This page lists all recordings of Plainte: O, Let Me Weep, 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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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Purcell - Cease, Anxious WorldSongs & 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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Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley, Christopher Hogwood, Richard Campbell & Catherine Mackintosh Christopher Hogwood “The Evening Hymn is radiantly done, and so are many of the less well-known airs which regularly bring new revelation. Excellent recording, if with the voice forward, given striking extra presence on CD.”***Penguin Guide to Compact Discs | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Emma Kirkby (soprano), Richard Campbell (viola da gamba), Catherine Mackintosh (violin) & Anthony Rooley (lute) "The 16 Purcell songs and airs in this recital, some familiar, some rarely heard, are arranged in a pleasing order for continuous listening but, of course, can be selected or re-arranged at the touch of a CD button. Emma Kirkby's pure white tone is a joy throughout, her diction immaculate and her technique equal to all the demands of Purcell's many notes to a word... with nice decorations in repeated passages." - Gramophone | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Arne: | Where the Bee Sucks | Dowland: | Second Booke of Songes, 1600 : I I saw my lady weep | Handel: | Orlando : Povera me!...O care parolette Alceste : Gentle Morpheus | Haydn: | The Creation : With verdure clad the fields appear | Mozart: | Zaïde, K344 - "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben" L'amerò, sarò costante (from Il re pastore) Vesperae solemnes de confessore in C, K339 - Laudate dominum Exsultate, jubilate, K165 | Pergolesi: | Salve Regina in A minor (1736) | Purcell: | Plainte: O, Let Me Weep An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 | Vivaldi: | Nulla in mundo pax sincera - Mottetto per soprano, archi e continuo RV 630 in E major |
Emma Kirkby The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Songs and Airs by Purcell
Purcell: | O Solitude Ah! How sweet It Is to Love Not all my torments can your pity move, Z400 Ah! cruel, bloody fate Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth When I have often heard young maids complaining Music for a while, Z583 Sawney is a bonny lad, Z412 Stript of their green Tell me, some pitying angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), Z196 If music be the food of love Hark! The Echoing Air (From The Fairy Queen) The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421 Incassum Lesbia Sweeter than Roses Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z367 From silent shades ('Bess of Bedlam') Z370 Dear pretty youth From Rosy Bowers (From Don Quixote) Now that the sun hath veil'd his light Beneath a poplar's shadow I attempt from Love's sickness fly Let us dance Fairest Isle Nymphs and Shepherds Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams Z355 Love in their little veins inspires Fly swift ye hours, Z369 They tell us that your mighty powers Plainte: O, Let Me Weep In the black dismal dungeon of despair, Z190 See, even Night herself is here Why should men quarrel? Seek not to know The History of King Richard the Second or The Sicilian Usurper: Retir'd from any mortal's sight, Z581 To arms, heroic Prince O lead me to some peaceful gloom Halcyon days Bid the virtues (Come, ye Sons of Art) Lord, what is man?, Z192 |
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