Purcell: Odes, Vol. 5 - Welcome glorious morn

All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set Purcell: The Complete Odes & Welcome Songs: ‘A treasure house of shamefully neglected music. Over nine hours of wonderful invention … this major recording achievement must be an irresistible temptation’ (BBC Music Magazine).

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‘Great wads of magnificent music that is far too rarely heard … King and his musicians have absolutely hit their rhythm in this series. Everything is excellently judged and sounds right’ (Gramophone)
‘No one need ever record these works again: here is excellent singing, sensitive accompaniment, and care and attention lavished on every detail of phrasing and tempi’ (The Oxford Times)