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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | 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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| Music For A While - Baroque Melodies
Dowland: | In darkness let me dwell Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) Weepe you no more, sad fountaines What if I never speed? | Ferrari, B: | Amanti io vo se dire | Frescobaldi: | Se l'aura spira | Johnson, R: | Fantasia | Kapsberger: | La Capona Arpeggiata | Monteverdi: | Ecco di dolce raggi (Scherzi Musicali) Quel sguardo sdegnosetto - Madrigali, Canzonette e Scherzi musicali (Book X) Adagiati, Poppea - Oblivion soave (L'incoronazione di Poppea) | Purcell: | Saraband with Division, Z 654 Sweeter than roses Dear pretty youth Music for a while, Z583 There's not a swain (Rule a Wife and Have a Wife) An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 | Romano, G: | Dovrè dunque morire | Storace, B: | Ciaccone | Strozzi: | L'Eraclito amoroso (Cantate, Ariette e Duetti, Op. 2) |
Anne Sofie Von Otter (Soprano), Jakob Lindberg (guitar & lute), Anders Ericson (theorbo) & Jory Vinikour (harpsichord & organ) "Poised, precise and beautifully characterised singing "
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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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Alfred Deller (counter tenor) & Wieland Kuijken William Christie | 
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| |  | Victorian Christmas for Brass
Constanze Backes (soprano) Passion des Cuivres The wind quintet Passion de Cuivres was formed in
2003 and has already been praised by Nikolaus
Harnoncourt for its authentic use of period instruments
in reviving this 200-year-old tradition of performing
chamber music written for brass ensembles. In
general, the music-making of Passion des Cuivres is
marked by lighter timbres than those produced by
modern instruments.The sound spectrum of the present
CD is further extended by the soprano Constanze
Backes and by the bells of St Andrew's Church, Sonning
near Reading, which have been cast over a period of
three centuries, their sounds guaranteeing an atmospheric
beginning and end to this musical journey.
In addition to traditional carols by William Sandys (1792-1874), Lewis Henry Redner (1830-1908) and Lowell
Mason (1792-1872), justice is done to the high standards of amateur groups in the 19th century by including
arrangements of Baroque and Romantic choral numbers by composers as diverse as Purcell, Handel and
Mendelssohn. In addition to cornets, horns and trombones, the listener will even hear an ophicleide, a kind
of bass horn that was a forerunner of the euphonium.
These spirited and frequently refreshingly witty arrangements of popular and - at least
outside the UK - less well-known pieces of music are designed, therefore, to warm the
cockles of hearts depressed by the thought of Christmas. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Purcell - Songs and Airs
Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley, Christopher Hogwood, Richard Campbell & Catherine Mackintosh Christopher Hogwood “The Evening Hymn is radiantly done, and so are many of the less well-known airs which regularly bring new revelation. Excellent recording, if with the voice forward, given striking extra presence on CD.”***Penguin Guide to Compact Discs | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 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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| |  | Emma Kirkby - A Purcell Songbook
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Richard Campbell (viola da gamba), Catherine Mackintosh (violin) & Anthony Rooley (lute) "The 16 Purcell songs and airs in this recital, some familiar, some rarely heard, are arranged in a pleasing order for continuous listening but, of course, can be selected or re-arranged at the touch of a CD button. Emma Kirkby's pure white tone is a joy throughout, her diction immaculate and her technique equal to all the demands of Purcell's many notes to a word... with nice decorations in repeated passages." - Gramophone | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Remember Your LoversSongs by Tippett, Britten, Purcell & Pelham Humfrey
John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Iain Burnside (piano) "Listen to the sheer quality of music-making as tenor John Mark Ainsley is alive to every halting breath of a song." The Times | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | MuseVocal and instrumental works
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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