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The English Orpheus

John Blow (1649-1708)

Fairest Work of happy Nature

John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Timothy Roberts (harpsichord/spinet/virginals), Paula Chateauneuf (theorbo)
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Label: Hyperion
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: 71 minutes 36 seconds

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

Awards

GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE

Reviews

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

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