Hyperion Records
Purcell: Complete Ayres for the Theatre
Nell Gwynn posing as Diana by Simon Verelst (1644-c1710-21)
Private Collection / Photograph Courtesy of Sotheby's, London
CDA67001/3
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Recording details: October 1994
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: June 1995
Total duration: 205 minutes 2 seconds

'The Parley of Instruments up to their usual stellar form' (Stereophile, USA)

'Highly enjoyable!' (Early Music Review)

''Ayres for the Theatre' is a wonderful collection of rich and varied, tuneful music and has been marvellously well recorded by engineer Tony Faulkner … the players set out in almost holographic detail between, beyond, between and in front of the loudspeakers.You could almost be there' (Gramophone 'Soundings')

'Strongly recommended' (Fanfare, USA)

'Goodman pilote sa troupe avec une science, une fraîcheur, une addresse, une élégance, qui signale le parfait purcellien' (Diapason, France)

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Complete Ayres for the Theatre
The Parley of Instruments, The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor)
The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z627
CD1
1
Suite. Movement 1: Overture  [3'58]
2
Suite. Movement 2: Preludio  [2'14]
3
Suite. Movement 3: Song Tune 'Let the soldiers rejoice'  [1'14]
4
Suite. Movement 4: Trumpet Tune  [0'55]
5
Suite. Movement 5: Country Dance  [1'31]
6
Suite. Movement 6: Air  [0'57]
7
Suite. Movement 7: Hornpipe  [0'43]
8
Suite. Movement 8: Air. Trumpet Tune  [0'27]
9
Suite. Movement 9: Canaries  [0'51]
King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z628
10
Suite. Movement 01: Overture  [3'38]
11
Suite. Movement 02: Air  [1'06]
12
Suite. Movement 03: Air  [1'18]
13
Suite. Movement 04: Song Tune 'Fairest Isle'  [1'35]
14
Suite. Movement 05: Hornpipe  [0'45]
15
Suite. Movement 06: Hornpipe 'Come shepherds'  [0'49]
16
Suite. Movement 07: Song Tune 'How blest are shepherds'  [1'27]
17
Suite. Movement 08: Air  [1'36]
18
Suite. Movement 09: Song Tune 'Round thy coasts'  [1'12]
19
Suite. Movement 10: Song Tune 'Come if you dare'  [1'12]
20
Suite. Movement 11: Trumpet Tune  [0'44]
21
Suite. Movement 12: Trumpet Tune  [1'05]
22
Suite. Movement 13: Chaconne  [3'17]
The Fairy Queen, Z629
23
Suite. Movement 01: Overture  [2'33]
24
Suite. Movement 02: Hornpipe  [0'57]
25
Suite. Movement 03: Air  [1'07]
26
Suite. Movement 04: Air  [0'55]
27
Suite. Movement 05: Rondeau  [1'50]
28
Suite. Movement 06: Preludio  [1'54]
29
Suite. Movement 07: Hornpipe  [1'03]
30
Suite. Movement 08: Overture. Symphony while the Swans Come Forward  [2'00]
31
Suite. Movement 09: Song Tune 'If love's a sweet passion'  [1'34]
32
Suite. Movement 10: Jig  [1'07]
33
Suite. Movement 11: Dance for the Fairies  [0'57]
34
Suite. Movement 12: Air 4 in 2. Dance for the Followers of Night  [2'15]
35
Suite. Movement 13: Song Tune 'Sing while we trip it'  [1'11]
36
Suite. Movement 14: Air  [1'28]
37
Suite. Movement 15: Air  [1'03]
38
Suite. Movement 16: Song Tune 'Thus happy and free'  [1'02]
39
Suite. Movement 17: Chaconne. Dance for the Chinese Man and Woman  [2'42]
40
Suite. Movement 18: Air  [1'32]
The Indian Queen, Z630
41
Suite. Movement 01: Overture  [3'17]
42
Suite. Movement 02: Trumpet Tune  [0'35]
43
Suite. Movement 03: Trumpet Tune. I come to sing great Zempoalla's story  [1'13]
44
Suite. Movement 04: Air  [1'17]
45
Suite. Movement 05: Hornpipe  [0'54]
46
Suite. Movement 06: Air  [0'59]
47
Suite. Movement 07: Hornpipe  [1'00]
48
Suite. Movement 08: Air  [1'00]
49
Suite. Movement 09: Song Tune 'We the spirits of the air'  [1'01]
50
Suite. Movement 10: Rondeau  [1'46]
The Married Beau, or The Curious Impertinent, Z603
CD2
1
Suite. Movement 1: Overture  [2'49]
2
Suite. Movement 2: Slow Air  [1'01]
3
Suite. Movement 3: Hornpipe  [0'40]
4
Suite. Movement 4: Air  [1'24]
5
Suite. Movement 5: Hornpipe  [0'38]
6
Suite. Movement 6: Jig  [1'19]
7
Suite. Movement 7: Trumpet Air  [1'34]
8
Suite. Movement 8: March  [1'13]
9
Suite. Movement 9: Hornpipe on a Ground  [1'22]
The Old Bachelor, Z607
10
Suite. Movement 1: Overture  [3'26]
11
Suite. Movement 2: Hornpipe  [0'56]
12
Suite. Movement 3: Slow Air  [1'17]
13
Suite. Movement 4: Hornpipe  [0'38]
14
Suite. Movement 5: Rondeau  [0'42]
15
Suite. Movement 6: Minuet  [0'57]
16
Suite. Movement 7: Borry  [0'35]
17
Suite. Movement 8: March  [0'55]
18
Suite. Movement 9: Jig  [0'39]
Amphitryon, or The Two Sosias, Z572
19
Suite. Movement 1: Overture  [3'34]
20
Suite. Movement 2: Saraband  [0'43]
21
Suite. Movement 3: Hornpipe  [1'03]
22
Suite. Movement 4: Scotch Tune  [0'54]
23
Suite. Movement 5: Air  [0'56]
24
Suite. Movement 6: Minuet  [0'52]
25
Suite. Movement 7: Hornpipe  [0'34]
26
Suite. Movement 8: Borry, or Gavotte  [0'50]
The Double Dealer, Z592
27
Suite. Movement 1: Overture  [3'35]
28
Suite. Movement 2: Hornpipe  [0'45]
29
Suite. Movement 3: Minuet  [0'53]
30
Suite. Movement 4: Air  [1'40]
31
Suite. Movement 5: Hornpipe  [0'42]
32
Suite. Movement 6: Minuet. Slow Air  [1'27]
33
Suite. Movement 7: Minuet  [0'43]
34
Suite. Movement 8: Air  [1'09]
35
Suite. Movement 9: Air  [0'55]
Distressed Innocence, or The Princess of Persia, Z577
36
Suite. Movement 1: Overture  [2'05]
37
Suite. Movement 2: Air  [0'56]
38
Suite. Movement 3: Slow Air  [1'40]
39
Suite. Movement 4: Air  [0'58]
40
Suite. Movement 5: Hornpipe, or Jig  [0'39]
41
Suite. Movement 6: Rondeau  [1'35]
42
Suite. Movement 7: Air  [0'51]
43
Suite. Movement 8: Minuet  [0'56]
The Gordion Knot Unty'd, Z597
44
Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona  [3'40]
45
Suite. Movement 2: Air  [0'43]
46
Suite. Movement 3: Rondeau Minuet  [2'03]
47
Suite. Movement 4: Air  [0'51]
48
Suite. Movement 5: Jig. Lilliburlero  [0'40]
49
Suite. Movement 6: Chaconne  [1'56]
50
Suite. Movement 7: Air  [0'40]
51
Suite. Movement 8: Minuet  [1'13]
Abdelazar, or The Moor's Revenge, Z570
CD3
1
Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona  [2'59]
2
Suite. Movement 2: Rondeau. Hornpipe  [1'33]
3
Suite. Movement 3: Air  [1'19]
4
Suite. Movement 4: Air  [1'17]
5
Suite. Movement 5: Minuet  [0'53]
6
Suite. Movement 6: Air  [1'12]
7
Suite. Movement 7: Jig  [0'34]
8
Suite. Movement 8: Hornpipe  [0'41]
9