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The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Trumpet Tune (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Conducted by: Kevin Mallon
Vincent Boucher, organ
Gyorgy Geiger, trumpet
Bertalan Hock, oboe
Stephane Beaulac,
Norman Engel, trumpet


1.   "The Indian Queen", Z. 630: Trumpet Overture - 03:23
2.   The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Trumpet Tune - 01:20


Morning Service in D major, Z. 232 (more info)
Performed by: Orchestra of the Golden Age
Composed by: Anonymous Henry Purcell
Conducted by: Robert Glenton
Jeni Bern, soprano
Susan Bisatt, soprano
Christopher Robson, counter-tenor
William Purefoy, counter-tenor
Ian Honeyman, tenor
Thomas Guthrie, bass
Recording date: 13-14 May 1995


3.   Morning Service in D major, Z. 232: Jubilate Deo - 08:19


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


4.   Overture - 01:56
5.   Act III: Come away, fellow sailors (1st Sailor, Chorus) - 01:32
6.   Act III: The Sailor's Dance - 00:48
7.   Act III: When I am laid in earth (Dido) - 03:41


9 Fantasia a 4 (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell


8.   Four-Part Fantazias: VII. Fantazia in C minor, Z. 738 - 04:08


Amphitryon, Z. 572, "The 2 Sosias" (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Conducted by: Kevin Mallon
Nicole Bower, soprano
Giles Tomkins, bass-baritone
Andrea Jeffrey, soprano
Michelle Kettrick, soprano
Recording date: 25-29 April 2006


9.   Amphitryon, Z. 572, "The 2 Sosias": A Pastoral Dialogue Betwixt Thyrsis and Iris - 05:15


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


10.   The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act IV: Symphony - 06:24


Blow up the trumpet in Sion, Z. 10 (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Conducted by: Jeremy Summerly
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord
Recording date: 9-10 June 1994


11.   Blow up the trumpet in Sion, Z. 10 - 06:21


Chacony in G minor, Z. 730 (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Conducted by: Kevin Mallon Bernard Labadie
Risa Browder, violin


12.   Chacony, Z. 730 - 04:32


Burial Service, 58c (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Conducted by: Jeremy Summerly
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord
Recording date: 9-10 June 1994


13.   March, Z. 860A - 01:25
14.   Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z. 58B - 03:19


A Choice Collection of Lessons: Suite No. 2 in G minor, Z. 661 (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Terence R. Charlston, harpsichord
Martin Souter, piano


15.   Suite No. 2 in G minor, Z. 661: III. Corant - 01:43


Now that the sun hath veiled his light, Z. 193, "An Evening Hymn on a Ground" (arr. for choir) (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Oliver Lepage-Dean, treble
Christopher Whitton, organ
Recording date: February 2002


16.   Now that the sun hath veiled his light, "An Evening Hymn on a Ground", Z. 193 - 03:46


Welcome to all the pleasures, Z. 339, "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day" (more info)
Performed by: Orchestra of the Golden Age
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Conducted by: Robert Glenton
Jeni Bern, soprano
Susan Bisatt, soprano
Christopher Robson, counter-tenor
William Purefoy, counter-tenor
Ian Honeyman, tenor
Thomas Guthrie, bass
Recording date: 13-14 May 1995


17.   Welcome to all the pleasures, "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day", Z. 339 - 17:20

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