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Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Music for a while & other songs

Paul Esswood (countertenor), Johann Sonnleitner (harpsichord), Charles Medlam (viola da gamba)
Download only
Label: Hyperion
Recording details: October 1981
Unknown, Unknown
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: September 1987
Total duration: 45 minutes 59 seconds

Cover artwork: The Fountain of Love by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806)
Reproduced by permission of The Wallace Collection, London
 

Awards

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE
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