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Title:
Purcell realizations / Britten.
Author:
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Lott, Felicity.

Gritton, Susan.

Walker, Sarah, 1943-

Bowman, James.

Ainsley, John Mark.

Bostridge, Ian.

Rolfe Johnson, Anthony.

Jackson, Richard, 1949-

Keenlyside, Simon.

Johnson, Graham, 1950-

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Hears not my Phyllis.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. Fairest isle; arranged.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. If music be the food of love, Z. 379C.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen. Turn, then thine eyes; arranged.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Oedipus. Music for a while; arranged.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Pious Celinda goes to pray'rs.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fool's preferment. I'll sail upon the dog-star.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. On the brow of Richmond Hill.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Bess of Bedlam.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. If music be the food of love, Z. 379A.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Rule a wife and have a wife. There's not a swain on the plain.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Not all my torments can your pity move.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Mock marriage. Man is for the woman made.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Pausanias, the betrayer of his country. Sweeter than roses.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. O solitude, my sweetest choice.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Indian queen. I attempt from Love's sickness to fly; arranged.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. I take no pleasure.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen. Hark! the ech'ing air; arranged.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Rival sisters. Take not a woman's anger ill; arranged.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. How blest are shepherds; arranged.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Oroonoko. Celemene, pray tell me.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Come ye sons of art away. Sound the trumpet 'till around.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. I spy Celia, Celia eyes me.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Lost is my quiet forever.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. What can we poor females do?, Z. 518.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Maid's last prayer. No, resistance is but vain.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. Shepherd, leave decoying; arranged.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Incassum, Lesbia, incassum rogas.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Tell me, some pitying angel.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. In guilty night.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Lord, what is man?, soprano, continuo.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. We sing to Him whose wisdom form'd the ear.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Now that the sun hath veiled his light.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Let the night perish.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Thou wakeful shepherd.

Weldon, John, 1676-1736. O Lord, rebuke me not. Alleluia.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. In the black, dismal dungeon of despair.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dulcibella, whene'er I sue for a kiss.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. When Myra sings.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Don Quixote. Let the dreadful engines; arranged.
Publication Information:
London : Hyperion, [2006]
Call Number:
D PURC PR J58 3572 7981A-B
Physical Description:
2 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (27 p.: ports.)
General Note:
Britten's arrangements of Purcell songs from Orpheus Britannicus and Harmonia sacra.

Originally issued in 1995 as CDA67061/2.

Compact discs.

Program notes in English, French and German, and texts in container.
Contents:
From Orpheus Britannicus: The knotting song -- Seven songs (1947). Fairest isle ; If music be the food of love ; Turn then mine eyes ; Music for a while ; Pious Celinda ; I'll sail upon the Dog-star ; On the brow of Richmond Hill -- Six songs (1948). Mad Bess ; If music be the food of love ; There's not a swain of the plain ; Not all my torments ; Man is for the woman made ; Sweeter than roses -- O solitude -- Five songs (1960). I attempt from love's sickness to fly ; I take no pleasure ; Hark the ech'ing air! ; Take not a woman's anger ill ; How blest are shepherds -- Celemene -- Six duets (1961). Sound the trumpet ; I spy Celia ; Lost is my quiet ; What can we poor females do? ; No, resistance is but vain ; Shepherd, leave decoying.

From Harmonia sacra: The queen's epicedium -- The blessed Virgin's expostulation -- Saul and the Witch at Endor -- Three divine hymns (1947). Lord, what is man? ; We sing to him ; Evening hymn -- Job's curse -- Two divine hymns and alleluia (1950). A morning hymn ; Alleluia ; In the black dismal dungeon of despair -- Dulcibella -- When Myra sings -- Let the dreadful engines of eternal will.
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Vocal music. Selections; arranged
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