This page lists all recordings of Fairest Isle, 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 - Songs
Alfred Deller (counter tenor) & Wieland Kuijken William Christie | 
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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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| |  | 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) As one of today’s most magic – not to say victorious – singers, whether on the opera stage or in the concert hall, Carolyn Sampson’s previous appearances on BIS have earned her high praise, for instance in American Record Guide (“Her tone is extraordinarily beautiful: natural, warm and unforced, with almost superhuman vocal athleticism”). | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Purcell: Music for a while & O Solitude
Alfred Deller Wieland Kuijken, William Christie "The present record contains 13 of Purcell's most celebrated songs, each one of which is sung with intense feeling and, one feels, a familiarity with the music that only time can bring...[Deller] brings vivid characterization to every one of these pieces... No better example of his extraordinary sensibility is to be found than in his singing of Fairest Isle, without a doubt the loveliest performance of this song that I have ever heard....a fine and memorable recital by a great artist."
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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 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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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. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Fairest Isle - The Timeless Music of Purcell
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| |  | Songs For Ariel
James Bowman (countertenor) & Kenneth Weiss (harpsichord, piano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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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 8 - 10 working days. |
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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: | Bredon Hill | 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: | 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 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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