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Purcell: | Ah, how pleasant 'tis to love, Z353 Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams Z355 The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421 I loved fair Celia, Z381 I resolve against cringing and whining, Z386 I take no pleasure in the sun's bright beams, Z388 If music be the food of love Z379A In vain we dissemble, Z385 Hears not my Phillis how the birds ('The Knotting Song'), Z371 My heart, wherever you appear Z399 Not all my torments can your pity move, Z400 O! fair Cedaria, hide those eyes Z402 On the brow of Richmond Hill Z405 Rashly I swore I would disown Z411 She loves and she confesses too, Z413 Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge: incidental music, Z570 What a sad fate is mine, Z428A When my Aemelia smiles, Z434 Who can behold Florella's charms?, Z441 Since from my dear Astrea's sight (from Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) The History of King Richard the Second or The Sicilian Usurper: Retir'd from any mortal's sight, Z581 I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain (from The Indian Queen) Celia has a thousand charms from The Rival Sisters, or The Violence of Love, Z609 Music for a while, Z583 |
Maarten Koningsberger (baritone) & Fred Jacobs (theorbo) “…Koningsberger's innate musicality and subtle intelligence are evident in every phrase. …one has only to listen to the delicate vocal colourings in "Music for a while", the skilfully realised connotations of melancholy and vanitas in "If music be the food of love" and the semantically apposite executive of the ornamentation in "I attempt from love's sickness to fly" to realise the extent of Koningsberger's interpretative gifts. Add to all... Jacob's utterly sympathetic theorbo accompaniments and you have one of the best Purcell recitals to have hit the shelves in years.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2009 “Koningsberger's singing is sensitive, expressive in arioso, rhythmical in measured songs. 26 delightful songs but better sampled than absorbed in one go.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2012 **** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Songs and Airs by Purcell
Purcell: | O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406 Ah! how sweet it is to love (from Tyrannic Love or The Royal Martyr, Z613) Not all my torments can your pity move, Z400 Stript of their green our groves appear, Z444 Tell me, some pitying angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), Z196 If music be the food of love, Z379 Hark! The Echoing Air (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421 Incassum Lesbia, incassum rogas ('The Queen's Epicedium'), Z383 Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585) Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z367 From silent shades ('Bess of Bedlam') Z370 Dear pretty youth (from The Indian Queen, Z630) From Rosy Bow'rs (from Don Quixote) An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 Beneath a poplar's shadow (from Sophonisba or Hannibal's Overthrow, Z590) I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain (from The Indian Queen) Let us dance (from Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) Fairest Isle (from King Arthur) Nymphs and Shepherds, Z600 Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams Z355 Love in their little veins inspires (from Timon of Athens, Z632) Fly swift ye hours, Z369 They tell us that your mighty powers, Z630 Plainte - O, Let Me Weep (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) In the black dismal dungeon of despair, Z190 See, even Night herself is here (from King Arthur, Z628) Why should men quarrel? (from The Indian Queen, Z630) Seek not to know (from The Indian Queen, Z630) The History of King Richard the Second or The Sicilian Usurper: Retir'd from any mortal's sight, Z581 To arms, heroic Prince (from The Libertine Destroyed, Z600) O lead me to some peaceful gloom (from Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574) Halcyon days (from King Arthur, Z629) Bid the virtues (from Come ye Sons of Art, Z323) Lord, what is man?, Z192 Music for a while, Z583 Sawney is a bonny lad, Z412 When I have often heard young maids complaining (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) Ah! cruel, bloody fate (from Theodosius or The Force of Love, Z606) Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth (from Dido & Aeneas) |
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| |  | 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, Z430 Here the deities approve, Z339 Prelude Trio Sonata, for violin, bass viol and organ, Z780 Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585) Ground in C minor, ZD221 Music for a while, Z583 Dear pretty youth (from The Indian Queen, Z630) Sonata Terza Plainte - O, Let Me Weep (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) |
Benjamin Perrot (theorbe & direction) La Rêveuse The civil war that culminated in the decapitation of King Charles I 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. “Hassler's pure tone, delicate decorations, easy phrasing and profound connection to the poetry are complemented by La Rêveuse's ensemble of violins, triple harp, organ, harpsichord and theorbo.” The Independent on Sunday | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Purcell - Complete Secular Solo Songs
Purcell: | Draw near, you lovers Z462 While Thirsis, wrapp'd in downy 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 Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge: incidental music, Z570 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, you give despair, 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 |
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