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Incidental music for Thomas Shadwell's operatic version of Shakespeare's play The Tempest
composer
1674; with Robert Smith
composer
1674; with Matthew Locke
Recordings
 Four and Twenty FiddlersCDA66667Archive Service  ‘It is fascinating to hear for the first time music by Banister and Grabu and Purcell's recently-discovered Staircase Overture’ (Gramophone) ‘A marvellous introduction to the instrumental world in which Purcell grew up’ (Early Music Review)» More |
Details
Movement 01: The First Musick: Introduction
Movement 02: The First Musick: Galliard
Movement 03: The First Musick: Gavot
Movement 04: The Second Musick: Saraband
Movement 05: The Second Musick: Lilk
Movement 06: The Second Musick: Curtain Tune
Movement 07: The Second Musick: The First Act Tune 'Rustick Air'
Movement 08: The Second Musick: The Second Act Tune 'Minoit'
Movement 09: The Second Musick: The Third Act Tune 'Corant'
Movement 10: The Second Musick: The Fourth Act Tune 'A Martial Jigge'
Movement 11: The Second Musick: The Conclusion 'A Canon 4 in 2'
