This page lists all recordings of O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406, 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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Il Seminario musicale, Gérard Lesne O Solitude: This exquisite and profound piece by Henry Purcell opens a selection of songs by the great English Baroque composer, recorded here by the alto Gérard Lesne whose voice proves to be in its element expressing the subtlety of these pieces. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Blow: | Ah, Heav'n! What is't I hear? Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell | Purcell: | Sound the trumpet from Come ye Sons of Art, Z323 In vain the am'rous flute from Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406 Sing, sing ye druids from Bonduca Z574 O dive custos Auriacae domus Z514 An Elegy upon the Death of Queen Mary No, resistance is but vain from The Maid's Last Prayer Z601 Hark how the songsters from Timon of Athens Z632 Incassum, Lesbia, rogas Z383 'The Queen's Epicedium' |
James Bowman (countertenor), Michael Chance (countertenor) The King's Consort, Robert King A sparkling collection which show both the composer and these fine artists in inspirational form. The performances are joyous, witty and ravishing in their Purcellian melancholy' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Blow: | So ceas'd the rival crew | Cutting: | The Galliard to Mrs. Anne Markham's Pavan | Dowland: | Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) Come again, sweet love doth now invite Go From My Window, Loth to Depart I saw my lady weepe Lachrimae Amantis Lachrimae Antiquae Sorrow, come Time stands still | Hume, T: | My hope is revived | Purcell: | An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 Fairest Isle Here the deities approve, Z.339 Music for a while, Z583 O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406 Sonatas 3, 6, 9 & 12, Z 804, 807, 798 & 801 |
Daniel Taylor (counter-tenor), Andreas Martin (lute) Da Sonar & Les Voix Humaines 2CD for 1, combining two earlier releases - "Tears of the Muse" and "On the Muse’s Isle". | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 6 working days. |
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Purcell: | Draw near, you lovers Z462 While Thirsis, wrapp'd in downly sleep Z437 Love, thou canst hear, tho' thou art blind Z396 I loved fair Celia Z381 What hope for us remains now he is gone? Z472 Pastora's beauties when unblown Z407 A thousand sev'ral ways I tried Z359 Urge me no more Z426 Farewell, all joys Z368 If music be the food of love Z379A (first version) Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams Z355 They say you're angry Z422 Let each gallant heart Z390 This poet sings the Trojan wars ('Anacreon's Defeat') Z423 Ah, how pleasant 'tis to love Z353 My heart, wherever you appear Z399 On the brow of Richmond Hill Z405 Rashly I swore I would disown Z411 Since the pox or the plague Z471 Beneath a dark and melancholy grove, Z461 Musing on cares of human fate Z467 Whilst Cynthia sung, all angry winds lay still Z438 How I sigh when I think of the charms of my swain Z374 Ye happy swains, whose nymphs are kind Z443 Beware, poor shepherds Z361 See how the fading glories of the year Z470 Cease, anxious world, your fruitless pain Z362 O! fair Cedaria, hide those eyes Z402 I love and I must ('Bell Barr'), Z382 When her languishing eyes said 'Love!', Z432 Not all my torments can your pity move, Z400 Ah! cruel nymph, Z352 Sylvia, now your scorn give over, Z420 Since one poor view has drawn my heart, Z416 I resolve against cringing and whining, Z386 Gentle shepherds, you that know the charms, Z464 If grief has any pow'r to kill, Z378 She that would gain a faithful lover, Z414 Fly swift ye hours, Z369 Hears not my Phillis how the birds ('The Knotting Song'), Z371 Phillis, talk no more of passion, Z409 Celia's fond, too long I've lov'd her, Z364 In vain we dissemble, Z385 When my Aemelia smiles, Z434 Farewell, ye rocks, ye seas and sands, Z463 What a sad fate is mine, Z428A I take no pleasure in the sun's bright beams, Z388 Love's pow'r in my heart shall find no compliance, Z395 How delightful's the life of an innocent swain, Z373 She, who my poor heart possesses, Z415 Love arms himself in Celia's eyes, Z392 When first my shepherdess and I, Z431 Through mournful shades and solitary groves, Z424 If music be the food of love (second version), Z379B Scarce had the rising sun appear'd, Z469 Who but a slave can well express, Z440 High on a throne of glitt'ring ore, Z465 Incassum Lesbia, incassum rogas ('The Queen's Epicedium'), Z383 She loves and she confesses too, Z413 Amintas, to my grief I see, Z356 Corinna is divinely fair, Z365 Amintor, heedless of his flocks, Z357 He himself courts his own ruin, Z372 No, to what purpose should I speak?, Z468 Sylvia, 'tis true you're fair, Z512 Lovely Albina's come ashore, Z394 Spite of the godhead, pow'rful love, Z417 If music be the food of love, third version, Z379C Phyllis, I can ne'er forgive it, Z408 Bacchus is a pow'r divine, Z360 From silent shades ('Bess of Bedlam') Z370 Let formal lovers still pursue, Z391 I came, I saw, and was undone, Z375 Who can behold Florella's charms?, Z441 Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z367 If pray'rs and tears, Z380 In Cloris all soft charms agree, Z384 Let us, kind Lesbia, give away, Z466 Love is now become a trade, Z393 Ask me to love no more, Z358 O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406 Olinda in the shades unseen, Z404 Pious Celinda goes to prayers, Z410 When Strephon found his passion vain, Z435 The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421 Sawney is a bonny lad, Z412 Young Thirsis' fate, Z473 |
Barbara Bonney (soprano), Susan Gritton (soprano), James Bowman (counter-tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Michael George (bass) The King's Consort, Robert King (chamber organ, harpsichord) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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