Title:
The English Orpheus : a series of English discoveries, 1600-1800.
Publication Information:
London : Hyperion, ℗1994.
Call Number:
EA ENGL EOS E1
Abstract:
This disc is a collection of excerpts from 17th and 18th century instrumental and vocal compositions issued on other discs in the English Orpheus series.
Physical Description:
1 audio disc (76 min., 8 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Compact disc.
15 instrumental tracks, 10 vocal tracks.
Contents:
Curtain tune in C major / Matthew Locke -- Symphony, verse and chorus from the Jubilate in D major / William Croft -- The satyrs' dance from Oberon / Robert Johnson -- Morlake ground / John Blow -- 'Tis only no harm to know it, you know / William Shield -- Affettuoso from Concerto no. 6 in B flat major / Capel Bond -- So spake the god ... There in old Arden's inmost shade / Thomas Linley -- Andante from Concerto in D major, op. 1, no. 6 / James Hook -- Where the bee sucks, op. 11, no. 6 / William Jackson -- Tell me, lovely shepherd / William Boyce -- Giga from Concerto no. 4 in B flat major / Thomas Arne -- So, there she lies upon the floor ... If I was a wife from The Ephesian matron / Charles Dibdin -- Cibell in C major / Henry Purcell -- Tu es Petrus / Peter Philips -- Aria del Gran Duca / Peter Philips (attrib.).
Fantasia à 4 "for the great double bass" no. 1 / Orlando Gibbons -- Fantasia from Fantasia suite no. 2 in A minor / John Jenkins -- Salvator mundi salvo nos / John Blow -- Solo in E major / Thomas Arne -- Allegro from Concerto no. 2 in B minor / John Stanley -- Jesu auctor clementie / Matthew Locke -- Voluntary in G minor / Thomas Roseingrave -- Pavan and galliard / Augustine Bassano -- O Jonathan, woe is me / Thomas Weelkes -- And see, Apollo has unstrung his lyre ... Mr Purcell's farewell from Come, come along for a dance and a song / Jeremiah Clarke.
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