Purcell: Ayres for the theatre

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)

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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
DISCID: FA0DC425
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)

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Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

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		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]

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