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Track(s) taken from CDA66646

Lovely Selena, innocent and free

composer
John Blow (1649-1708)
1680; Sung in Nathaniel Lee's The Princess of Cleve
author of text
Anonymous - Baroque
1680; Sung in Nathaniel Lee's The Princess of Cleve

John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Timothy Roberts (harpsichord/spinet/virginals), Paula Chateauneuf (guitar)
Recording details: January 1993
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: May 1993
Total duration: 2 minutes 20 seconds

Cover artwork: Music-making on a terrace (c1670). Jan Steen (c1626-1679)
Reproduced by permission of The Trustees, The National Gallery, London
 

Other recordings available for download

Robin Blaze (countertenor), Elizabeth Kenny (lute)

Reviews

‘Full of interest, rich in its varied pleasures and in the high standard of recording and performance’ (Gramophone)

Other albums featuring this work

English Lute Songs
Robin Blaze (countertenor), Elizabeth Kenny (lute)
CDH55249

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