Hyperion Records | Purcell: The Complete Odes & Welcome Songs

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CDS44031/8
(Originally issued on 314,349, 456,587,598)
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Recording details: Various dates
Various recording venues
Produced by Various producers
Engineered by Various engineers
Release date: December 1992
Total duration: 540 minutes 53 seconds

'A treasure house of shamefully neglected music. Over nine hours of wonderful invention ... this major recording achievement must be an irresistible temptation' (BBC Music Magazine)

'By any yardstick these are life-enhancing works' (CDReview)

'For a long overdue exploration of an important corpus of neglected music, Hyperion deserves the gratitude of all Purcellians' (Early Music)

'They are all here, some of the most inventive, poetic and satisfying music I know of, performed with precision and verve. I refuse to loan these discs to friends. Highly, highly recommended. Full texts and explanatory notes' (Classical CD Scout, USA)

'Every disc is such a treasure-house of wonderful invention that the whole set must be an irresistable temptation' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

The Complete Odes & Welcome Songs

The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)

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		Arise, my muse, Z320
CD1	1	Movement 01: Symphony [1'39]
	2	Movement 02: Arise, my muse [1'57] Charles Daniels (tenor)
	3	Movement 03: Ye sons of music raise your voices high [1'00]
	4	Movement 04: Then sound your instruments and charm the earth [1'40] John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	5	Movement 05: See how the glitt'ring ruler of the day [3'00] Charles Daniels (tenor)
	6	Movement 06: Hail, gracious Gloriana [3'01] Michael Chance (countertenor), James Bowman (countertenor)
	7	Movement 07: And since the time's distress to wars' alarms [1'24] Michael George (bass)
	8	Movement 08: To quell his country's foes [1'22] James Bowman (countertenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	9	Movement 09: But ah, I see Eusebia drown'd in tears [2'37] Michael Chance (countertenor)
	10	Movement 10: But Glory cries 'Go on' [3'17] Michael George (bass), Michael Chance (countertenor)
		Welcome to all the pleasures, Z339
	11	Movement 1: Symphony [1'32]
	12	Movement 2: Welcome to all the pleasures that delight [2'07] James Bowman (countertenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	13	Movement 3: Here the Deities approve [4'40] James Bowman (countertenor)
	14	Movement 4: While joys celestial their bright souls invade [1'31] Gillian Fisher (soprano), Tessa Bonner (soprano), Michael George (bass)
	15	Movement 5: Then lift up your voices, those organs of nature [1'54] Michael Chance (countertenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	16	Movement 6: Beauty, thou scene of love [2'30] John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
	17	Movement 7: In a consort of voices while instruments play [1'20] John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
		Now does the glorious day appear, Z332
	18	Movement 01: Symphony [3'39]
	19	Movement 02: Now does the glorious day appear [1'22]
	20	Movement 03: Not any one such joy could bring [1'24] John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	21	Movement 04: This does our fertile isle with glory crown [2'29] John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
	22	Movement 05: Now does the glorious day appear [1'21]
	23	Movement 06: It was a work of full as great a weight [1'56] Michael George (bass)
	24	Movement 07: By beauteous softness mixed with majesty [3'56] James Bowman (countertenor)
	25	Movement 08: Her hero too, whose conduct and whose arms [1'32] Michael George (bass), Charles Pott (bass)
	26	Movement 09: Our dear religion, with our law's defence [1'49] Gillian Fisher (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	27	Movement 10: No more shall we the great Eliza boast [2'33] John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
	28	Movement 11: Now, now, with one united voice [1'36]
		Hail! bright Cecilia, Z328
CD2	1	Movement 01: Symphony [9'27]
	2	Movement 02: Hail! bright Cecilia, Hail! [4'11] Gillian Fisher (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass), New College Choir Oxford
	3	Movement 03: Hark, each Tree its silence breaks [4'13] James Bowman (countertenor), Michael George (bass)
	4	Movement 04: 'Tis Nature's Voice; thro' all the moving Wood [4'03] James Bowman (countertenor)
	5	Movement 05: Soul of the World! [2'41] New College Choir Oxford
	6	Movement 06: Thou tun'st this World below, the Spheres above [3'15] Gillian Fisher (soprano)
	7	Movement 07: With that sublime Celestial Lay [3'10] James Bowman (countertenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
	8	Movement 08: Wond'rous Machine! [2'44] Michael George (bass)
	9	Movement 09: The Airy Violin [1'28] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	10	Movement 10: In vain the Am'rous Flute and soft Guitar [5'53] James Bowman (countertenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
	11	Movement 11: The Fife and all the Harmony of War [3'07] John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
	12	Movement 12: Let these amongst themselves contest [3'25] Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Michael George (bass)
	13	Movement 13: Hail! bright Cecilia, Hail to thee! [4'11] James Bowman (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass), New College Choir Oxford
		Who can from joy refrain?, Z342
	14	Movement 1: Overture [4'27]
	15	Movement 2: Who can from joy refrain? [5'12] James Bowman (countertenor), Gillian Fisher (soprano), Tessa Bonner (soprano), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	16	Movement 3: A Prince of glorious race descended [3'34] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	17	Movement 4: The Father brave as e'er was Dane [1'29] Michael George (bass)
	18	Movement 5: The Graces in his Mother shine [2'00] Tessa Bonner (soprano)
	19	Movement 6: Sound the Trumpet and beat the warlike Drum [2'29] John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
	20	Movement 7: If now he burns with noble flame [5'31] Gillian Fisher (soprano), Tessa Bonner (soprano)
		Fly, bold rebellion, Z324
CD3	1	Movement 1: Symphony [1'58]
	2	Movement 2: Fly, bold rebellion, make haste and be gone! [2'27] Michael George (bass)
	3	Movement 3: Rivers from their channels turned [3'14] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	4	Movement 4: If then we've found the want of his rays [3'16] Michael George (bass), Rufus Müller (tenor)
	5	Movement 5: But Heaven has now dispelled those fears [1'21] Gillian Fisher (soprano), Tessa Bonner (soprano), Rufus Müller (tenor)
	6	Movement 6: Come then, change your notes, disloyal crowd [1'40] James Bowman (countertenor), Rufus Müller (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	7	Movement 7: Be welcome then, great Sir, to constant vows [3'33] James Bowman (countertenor)
	8	Movement 8: Welcome to all those wishes fulfilled [1'44]
		Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, Z335
	9	Movement 1: Symphony [3'11]
	10	Movement 2: Sound the trumpet, beat the drum [1'57] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	11	Movement 3: Crown the year and crown the day [3'30] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	12	Movement 4: Let Caesar and Urania live [2'56] James Bowman (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	13	Movement 5: What greater bliss can Fate bestow [2'48] Rufus Müller (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	14	Movement 6: Chaconne [3'34]
	15	Movement 7: While Caesar like the morning star [2'22] Michael George (bass)
	16	Movement 8: To Urania and Caesar delights without measure [3'16] James Bowman (countertenor), Rufus Müller (tenor), Michael George (bass)
		Celebrate this Festival, Z321
	17	Movement 01: Symphony [1'37]
	18	Movement 02: Celebrate this Festival [1'31] Gillian Fisher (soprano), Tessa Bonner (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Rufus Müller (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	19	Movement 03: Britain now thy cares beguile [2'35] Gillian Fisher (soprano), Tessa Bonner (soprano)
	20	Movement 04: 'Tis sacred, bid the trumpet cease [0'47] Gillian Fisher (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
	21	Movement 05: Let sullen Discord smile [2'39] Tessa Bonner (soprano)
	22	Movement 06: Crown the altar, deck the shrine [3'04] James Bowman (countertenor)
	23	Movement 07: Expected Spring at last is come [1'48] Michael George (bass)
	24	Movement 08: April, who till now has mourned [2'53] James Bowman (countertenor)
	25	Movement 09: Departing thus you'll hear him say [1'19] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	26	Movement 10: Happy realm beyond expressing [3'24] James Bowman (countertenor), Rufus Müller (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	27	Movement 11: While, for a righteous cause he arms [4'49] Michael George (bass), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
	28	Movement 12: Return, fond Muse, the thoughts of war [3'28] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	29	Movement 13: Kindly treat Maria's day [2'48] Tessa Bonner (soprano)
		Ye tuneful Muses, Z344
CD4	1	Movement 1: Symphony [3'26]
	2	Movement 2: Ye tuneful Muses, raise your heads [2'55] Charles Pott (bass), Michael George (bass)
	3	Movement 3: Be lively then and gay [2'22] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	4	Movement 4: In his just praise your noblest songs let fall [2'36] Michael George (bass)
	5	Movement 5: From the rattling of drums and the trumpet's loud sounds [3'16] Charles Daniels (tenor)
	6	Movement 6: To music's softer but yet kind [1'55] James Bowman (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	7	Movement 7: With him he brings the partner of his throne [4'31] James Bowman (countertenor)
	8	Movement 8: Happy in a mutual love [1'22] Gillian Fisher (soprano), Tessa Bonner (soprano)
	9	Movement 9: Whilst in music and verse our duty we show [1'46] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
		Celestial music did the gods inspire, Z322
	10	Movement 1: Symphony [3'10]
	11	Movement 2: Celestial music did the gods inspire [2'09] Michael George (bass)
	12	Movement 3: Her charming strains expel tormenting Care [3'05] James Bowman (countertenor)
	13	Movement 4: Thus Virgil's Genius lov'd the country best [1'23] Gillian Fisher (soprano)
	14	Movement 5: Whilst Music did improve Amphion's song [2'11] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	15	Movement 6: When Orpheus sang all Nature did rejoice [2'06] James Bowman (countertenor)
	16	Movement 7: Let Phyllis by her voice charm the Air [2'25] James Bowman (countertenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Michael George (bass)
		From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war, Z325
	17	Movement 1: Symphony [2'36]
	18	Movement 2: From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war [3'12] Michael George (bass)
	19	Movement 3: As Fame, great Sir, before you ran [2'38] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Gillian Fisher (soprano), Tessa Bonner (soprano)
	20	Movement 4: Wake then, my Muse, wake Instruments and Voice [1'58] Michael George (bass)
	21	Movement 5: The Sparrow and the gentle Dove [4'44] Charles Daniels (tenor)
	22	Movement 6: So all the Boons indulgent Heav'n design'd [1'24] James Bowman (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	23	Movement 7: Hence without Scheme or Figure to descry [1'19] Tessa Bonner (soprano)
		Welcome, welcome, glorious morn, Z338
CD5	1	Movement 01: Symphony [2'24]
	2	Movement 02: Welcome, welcome, glorious morn [1'36] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	3	Movement 03: At thy return the joyful Earth [4'01] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Michael George (bass), Nigel Short (countertenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Evelyn Tubb (soprano), Charles Pott (bass)
	4	Movement 04: Welcome as when three happy Kingdoms strove [2'39] James Bowman (countertenor), Michael George (bass)
	5	Movement 05: The mighty goddess of this wealthy Isle [1'33] John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
	6	Movement 06: Full of Wonder and Delight [1'53] James Bowman (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	7	Movement 07: And lo! a sacred Fury swell'd her Breast [3'17] John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
	8	Movement 08: My Pray'rs are heard, Heav'n has at last bestow'd [3'55] Gillian Fisher (soprano)
	9	Movement 09: He to the Field by Honour call'd shall go [1'43] Charles Pott (bass), Michael George (bass)
	10	Movement 10: Whilst undisturb'd his happy Consort reigns [1'47] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	11	Movement 11: Sound, all ye Spheres; confirm the Omen, Heav'n [2'19] John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
		Great Parent, Hail to Thee!, Z327
	12	Movement 01: Symphony [2'28]
	13	Movement 02: Great Parent, Hail! all Hail to Thee [2'16] James Bowman (countertenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	14	Movement 03: Another Century commencing [2'22] James Bowman (countertenor)
	15	Movement 04: After War's, Alarms repeated [3'15] John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	16	Movement 05: Awful Matron take thy seat [3'25] Michael George (bass)
	17	Movement 06: She was the first who did inspire [1'57] John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
	18	Movement 07: Succeeding Princes next recite [1'50] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	19	Movement 08: But chiefly Recommend to Fame [1'31]
	20	Movement 09: Thy Royal Patron sung. Repair [3'54] Gillian Fisher (soprano)
	21	Movement 10: With charms like these, ye Sons of Art [1'21]
		The summer's absence unconcerned we bear, Z337
	22	Movement 1: Symphony [2'27]
	23	Movement 2: The summer's absence unconcerned we bear [3'24] Michael George (bass), James Bowman (countertenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
	24	Movement 3: And when late from your throne Heaven's call you attend [2'16] James Bowman (countertenor)
	25	Movement 4: Ah! had we, Sir, the power or art [2'31] Michael George (bass), Gillian Fisher (soprano), Evelyn Tubb (soprano)
	26	Movement 5: Happy while all her neighbours bled [1'32] James Bowman (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	27	Movement 6: So happily still you your counsles employ [1'13] John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
	28	Movement 7: These had by their ill usage drove [2'30] James Bowman (countertenor)
	29	Movement 8: But these no more shall dare repine [2'19] John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
		Love's goddess sure was blind, Z331
CD6	1	Movement 1: Symphony [3'41]
	2	Movement 2: Love's goddess sure was blind this day [3'05] James Bowman (countertenor)
	3	Movement 3: Those eyes, that form, that lofty mien [1'28] Michael George (bass)
	4	Movement 4: Sweetness of Nature and true wit [2'46] James Bowman (countertenor), Mark Padmore (tenor)
	5	Movement 5: Long may she reign over this Isle [2'09] Gillian Fisher (soprano)
	6	Movement 6: May her blest example chase [1'35] Gillian Fisher (soprano)
	7	Movement 7: Many such days may she behold [3'33] James Bowman (countertenor), Mark Padmore (tenor)
	8	Movement 8: May she to Heaven late return [3'14] Mary Seers (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Andrew Tusa (tenor), Robert Evans (bass)
		Raise, raise the voice, Z334
	9	Movement 1: Symphony [2'55]
	10	Movement 2: Raise, raise the voice, all Instruments obey [2'48] Michael George (bass)
	11	Movement 3: The God himself says he'll be present here [2'25] Mary Seers (soprano), Andrew Tusa (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	12	Movement 4: Mark how readily each pliant string [4'14] Gillian Fisher (soprano)
		Laudate Ceciliam, Z329
	13	Movement 1: Symphony – Laudate Ceciliam, in voce et organo [2'28] James Bowman (countertenor), Mark Padmore (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	14	Movement 2: Modulemini psalmum novum [2'37] James Bowman (countertenor), Mark Padmore (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	15	Movement 3: Symphony [1'50]
	16	Movement 4: Dicite Virgini, canite Martyri [3'27] James Bowman (countertenor), Mark Padmore (tenor), Michael George (bass)
		From those serene and rapturous joys, Z326
	17	Movement 1: Symphony [3'36]
	18	Movement 2: From those serene and rapturous joys [3'23] James Bowman (countertenor)
	19	Movement 3: Behold th' indulgent Prince is come [2'12] Michael George (bass)
	20	Movement 4: Not with an Helmet or a glitt'ring Spear [2'44] Gillian Fisher (soprano), Mary Seers (soprano)
	21	Movement 5: Welcome as soft refreshing show'rs [2'35] Michael George (bass)
	22	Movement 6: Welcome, more welcome does he come [4'33] Mark Padmore (tenor)
	23	Movement 7: Nor does the Sun more comfort bring [1'12] Andrew Tusa (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	24	Movement 8: With trumpets and shouts we receive the World's Wonder [3'01] Andrew Tusa (tenor)
		Of old, when heroes thought it base 'The Yorkshire Feast Song', Z333
CD7	1	Movement 01: Symphony [2'24]
	2	Movement 02: Of old, when heroes thought it base [4'03] Michael George (bass), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	3	Movement 03: The bashful Thames, for beauty so renown'd [4'31] Charles Daniels (tenor)
	4	Movement 04: The pale and the purple rose [4'19] James Bowman (countertenor)
	5	Movement 05: And in each track of glory since [3'57] Charles Daniels (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	6	Movement 06: Symphony [2'19]
	7	Movement 07: And now when the renown'd Nassau [1'58] Charles Daniels (tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	8	Movement 08: They did no storms, nor threat'nings fear [2'05] Robert Evans (bass), Michael George (bass)
	9	Movement 09: So when the glitt'ring Queen of Night [4'44] Charles Daniels (tenor)
	10	Movement 10: Let music join [1'27]
	11	Movement 11: Sound trumpets, sound! beat ev'ry drum [2'34] Charles Daniels (tenor)
	12	Movement 12: Sound all to him [1'47] Michael George (bass)
		Swifter, Isis, swifter flow, Z336
	13	Movement 1: Symphony – Swifter, Isis, swifter flow [4'57] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	14	Movement 2: Land him safely on her shore [1'09] Michael George (bass)
	15	Movement 3: Hark, hark! just now my listening ears [1'56] Charles Daniels (tenor)
	16	Movement 4: Welcome, dread Sir, to town [1'15] James Bowman (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	17	Movement 5: But with so great devotion meet [2'07] Michael George (bass), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	18	Movement 6: The King whose presence like the Spring [1'27] Gillian Fisher (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor)
	19	Movement 7: Then since, Sir, from you all our blessings do flow [2'05]
		What, what shall be done in behalf of the man?, Z341
	20	Movement 1: Symphony [2'47]
	21	Movement 2: What, what shall be done in behalf of the man? [2'43] Michael George (bass), James Bowman (countertenor), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	22	Movement 3: All the grandeur he possesses [2'47] Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
	23	Movement 4: Mighty Charles, thou joined with thee [3'36] Michael George (bass)
	24	Movement 5: May all factious troubles cease [2'45] Gillian Fisher (soprano), Susan Hamilton (soprano)
		Come ye sons of Art, away, Z323
CD8	1	Movement 1: Symphony [3'36]
	2	Movement 2: Come ye sons of Art, away [1'59] Michael Chance (countertenor), New College Choir Oxford
	3	Movement 3: Sound the trumpet, 'til around [3'50] Michael Chance (countertenor), James Bowman (countertenor), New College Choir Oxford
	4	Movement 4: Strike the viol, touch the lute [5'12] James Bowman (countertenor)
	5	Movement 5: The day that such a blessing gave [3'00] Michael George (bass), New College Choir Oxford
	6	Movement 6: Bid the Virtues, bid the Graces [3'22] Gillian Fisher (soprano), Paul Goodwin (oboe)
	7	Movement 7: These are the sacred charms that shield [1'46] Michael George (bass)
	8	Movement 8: See Nature, rejoicing, has shown us the way [2'53] Gillian Fisher (soprano), Michael George (bass), New College Choir Oxford
		Welcome, vicegerent of the mighty King, Z340
	9	Movement 1: Symphony – Welcome, vicegerent of the mighty King [3'12]
	10	Movement 2: Ah! Mighty Sir, if you to such long absence are inclined [1'25] James Bowman (countertenor), Michael George (bass)
	11	Movement 3: But your blest presence now [2'09]
	12	Movement 4: Your influous approach our pensive hope recalls [1'25] John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
	13	Movement 5: When the Summer, in his glory [1'19] Gillian Fisher (soprano), Tessa Bonner (soprano)
	14	Movement 6: All loyalty and honour be [0'59]
	15	Movement 7: Music the food of love [3'33] Mark Padmore (tenor)
		Why, why are all the Muses mute?, Z343
	16	Movement 1: Why, why are all the Muses mute? [4'40] Mark Padmore (tenor)
	17	Movement 2: When should each soul exalted be? [2'30] John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
	18	Movement 3: Britain, thou now art great, art great indeed! [3'40] James Bowman (countertenor)
	19	Movement 4: Look up, and to our Isle returning see [2'10] Michael Chance (countertenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	20	Movement 5: Accurs'd rebellion reared his head [3'07] Michael George (bass), Gillian Fisher (soprano), Tessa Bonner (soprano)
	21	Movement 6: Caesar for milder virtues honour'd more [2'41] Mark Padmore (tenor), Michael George (bass)
	22	Movement 7: The many-headed beast is quelled at home [2'15] John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
	23	Movement 8: In the equal balance laid [1'23] Robert Evans (bass), Michael George (bass)
	24	Movement 9: O how blest is the Isle to which Caesar is given [5'20] Mark Padmore (tenor)

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