Purcell: Opera Music and Arias

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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Conducted by: Daniel Taylor Matthias Maute
Terence R. Charlston, harpsichord
Francis Colpron, recorder
Catherine Bott, soprano
Sophie Lariviere,
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Nigel North, lute
Recording date: 18-21 November 1992


1.   The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Now the night is chac'd away - 2:08
2.   The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: If Love's a sweet passion - 3:41
3.   The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: See, even Night herself is here - 4:14
4.   The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: One Charming Night - 2:25
5.   The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Hark! The echoing air - 2:41


Come, ye sons of art away, Z. 323 (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Conducted by: Daniel Taylor Matthias Maute
Susie Napper, baroque cello
Francis Colpron, recorder
Sophie Lariviere,
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Nigel North, lute


6.   Ode Come ye sons of art away, Z. 323: Strike the Viol - 3:48


King Arthur, Z. 628, "The British Worthy" (more info)
Performed by: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Henry Purcell
Francis Colpron, recorder


7.   King Arthur, Z. 628: Air - 1:54
8.   King Arthur, Z. 628: Chaconne - 3:43
9.   King Arthur, Z. 628: Third act hornpipe - 0:45
10.   King Arthur, Z. 628: Trumpet tune - 1:40


Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (more info)
Performed by: Taverner Players Collegium Musicum 90 Age of Enlightenment Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Scholars Baroque Ensemble Mermaid Orchestra
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Conducted by: Richard Hickox Jeanne Lamon Andrew Parrott Geraint Jones Warwick Braithwaite
Sally Burgess, mezzo-soprano
Elizabeth Kenny, lute
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Kym Amps, soprano
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Anna Crookes, soprano
Patricia Rozario, soprano
Francis Colpron, recorder
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
James Bowman, alto
William Purefoy, counter-tenor
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
David van Asch, bass
Rebecca Outram, soprano
Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-soprano
Rebecca Evans, soprano
Karl Daymond, baritone
Jamie MacDougall, tenor
Mary Plazas, soprano
Maria Ewing, soprano
Judith Nelson, soprano
Carys Lane, soprano
Sarah Tynan, soprano
Judith Rees, soprano
Jantina Noorman, mezzo-soprano
Steven Devine, organ
Meredith Hall, soprano
Eilidh McNab,
Arda Mandikian, soprano
Sheila Rex,
Thomas Hemsley,
David Lloyd, tenor
Anna Pollak,
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Patricia Bardon, mezzo-soprano
Gerald Finley, baritone
Emma Kirkby, soprano
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
Shannon Mercer, soprano
Ann Monoyios, soprano
David Thomas, bass
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone
Shari Saunders, soprano
Recording date: 29 May 1948


11.   Dido and Aneas, Z. 626: When I am Laid in Earth, "Dido's Lament" - 4:39


Now that the sun hath veiled his light, Z. 193, "An Evening Hymn on a Ground" (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Conducted by: Daniel Taylor
Alison Mackay, double bass
Francis Colpron, recorder
Blandine Rannou, harpsichord
Julianne Baird, soprano
Paul Agnew, tenor
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Anne-Marie Lasla,
Gerard Lesne, counter-tenor
Colin Tilney, harpsichord


12.   Harmonia Sacra, Z. 193: An Evening Hymn - 4:37


Oedipus, King of Thebes, Z. 583 (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Conducted by: Daniel Taylor
Elizabeth Kenny, lute
Alison Mackay, double bass
Francis Colpron, recorder
Blandine Rannou, harpsichord
Julianne Baird, soprano
Paul Agnew, tenor
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Anne-Marie Lasla,
Shannon Mercer, soprano
Colin Tilney, harpsichord


13.   Oedipus, Z. 583: Music for a while - 3:10


The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (more info)
Performed by: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Henry Purcell
Francis Colpron, recorder


14.   The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Overture - Symphony while the swans come forward - 2:08
15.   The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Prelude - 1:06
16.   The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: First Music - 1:41


King Arthur, Z. 628, "The British Worthy" (more info)
Performed by: English Baroque Soloists Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Conducted by: John Eliot Gardiner Daniel Taylor David Parry
Stephen Varcoe, bass
Terence R. Charlston, harpsichord
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Francis Colpron, recorder
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Gerald Moore, piano
Karina Gauvin, soprano


17.   King Arthur, Z. 628: Fairest isle - 4:53
18.   King Arthur, Z. 628: Hither this way - 2:10
19.   King Arthur, Z. 628: Shepherd, shepherd - 2:10
20.   King Arthur, Z. 628: How blest are shepherds - 3:00


The Comical History of Don Quixote, Z. 578 (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Francis Colpron, recorder
Karina Gauvin, soprano


21.   Don Quixote, Z. 578: From rosy bowers - 6:52

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