Henry Purcell

(1659-95)

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Purcell - Cease, Anxious World

Purcell - Cease, Anxious World

Songs & chamber music


Purcell:

Cease, anxious world, your fruitless pain Z362

A New Irish Tune Z646

Soft notes and gently raised (A Serenading Song) Z510

A New Ground in E minor, Z. T682

Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams Z355

A Prince of glorious race, from Who can from joy refrain?

When first Amintas sued for a kiss

Here the deities approve, Z.339

Prelude

Trio Sonata, for violin, bass viol and organ, Z780

Sweeter than Roses

Ground in C minor, ZD221

Music for a while, Z583

Dear pretty youth

Sonata Terza

Plainte: O, Let Me Weep


Benjamin Perrot (theorbe & direction)

La Rêveuse

The civil war that culminated in the decapitation of King CharlesI was a dark period of English history; yet, in musical terms, the Puritans led by Oliver Cromwell did not do as much damage as one might have imagined. By prohibiting public music-making in places of workship and theatres, they contributed to the development of the practice of chamber music between friends in the home.

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Sound the Trumpet

Sound the Trumpet


Barrett, J:

Sonata in D from the play Tunbridge Walks

Corbett, W:

Suite in D

Croft:

Overture in D

Eccles, J:

Suite ‘made for the Queen’s Coronation’

Finger:

Sonata in C major

trumpet, violin & oboe with continuo

Sonata in C major

trumpet & violin with continuo

Sonata in C major

trumpet & oboe with continuo

Paisible:

Sonata in D

Purcell:

Symphony in C from The Indian Queen

Symphony in D from The Yorkshire Feast Song


Mark Bennett & Michael Laird (trumpets)

The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman

Until the middle of the seventeenth century the trumpet was essentially a fanfare instrument, used in armies and at courts to invest ceremonial with grandeur. The earliest English truly ‘composed’ works for trumpet all come from odes and stage works, though they were often detached from their parent works to be performed separately— the practice followed here, in works by composers ranging from familiar names Purcell and Croft to the Moravian immigrant Gottfried Finger and William Corbett (last heard of in Italy, apparently as a spy for the British government).

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Purcell - Fantasias for the Viols

Purcell - Fantasias for the Viols


Purcell:

Fantazia Upon One Note in F major, Z. 745

3 Fantasias in 3 parts

3 Fantasias in 4 parts

Six-Part In Nomine in G minor, Z. 746

Seven-Part In Nomine, Z. 747, "Dorian"


Hespèrion XX, Jordi Savall

RecordedOctober 1994, remastered February 2008

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Purcell - Complete Chamber Music

Purcell - Complete Chamber Music


Purcell:

Twelve Sonatas of three parts (1683)

Ten Sonatas in Four Parts (1697)

Overture in G major Z336

Pavan for Three Violins and Bass in G minor - Z752

Chacony in G minor - for Two Violins, Viola and Bass Z730

Sonata for Trumpet and Strings in D major

Pavan in A major - for Two Violins and Bass Z748

Suite in G major Z770

Fantasia: three parts on a ground, for three recorders & b.c

Overture in D minor for two violins, viola & b.c.

Pavan in B flat major - for Two Violins and Bass Z750

Prelude for recorder in D minor

Sonata for violin & b.c. in G minor

The Staircase Overture

Trumpet Tune in C major, ZT 678, called the Cibell

Pavan in A minor - for Two Violins and Brass Z749

Overture in G minor for two violins, two violas & b.c.

Pavan in G minor - for Two Violins and Bass Z751

Fantasias for Strings

Six-Part In Nomine in G minor, Z. 746

Seven-Part In Nomine, Z. 747, "Dorian"

8 Suites For Haprsichord

Miscellaneous pieces for the harpsichord

From 20 keyboard pieces (ed. Davitt Moroney) - Suite in C Works for organ

Suite in C (Z. 665)

Works for organ


Musica Amphion

Rémy Baudet (violin), Sayuri Yamagata (violin), Elisabeth Ingenhousz (violin) Rainer Zipperling (viola da gamba), Johannes Boer (viola da gamba), Nanneke Schaap (viola da gamba), Ricardo Rodriguez (viola da gamba), Nicholas Milne (viola da gamba), Frank Wakelkamp (viola da gamba)

Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord & organ)

A rare treat: no less than 7 CDs with instrumental chamber music by Henry Purcell. In spite of his past and present international fame too little attention has been paid to this part of his oeuvre. This collection offers a great variety: from ‘the Staircase overture’ to voluntaries for organ. Henry Purcell’s present fame is mainly based on some dramatic works. Dido and Aeneas -, his anthems and numerous songs. In his relatively short life he managed to compose in every genre usual at the time. Well hidden among a vast amount of vocal music lies a relatively small collection of chamber music pieces. Together with Handel Henry Purcell was and is England’s most important baroque composer. He was also an organist and as such left behind remarkable little for his instrument. Pieter-Jan Belder - the keyboard player who also recorded the complete Scarlatti sonatas - combined this with Purcell’s varied music for harpsichord, which includes eight suites. Here (together with) his ensemble Musica Amphion (he) also performs the bulk of Purcell’s chamber music: listen and enjoy.

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Anne Sophie von Otter - In My Element

Anne Sophie von Otter - In My Element


 

I let the music speak

No Wonder

(arr. by Elvis Costello and Ensemble)

I Want to Vanish

(arr. by Elvis Costello and Ensemble)

Bizet:

L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen)

Les tringles des sistres tintaient (from Carmen)

Brahms:

He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein!

Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze

Chaminade:

Ah! si l'amour prenait

Mignonne, à l'amour j'ai lié

Dowland:

In darkness let me dwell

Grieg:

Haugtussa, Op. 67 No. 8 'Ved Gjætle-Bekken'

Haas, P:

Seven Songs in a Folk Style, Op. 18

(unreleased)

Handel:

Qui d'amor from Ariodante

The world, when day's career is run (Hercules)

When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears (Hercules)

Mahler:

Rheinlegendchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen

Monteverdi:

Adagiati, Poppea - Oblivion soave (L'incoronazione di Poppea)

Disprezzata regina (L'incoronazione di Poppea)

A Dio, Roma! (L'incoronazione di Poppea)

Mozart:

Parto! Parto, ma tu ben moi (from La Clemenza di Tito)

Oh Dei, che smania è questa (La Clemenza di Tito)

Ah, qual gelido orror; Il padre adorato (from Idomeneo)

No, la morte io non pavento (Idomeno)

Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio (from Le nozze di Figaro)

Le nozze di Figaro, K492 - Voi che sapete

Offenbach:

Barcarolle (from The Tales of Hoffman)

Portez armes Vous aimez le danger… Ah! que j’aime les militaires!

Purcell:

When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) from Dido and Aeneas

Schubert:

Im Abendrot, D799

Erlkönig, D328

Schumann:

Süsser Freund

Die Meerfee Op. 125 No. 1

Strauss, R:

Ariadne auf Naxos: Composer's Aria: Sein wir wieder gut

Weill:

Buddy on the Nightshift

My ship

Surabaya Johnny (from Happy End)


Anne Sophie von Otter

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Purcell - Songs

Purcell - Songs


Purcell:

The Plaint

If music be the food of love

I attempt from love's sickness

Fairest Isle

Sweeter than Roses

Not all my torments can your pity move, Z400

Thrice happy lovers (An Epithalamium)

An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193

From Rosy Bowers (From Don Quixote)

O lead me to some peaceful gloom

The History of King Richard the Second or The Sicilian Usurper: Retir'd from any mortal's sight, Z581

Music for a while, Z583

Since from my dear Astrea's sight

O Solitude


Alfred Deller (counter tenor) & Wieland Kuijken

William Christie

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Purcell - Theatre Music Volume 1

Purcell - Theatre Music Volume 1


Purcell:

Amphitryon or The Two Sosias - incidental music, Z572

Sir Barnaby Whigg or No Wit Like a Woman's: Blow, Blow, Boreas blow, Z589

The Gordion Knot Untied - incidental music, Z597

Circe - incidental music, Z575


Aronoff, Bower, Duyn, Jeffrey, Kettrick, Mahon, McArthur & Tomkins

Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon

Written mostly during the last five years of his life, Purcell’s Theatre Music is a rich and varied collection of some of the composer’s finest melodic inspirations. They include solemn overtures, cheerful and sad songs, as well as delightful dances, either incorporated into the action of the play or performed as preludes and interludes. This first volume of the series includes many gems such as the erotic musical diversion in Amphitryon which takes the form of a Pastoral Dialogue betwixt Thyrsis and Iris, the amorous shepherd begging for, and finally being granted, his heart’s desire; and the series of dances in The Gordian Knot Unty’d, the most delightful of which are the Rondeau, Minuett and the final Chacone.

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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas


Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

The Mermaid Singers & Orchestra, Geraint Jones

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Purcell - Here Let my Life and other songs

Purcell - Here Let my Life and other songs


Purcell:

Sound the trumpet

Crown the altar

Music for a while, Z583

Concerto on the Death of Henry Purcell

Here let my life

The Plaint

In the black dismal dungeon of despair, Z190

Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge - incidental music, Z570

If Music be the Food of Love Z379


James Bowman & Daniel Taylor (counter tenors)

Theatre of Early Music

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The Art Of Alfred Deller

The Art Of Alfred Deller

Classic Vanguard Recordings


anon.:

Sumer is icumen in

Byrd:

Come, pretty babe

Despres:

La Deploration de Jehan Okeghem

Handel:

Eternal source of light divine

Lasso:

Matona mia cara

Monteverdi:

Lasciatemi morire

Morley:

Now is the month of maying

In Dew of Roses

Parsons, R:

Pandolpho

Passereau:

Il est bel et bon

Purcell:

Music for a while, Z583

I attempt from Love's sickness fly

Sound the trumpet

Secrecie’s Song

Mystery’s Song

Fairest Isle

If music be the food of love

Saracini:

Da Te Parto

Schütz:

Erhöre Mich

trad.:

The Three Ravens

The Cuckoo

Barbara Allen

Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain

I will give my love an apple

The Oak and the ash (A north country lass)

King Henry

Greensleeves

Weelkes:

To shorten winter's sadness

Wilbye:

Thus Saith My Cloris Bright


Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré (lute), Walter Bergman (harpsichord), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)

The Deller Consort, Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra, Ensemble of Baroque Instruments, Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble

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