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Compact Disc CDA66253

£13.99

Recorded on 14, 15 May 1987
Recording Engineer
ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer
MARK BROWN
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producer
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMLXXXVIII

Duration: 71'02
DDD
Front illustration: The Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey

Contents:

    HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695)

  1. Sound the trumpet from Come ye Sons of Art, Z323
    viol theorbo harpsichord [2'21]

  2. In vain the am'rous flute from Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328
    recorders viol theorbo organ [6'03]

  3. O solitude, my sweetest choice Z406
    organ theorbo [5'41]

  4. Sing, sing ye druids from Bonduca Z574
    recorders viol theorbo harpsichord [2'37]

  5. O dive custos Auriacae domus Z514
    (An Elegy upon the Death of Queen Mary)
    viol organ [6'59]

  6. No, resistance is but vain from The Maid's Last Prayer Z601
    viol theorbo organ [4'34]

  7. Hark how the songsters from Timon of Athens Z632
    recorders viol theorbo harpsichord [2'59]

  8. Incassum, Lesbia, rogas Z383
    ['The Queen's Epicedium')
    viol organ [7'43]

    JOHN BLOW (1649-1706)

  9. Ah, Heav'n! What is't I hear?
    viol lute organ [3'16]

  10. Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell
    recorders viol theorbo organ [21'50]

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

'A sparkling collection which show both the composer and these fine artists in inspirational form. The performances are joyous, witty and ravishing in their Purcellian melancholy' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'A disc no baroque music anglophile will wish to be without, for it is a vocal tour de force' (Gramophone)

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