Hyperion Records | Purcell: Songs & Dialogues

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CDH55065
(Originally issued on CDA66056)
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Buy? £6.99

Recording details: January 1982
Unknown, Unknown
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: February 2001
Total duration: 51 minutes 31 seconds
Available for download on iTunes: Yes

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'An unqualified delight' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Innocently sexy in the most charming way. Emma Kirkby can never have sounded more celestial. The sound quality is immaculate. This is a lovely record and I recommend it strongly' (Gramophone)

'A record not to miss. Sheer hedonism!' (The Daily Telegraph)

'A delightful record' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'This lovely issue is as commendable as any I have ever reviewed'

(Hi-Fi News)

'This is a wonderful reissue' (Fanfare, USA)

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Songs & Dialogues

Emma Kirkby (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Anthony Rooley (lute)

1		In all our Cynthia's shining sphere, Z496 [4:02]
		The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z627
2		Movement: Tell me why, my charming fair [6:11]
		The Old Bachelor, Z607
3		Movement: As Amoret and Thyrsis lay [3:33]
		Amphitryon, or The Two Sosias, Z572
4		Movement: Fair Iris and her swain [4:34]
5		Go, tell Amynta, gentle swain, Z489 [4:05]
6		Why, my Daphne, why complaining?, Z525 [4:03]
7		What can we poor females do?, Z518 [1:18]
8		Hence, fond deceiver 'Love and despair', Z492 [4:20]
9		In some kind dream, Z497 [2:31]
10		What a sad fate is mine, Z428b [3:10]
11		Lost is my quiet for ever, Z502 [2:50]
12		Stript of their green , Z444 [3:50]
		King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z628
13		Movement: You say 'tis love [5:43]
14		Movement: For love ev'ry creature is formed by his nature [1:21]