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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Music for a whilePurcell songs
Alfred Deller (counter tenor), Wieland Kuijken (bass viol), William Christie (harpsichord) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Art Of Alfred DellerClassic Vanguard Recordings
Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré (lute), Walter Bergman (harpsichord), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) The Deller Consort, Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra, Ensemble of Baroque Instruments, Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Sweet Power of Song
Aubert, L: | Cache-cache | Balfe: | Trust Her Not | Beethoven: | Sweet power of songs, WoO 152/2 The Elfin Fairies, WoO. 154 No. 1 Oh! would I were but that sweet linnet, WoO. 154 No. 9 English Bulls or The Irishman in London WoO. 152 No. 12 | Berlioz: | Pleure, pauvre Colette Le Trébuchet | Brahms: | Duette (4), Op. 61 | Britten: | Two Ballads for two voices and piano | Chausson: | Deux Duos, Op. 11 | Delibes: | Les Trois Oiseaux | Fauré: | Pleurs d'or Op. 72 Tarentelle Op. 10 No. 2 | Gounod: | D'un coeur qui t'aime L'Arithmétique La Siesta | Massenet: | Rêvons c'est l'heure Joie! | Mendelssohn: | Wasserfahrt, Op. 50 No. 4 Volkslied, Op. 63 No. 5 Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 No. 2 Neue Liebe, Op. 19a No. 4 Abendlied 'Wenn ich auf dem Lager' (Heine) Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein, Op. 63 No. 6 | Paladilhe: | Au bord de l'eau | Purcell: | Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, Z335 I attempt from Love's sickness fly Lost is my quiet for ever Fairest Isle What can we poor females do? | Quilter: | It was a lover and his lass | Rossini: | La Pesca Anzoleta co' passa la regata La promessa Duetto buffo di due gatti (Comic Duet for Two Cats) | Saint-Saëns: | Pastorale El Desdichado | Schumann: | Er ist's! Op. 79 No. 23 (Eduard Mörike) Frühlingslied Op. 79/19 Schneeglöckchen, Op. 79 No. 26 Das Glück Op. 79/16 | Sullivan: | Coming Home |
Felicity Lott, Ann Murray & Graham Johnson (piano) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Very Best of English Song
anon.: | The Willow Song | Balfe: | Come into the garden, Maud | Bishop: | Home, Sweet Home | Brahe: | Bless this House | Butterworth, G: | Loveliest of Trees | Byrd: | Lullaby, my sweet little baby Ye sacred muses | Carter, S: | Down Below | Dibdin: | Tom Bowling | Dowland: | Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) Sorrow, stay Awake, sweet love Woeful heart Shall I sue? Me, me, and none but me Flow my teares (Lacrimæ) | Finzi: | Since we loved Rollicum-rorum | Gurney: | Down by the Salley Gardens Black Stitchel | Ireland: | The Salley Gardens Sea Fever | Johnson, R: | Where the bee sucks Full fathom five | Keel: | Trade Winds | Morley: | It was a lover and his lass O mistress mine | Mortimer: | The Smuggler's Song | Parry: | O mistress mine | Peel: | In Summertime on Bredon | Purcell: | Fairest Isle Music for a while, Z583 I attempt from love's sickness If music be the food of love An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 | Quilter: | Love's Philosophy, Op. 3 No. 1 (Shelley) Now sleeps the crimson petal, Op. 3 No. 2 (Tennyson) Come away, death | Shield: | The Plough Boy | Stanford: | Drake's Drum The Old Superb | Swann, D: | The Hippopotamus Song (Mud, mud, glorious mud) A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) The Wart Hog | trad.: | The Foggy, Foggy Dew Greensleeves | Vaughan Williams: | Linden Lea The Lamb The Shepherd Silent Noon | Walton: | Popular Song from 'Façade' | Warlock: | Yarmouth Fair My Own Country Passing By Pretty Ring Time Balulalow | Woodforde-Finden: | Kashmiri Song |
Ian Bostridge, Jonathan Lemalu, Janet Baker, Emma Kirkby, Thomas Allen, Alfred Deller, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, et al | | | 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 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, incassum rogas ('The Queen's Epicedium'), Z383 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 Music for a while, Z583 Sawney is a bonny lad, Z412 When I have often heard young maids complaining Ah! cruel, bloody fate Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth |
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| |  | Songs for voice and lute
Georg Nigl (baritone), Luca Pianca (lute and baroque guitar) & Vittorio Ghielmi (bass viol) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Mr Henry Purcell's Most Admirable Composures
Purcell: | We sing to him, whose wisdom form'd the ear, Z199 What Shall I Do To Show How Much I Love Her? from The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian How long, great God?, Z189 Not all my torments can your pity move, Z400 Music for a while, Z583 from Oedipus Fairest Isle from King Arthur The Knotting Song The Plaint from The Fairy Queen Hears not my Phillis how the birds ('The Knotting Song'), Z371 With him he brings the partner of his throne from Ye tuneful Muses, Z344 Ah! how sweet it is to love (from Tyrannic Love or The Royal Martyr, Z613) Celia has a thousand charms from The Rival Sisters, or The Violence of Love, Z609 The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421 One Charming Night (From The Fairy Queen) Since from my dear Astrea's sight Here the deities approve, Z.339 An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 |
James Bowman (countertenor) The King's Consort, Robert King “James Bowman must surely be the finest vocal interpreter of Purcell today. His grasp of sentiment, his sense of timing, and his enunciation, are unsurpassed” Gramophone Magazine | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Sumi Jo - Baroque Journey
Sumi Jo Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra “Here is one of the most delightful singers of our time… There is a delicious coolness about the Korean soprano’s singing” Gramophone Magazine | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Victorious Love - Songs by Henry Purcell
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) “Carolyn Sampson's luminescent soprano, with its easeful enunciation, seemingly instinctive ornamentation, and total lack of self-consciousness captures the bittersweet 'affects' of 'Sweeter than Roses', relishes the shifting tones of voice in the long nocturnal, 'From silent shades', and glows against a single theorbo accompaniment in the great 'Evening Hymn'. The instrumental palette, though limited, is exquisitely tuned to Sampson's voice and to the character of each piece.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 **** “It is immediately obvious from the first few songs that this disc is truly special. Carolyn Sampson's singing is deliciously enjoyable for its sweet tuning, flawless intonation, impeccable stylishness, shapely phrasing of melodic lines and textural awareness.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2007 “Her tone is extraordinarily beautiful: natural, warm and unforced, with almost superhuman vocal athleticism” American Record Guide | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Byrdland
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. “Zazzo's interpretation of the text and tasteful shaping of melody would grace any kind of performance style, and it is intriguing to hear some tenderly realised polyphonic lines delineated by the Paragon Saxophone Quartet. Byrd's "Lullaby" and Gibbon's "The Silver Swan" get an attractive alternative life here. ...a rare example of successfully reinventing "early" music.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2007 “…the elegant phrasing and sumptuous tonal character of the Paragon Quartet's playing… combines the warm intimacy of a viol consort with the fruit richness of shawms and crumhorns. Zazzo has one of the most flawless, beautifully-controlled voices you could wish to hear. ...his sound and technique rival even Scholl's and his diction is excellent in this astute mixture of familiar and lesser-known pieces.” BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007 **** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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