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The Purcell Experience

Artists include John Eliot Gardiner, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, William Christie, Gustav Leonhardt, Bruggen-Consort, Ton Koopman, Il Giardino Armonico, Capriccio Stravagante, Chanticleer, The Choir of Kings College Cambridge, Michael Chance, James Bowman, Susan Graham, Dawn Upshaw, Sumi Jo & Olivier...

  • Release Date: 9th Feb 2009
  • Catalogue No: 2564692406
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: Experience
  • Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

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Contents

Purcell: Rondeau from Abdelazer

Work length1:32
$1.30
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  • English Baroque Soloists
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, 1695

Work length16:54
$6.50
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  • English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner

"Man that is born of a woman"

Track length3:25
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March

Track length1:24
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Canzona

Track length2:03
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"In the midst of life we are in death"

Track length6:27
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"Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts"

Track length3:35
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Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: "Fairest Isle" (Venus)

Work length3:29
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  • Lynne Dawson (soprano)
  • English Baroque Soloists
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Purcell: Sonata for Trumpet and Strings in D major, Z850

Work length4:08
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  • David Blackadder (trumpet)
  • English Baroque Soloists
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner

I. Allegro

Track length1:17
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II. Adagio

Track length1:30
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III. Allegro

Track length1:21
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Excerpt, Purcell: Come ye sons of art (Ode for Queen Mary's birthday, 1694), Z 323

Work length5:35
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  • Michael Chance (countertenor)
  • English Baroque Soloists
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner

II. Ritornello & Chorus

Track length1:53
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III. Sound the Trumpet

Track length3:42
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Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: "Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth" (Dido)

Work length4:48
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  • Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Baroque Soloists
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Purcell: Music for a while, Z583

Work length3:34
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  • Sumi Jo (soprano), Henk Rubingh (leader)
  • Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

Purcell: O dive custos Auriacae domus, Z504

Work length6:34
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  • Suzie LeBlanc (soprano), Stephen Stubbs (director), Erin Headley (director), Barbara Borden (soprano)
  • Tragicomedia

Excerpt, Purcell: King Arthur, Z628

Work length15:02
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  • Elisabeth Priday (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
  • English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Act 2 Air

Track length0:57
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Act 3 Prelude "What ho! thou genius of this isle" [Cupid]

Track length1:22
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Act 3 "What power art thou" [Cold Genius]

Track length2:51
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Act 3 Prelude "See, see, we assemble" [Chorus]

Track length3:26
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Act 3 "Tis I that have warm'd ye... Tis Love that has warm'd us" [Cupid, Chorus]

Track length2:01
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Act 3 "Sound a parley" [Chorus, Cupid, Genius]

Track length3:44
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Act 3 Hornpipe

Track length0:41
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Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia Z328 : XIV "Hail! Bright Cecilia" [Altos, Tenor, Bass, Chorus]

Work length4:25
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  • Paul Elliott (tenor), Brian Gordon (contralto), David Thomas (bass), Ashley Stafford (contralto)
  • Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Purcell: Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50

Work length2:49
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  • Skip Sempé (organ), Joseph Jennings (director)
  • Chanticleer, Capriccio Stravagante
  • Skip Sempé

Purcell: A New Scotch Tune Z 655

Work length1:01
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  • Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)

Purcell: A New Irish Tune Z646

Work length0:53
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  • Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)

Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord alway ('The Bell Anthem'), Z49

Work length8:08
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  • Mark Sullivan (bass), Kevin Baum (tenor), Joseph Jennings (director), Jay White (countertenor)
  • Chanticleer, Capriccio Stravagante
  • Skip Sempé

Excerpt, Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

Work length9:32
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  • Sophie Daneman (soprano), Claire Brua (mezzo-soprano), Gaëlle Mechaly (soprano)
  • Les Arts Florissants
  • William Christie

Overture

Track length1:53
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Act 2 Prelude for the Witches "Wayward sisters, you that fright" [Sorceress] "Harm's our delight" [Chorus]

Track length2:14
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Act 2 "The Queen of Carthage" ... "Ho! ho! ho!" [Sorceress, First Witch, Chorus]

Track length1:53
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Act 2 "But ere we this perform" [First Witch, Second Witch]

Track length1:10
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Act 1 "In our deep vaulted cell... Echo Dance of Furies" [Chorus]

Track length2:22
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Purcell: The Indian Queen Z630 : Act 3 Trumpet Overture

Work length3:01
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  • English Baroque Soloists
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Purcell: Hornpipe in E minor, Z. T685

Work length0:51
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  • Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)

Purcell: Ground in D minor, ZD222

Work length1:53
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  • Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)

Purcell: "Ah! How Sweet It Is to Love"

Work length2:51
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  • Dawn Upshaw (vocals)

Purcell: If music be the food of love Z379A

Work length3:48
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  • Dawn Upshaw (vocals)

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

Work length4:44
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  • Alessandro Tampieri (viola), Enrico Onofri (violin), Marco Bianchi (violin)
  • Il Giardino Armonico
  • Giovanni Antonini

Purcell: Fantasia 'Three Parts upon a Ground' Z731

Work length4:41
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  • Leonhardt-Consort
  • Gustav Leonhardt

Purcell: Fantasia a 4 No.7

Work length3:36
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  • Leonhardt-Consort
  • Gustav Leonhardt

Purcell: A New Ground in E minor, Z. T682

Work length2:38
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  • Leonhardt-Consort
  • Gustav Leonhardt

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

Work length4:59
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  • Olivier Fortin (organ), Françoise Johannel (harp), Joseph Jennings (director)
  • Chanticleer, Capriccio Stravagante
  • Skip Sempé

Purcell: Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15

Work length2:26
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  • Joseph Jennings (director)
  • Chanticleer, Capriccio Stravagante
  • Skip Sempé

Purcell: My heart is inditing, Z30

Work length15:55
$1.30
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  • Joseph Jennings (director)
  • Chanticleer, Capriccio Stravagante
  • Skip Sempé

Excerpt, Purcell: The Tempest, Z631

Work length7:07
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  • Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Jennifer Smith (soprano)
  • Monteverdi Orchestra
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Act 4 Dance of Devils

Track length0:27
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Act 4 The sailor's dance

Track length1:08
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Act 5 "No stars again shall hurt you" [Amphitrite, Neptune, Chorus]

Track length5:32
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Excerpt, Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629

Work length9:33
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  • Catherine Bott (soprano)
  • Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
  • Ton Koopman

Act 5 "Thrice happy lovers" [Juno]

Track length2:30
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Act 5 "O let me ever, ever weep" [Soprano]

Track length7:03
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