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Nell Gwynn and the Infant Duke of Albans by Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)
Reproduced by permission of The Trustees of the Denys Bower Bequest, Chiddingstone Castle, Kent
CDH55010
(Originally issued on CDA66212)
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)


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Recording details: January 1986
St Michael's Church, Highgate, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: May 1999
Total duration: 58 minutes 24 seconds

'Classic accounts deserving a place in anyone's CD collection' (BBC Music Magazine)

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Ayres for the Theatre
The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)
LISTEN TO ALL EXTRACTS
Abdelazar, or The Moor's Revenge, Z570
1
Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona  [2'58]
2
Suite. Movement 2: Rondeau. Hornpipe  [1'23]
3
Suite. Movement 3: Air  [1'10]
4
Suite. Movement 4: Air  [1'27]
5
Suite. Movement 5: Minuet  [0'44]
6
Suite. Movement 6: Air  [1'11]
7
Suite. Movement 7: Jig  [0'32]
8
Suite. Movement 8: Hornpipe  [0'43]
9
Suite. Movement 9: Air  [1'40]
Timon of Athens, Z632
10
Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona – Adagio – Canzona  [4'27]
11
Suite. Movement 2: Curtain Tune on a Ground  [2'30]
The Gordion Knot Unty'd, Z597
12
Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona  [3'31]
13
Suite. Movement 2: Air  [0'39]
14
Suite. Movement 3: Rondeau Minuet  [1'48]
15
Suite. Movement 4: Air  [0'51]
16
Suite. Movement 5: Jig. Lilliburlero  [0'36]
17
Suite. Movement 6: Chaconne  [1'56]
18
Suite. Movement 7: Air  [0'41]
19
Suite. Movement 8: Minuet  [1'08]
Bonduca, or The British Heroine, Z574
20
Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona  [3'41]
21
Suite. Movement 2: Song Tune 'Britons, strike home'  [1'12]
22
Suite. Movement 3: Song Tune 'To arms, to arms'  [1'19]
23
Suite. Movement 4: Air  [1'44]
24
Suite. Movement 5: Hornpipe  [0'57]
25
Suite. Movement 6: Air  [0'40]
26
Suite. Movement 7: Hornpipe  [0'52]
27
Suite. Movement 8: Air  [0'48]
28
Suite. Movement 9: Minuet  [1'16]
29
Chacony in G minor, Z730  [4'22]
The Virtuous Wife, or Good luck at last, Z611
30
Suite. Movement 5: Preludio  [1'47]
31
Suite. Movement 6: Hornpipe  [0'38]
32
Suite. Movement 7: Minuet  [1'09]
33
Suite. Movement 8: Minuet  [0'49]
34
Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona  [2'49]
35
Suite. Movement 2: Song Tune 'Ah, how sweet it is to love'  [2'11]
36
Suite. Movement 3: Slow Air  [1'33]
37
Suite. Movement 4: Air  [0'42]