Purcell: If love's a sweet passion

This page lists all recordings of If love's a sweet passion, by Henry Purcell (1659-95) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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December 2007

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Victorious Love - Songs by Henry Purcell

Purcell:

Sweeter than Roses

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421

When first Amintas sued for a kiss

The Plaint

They tell us that your mighty powers

Man Is For The Woman Made

From silent shades ('Bess of Bedlam') Z370

Music for a while, Z583

Now The Night Is Chac'd Away (From The Fairy Queen)

If music be the food of love

Thrice happy lovers (An Epithalamium)

The bashful Thames

I attempt from loves sickness to fly in vain

O! fair Cedaria, hide those eyes Z402

Fairest Isle

O Solitude

If love's a sweet passion

The Blessed virgin's expostulation

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

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord & spinet), Elizabeth Kenny (archlute / theorbo), Anne-Marie Lasla (bass viol), Sarah Sexton (violin I), Andrea Morris (violin II) & Jane Rogers (viola)

As one of today’s most magic – not to say victorious – singers, whether on the opera stage or in the concert hall, Carolyn Sampson’s previous appearances on BIS have earned her high praise, for instance in American Record Guide (“Her tone is extraordinarily beautiful: natural, warm and unforced, with almost superhuman vocal athleticism”).

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BIS - BISSACD1536

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Byrdland

Byrd:	Ye sacred muses Lullaby, my sweet little baby Come to me, grief, for ever I Thought That Love Had Been A Boy Crowned with flow'rs and lilies
Danyel:	The Leaves Be Greene
Dowland:	Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) Now, O now, I needs must part Flow my teares (Lacrimć) Fine knacks for ladies In darkness let me dwell
Galilei, V:	La Volta
Gibbons, O:	The Silver Swan Fantasia of four parts
Holborne:	The Fairie-round Galliard
Morley:	April is in My Mistress Face
Playford:	Under The Greenwood Tree The Indian Queen
Purcell:	If love's a sweet passion Fairest Isle Man Is For The Woman Made Dance For The Haymakers An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193

Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor)

Paragon Saxophone Quartet

A tantalising fusion of ancient and modern, ‘Byrdland’ explores the world of the Renaissance song accompanied by a modern-day saxophone quartet. All the songs on the disc were written by the great composers working in England in the 16th and 17th centuries. Recent recordings by artists as diverse as Sting and Brian Asawa have partnered the singer with the more traditional lute.

Landor Records - LAN280

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