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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Purcell - The Food of LoveSacred & Secular Songs
Corbetta: | Caprice de chacone C major | Purcell: | If Music be the Food of Love, Z. 379C Corinna is divinely fair, Z365 Ah! how sweet it is to love (from Tyrannic Love or The Royal Martyr, Z613) What a sad fate is mine, Z428A I see she flies me ev'rywhere (from Aureng-Zebe or The Great Mogul, Z573) O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406 Music for a while, Z583 Ground in C minor, ZD221 O! fair Cedaria, hide those eyes Z402 Man is for the woman made (from The Mock Marriage, Z605) Not all my torments can your pity move, Z400 On the brow of Richmond Hill Z405 Pious Celinda goes to prayers, Z410 When first I saw Aurelia’s eyes, Z627A /1 The cares of lovers (from Timon of Athens, Z632) The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421 I loved fair Celia, Z381 When her languishing eyes said 'Love!', Z432 Thou wakeful shepherd that dost Israel keep (A Morning Hymn), Z198 The earth trembled, Z197 An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 If music be the food of love Z379A | Simpson, C: | Prelude in D Prelude [in E] | Visée: | Prelude D minor |
‘The Food of Love’, a strongly compelling title for a magnificent programme featuring the best of Purcell’s vocal music, sung by world renowned baroque specialist Paul Agnew. Paul Agnew is joined by an outstanding group of continuo players led by gambist Anne-Marie Lasla to create a special atmosphere of intimate music-making. “Agnew’s voice is one of the most searingly expressive in the baroque field.” (Gramophone). Purcell achieved the near miraculous feat of sounding natural in a heightened dramatic vein, using ornamentation and repetition to place expressive stress on key words. A vibrant tribute to the 350th Anniversary of Purcell’s birth. “Paul Agnew's long experience in the realm of French Baroque music makes him particularly sensitive to le goût français, his voice supple enough to realise with exquisite grace the intricate, French-style recitatives and embellishments. In the simpler songs and laments, he croons with the seductive tones of a veritable chanteur de charme. Anne-Marie Lasla, Elizabeth Kenny and Blandine Rannou provide inspired continuo realisations, full of improvisatory flair and theatricality. The rapport between these four musicians lifts the music far beyond the written notes producing a perfect entente cordiale.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2010 ***** “Agnew gets it just right, and the ensemble behind him is flawless. There is the right blend of restraint and subtlety, with emotional guts – try I loved Fair Celia or the heartfelt Solitude with a wonderfully well-judged solo viol...Generally the performances are outstanding – and the idea of breaking up the Purcell songs with instrumental solos inspired.” Katie Greening, bbc.co.uk, 4th November 2009 “…a marvellous anthology of songs by Purcell. …separated by short instrumental pieces by other composers, giving well deserved solo spots to Anne-Marie Lasla and Elizabeth Kenny. If the tone is predominantly sombre, there's relief in "Man is for the woman made", Agnew's cheerful delivery perfectly complemented by a strumming guitar. The Evening Hymn - another ground - ends with a string of "Hallelujahs" that Agnew sings with an appropriate inwardness. ...it's the performances that count: magnificent.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2010 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Counter-tenor Duets and SongPurcell and his contemporaries
Blow: | Ah, Heav'n! What is't I hear? Quam diligo legem tuam Paratum cor meum | Humfrey: | A hymne to God the Father | Purcell: | Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, Z335 If music be the food of love, Z379 Music for a while, Z583 In vain the am'rous flute (from Hail, Bright Cecilia!, Z328) Here the deities approve, Z339 O dive custos Auriacae domus, Z504 One charming night (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) No, resistance is but vain (from The Maid's Last Prayer or Any Rather Than Fail, Z601) I see she flies me ev'rywhere (from Aureng-Zebe or The Great Mogul, Z573) Since from my dear Astrea's sight (from Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 | Purcell, D: | O ravishing delight |
Ryland Angel (counter-tenor), Mark Chambers (counter-tenor), Laurence Cummings (h'chord, organ), Taro Takeuchi (lute, theorbo, baroque guitar), Reiko Ichise (bass viol), Becky Davies & Laura Hird (recorder), Rodolfo Richter and Claire Duff (violin) and Emma Alter (viola) "A welcome airing, delightfully performed, of the surprisingly low-profile Purcell" - Gramophone | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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Purcell: | Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge: incidental music, Z570 Distressed Innocence or The Princess of Persia: incidental music, Z577 The Married Beau or The Curious Impertinent - incidental music, Z603 The Gordion Knot Untied - incidental music, Z597 Sir Anthony Love or the Rambling Lady - incidental music, Z588 Bonduca or The British Heroine - incidental music, Z574 Circe: incidental music, Z575 The Virtuous Wife or Good Luck At Last - incidental music, Z611 The Old Batchelor - incidental music, Z607 Overture in G minor, Z770 Don Quixote: incidental music, Z578 Amphitryon or The Two Sosias: incidental music, Z572 The Double Dealer - incidental music, Z592 The Richmond Heiress or A Woman Once in the Right, Z608 The Rival Sisters or The Violence of Love - incidental music, Z609 Henry the Second, King of England: incidental music, Z580 Tyrannic Love or The Royal Martyr - incidental music, Z613 Overture in G minor Z772 Theodosius, or The Force of Love - incidental music, Z606 The Libertine or The Libertine Destroyed - incidental music, Z600 Thy genius lo! (from The Massacre of Paris, Z604) Oedipus: incidental music, Z583 The History of King Richard the Second or The Sicilian Usurper: Retir'd from any mortal's sight, Z581 Sir Barnaby Whigg or No Wit Like a Woman's: Blow, Blow, Boreas blow, Z589 Beneath a poplar's shadow (from Sophonisba or Hannibal's Overthrow, Z590) My wife has a tongue (from The English Lawyer, Z594) A Fool's Preferment, or The Three Dukes of Dunstable: incidental music, Z571 The Indian Emperor or The Conquest of Mexico: I look'd and saw within, Z598 The Knight of Malta: At the close of the ev'ning, Z599 A Dialogue between Thirsis and Daphne: Why, my Daphne, why complaining, Z525 The Wife's Excuse, or Cuckolds make themselves - incidental music, Z612 No, no, poor suff'ring heart (from Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, Z576) Ah me! to many deaths (from Regulus or The Faction of Carthage, Z586) The Marriage-Hater Match'd: incidental music, Z602 How happy's the husband (from Love Triumphant or Nature Will Prevail, Z582) There's not a swain (from Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Z587) The Female Virtuosos: Love, thou art best, Z596 Epsom Wells: Leave these useless arts, Z579 The Maid's Last Prayer, or Any Rather than Fail - incidental music, Z601 I see she flies me ev'rywhere (from Aureng-Zebe or The Great Mogul, Z573) The Canterbury Guests or A Bargain Broken: Good neighbour why?, Z591 The Fatal Marriage or The Innocent Adultery - incidental music, Z595 The Spanish Friar or The Double Discovery: Whilst I with grief, Z610 Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country: incidental music, Z585 Oh! how you protest...'Twas within a furlong, (from The Mock Marriage, Z605) Oroonoko: Celemene, pray tell me, Z584 Pavan in A major Z748 Pavan in A minor Z749 Pavan in B flat major, Z750 Pavan in G minor Z751 Pavan for Three Violins and Bass in G minor - Z752 Trio Sonata, for violin, bass viol and organ, Z780 Chacony in G minor - for Two Violins, Viola and Bass Z730 |
Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, Elizabeth Lane, Joy Roberts, Prudence Lloyd (sopranos), James Bowman (countertenor), Martyn Hill, Rogers Covey-Crump, Paul Elliott, Alan Byers, Peter Bamber, Julian Pike (tenors), David Thomas, Christopher Keyte, Geoffrey Shaw, Michael George (basses) Academy of Ancient Music, The Taverner Choir, Christopher Hogwood | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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