	27	Suite. Movement 1: Overture [3'35]
	28	Suite. Movement 2: Hornpipe [0'42]
	29	Suite. Movement 3: Minuet [0'53]
	30	Suite. Movement 4: Air [1'38]
	31	Suite. Movement 5: Hornpipe [0'42]
	32	Suite. Movement 6: Minuet. Slow Air [1'25]
	33	Suite. Movement 7: Minuet [0'41]
	34	Suite. Movement 8: Air [1'09]
	35	Suite. Movement 9: Air [0'55]
		Distress'd Innocence, or The Princess of Persia, Z577
	36	Suite. Movement 1: Overture [2'05]
	37	Suite. Movement 2: Air [0'56]
	38	Suite. Movement 3: Slow Air [1'38]
	39	Suite. Movement 4: Air [0'58]
	40	Suite. Movement 5: Hornpipe, or Jig [0'39]
	41	Suite. Movement 6: Rondeau [1'35]
	42	Suite. Movement 7: Air [0'51]
	43	Suite. Movement 8: Minuet [0'56]
		The Gordion Knot Unty'd, Z597
	44	Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona [3'40]
	45	Suite. Movement 2: Air [0'41]
	46	Suite. Movement 3: Rondeau Minuet [2'03]
	47	Suite. Movement 4: Air [0'51]
	48	Suite. Movement 5: Jig 'Lilliburlero' [0'40]
	49	Suite. Movement 6: Chaconne [1'56]
	50	Suite. Movement 7: Air [0'40]
	51	Suite. Movement 8: Minuet [1'13]
		Abdelazar, or The Moor's Revenge, Z570
CD3	1	Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona [2'59]
	2	Suite. Movement 2: Rondeau. Hornpipe [1'33]
	3	Suite. Movement 3: Air [1'19]
	4	Suite. Movement 4: Air [1'17]
	5	Suite. Movement 5: Minuet [0'53]
	6	Suite. Movement 6: Air [1'12]
	7	Suite. Movement 7: Jig [0'34]
	8	Suite. Movement 8: Hornpipe [0'41]
	9	Suite. Movement 9: Air [1'36]
		Bonduca, or The British Heroine, Z574
	10	Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona [3'59] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
	11	Suite. Movement 2: Song Tune 'Britons, strike home' [1'37] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
	12	Suite. Movement 3: Song Tune 'To arms, to arms' [1'15] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
	13	Suite. Movement 4: Air [1'42] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
	14	Suite. Movement 5: Hornpipe [0'54] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
	15	Suite. Movement 6: Air [0'44] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
	16	Suite. Movement 7: Hornpipe [0'51] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
	17	Suite. Movement 8: Air [0'59] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
	18	Suite. Movement 9: Minuet [1'17] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
		The Virtuous Wife, or Good luck at last, Z611
	19	Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona [2'41]
	20	Suite. Movement 2: Song Tune 'Ah, how sweet it is to love' [2'39]
	21	Suite. Movement 3: Slow Air [1'40]
	22	Suite. Movement 4: Air [0'42]
	23	Suite. Movement 5: Preludio [1'34]
	24	Suite. Movement 6: Hornpipe [0'38]
	25	Suite. Movement 7: Minuet [1'01]
	26	Suite. Movement 8: Minuet [0'50]
	27	Suite. Movement 9: Air 'La Furstenburg' [1'01]
		The Fairy Queen, Z629
	28	Act IV Sonata 'while the sun rises'. Movement 1: [Allegro] [1'06] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Stephen Keavy (trumpet)
	29	Act IV Sonata 'while the sun rises'. Movement 2: Canzona [2'33] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Stephen Keavy (trumpet)
	30	Act IV Sonata 'while the sun rises'. Movement 3: [Adagio] [1'41] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Stephen Keavy (trumpet)
	31	Act IV Sonata 'while the sun rises'. Movement 4: [Allegro] – [Adagio] – [Allegro] [2'47] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Stephen Keavy (trumpet)
		Dido and Aeneas, Z626
	32	No 1: Overture in G minor [3'09]
		Sir Anthony Love, or The Rambling Lady, Z588
	33	No 1: Overture [3'45]
		Timon of Athens, Z632
	34	Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona – Adagio – Canzona [5'21] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
	35	Suite. Movement 2: Curtain Tune on a Ground [3'49] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
		The Indian Queen, Z630
	36	Act III: Symphony [5'08] Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)