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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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| |  | Music for a whilePurcell songs
Purcell: | Plainte - O, Let Me Weep (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) If music be the food of love, Z379 I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain (from The Indian Queen) Fairest Isle (from King Arthur) Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585) Not all my torments can your pity move, Z400 Thrice happy lovers (An Epithalamium) An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 From Rosy Bow'rs (from Don Quixote) O lead me to some peaceful gloom (from Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574) The History of King Richard the Second or The Sicilian Usurper: Retir'd from any mortal's sight, Z581 Music for a while, Z583 Since from my dear Astrea's sight (from Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406 |
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| |  | Purcell - Love Songs
Purcell: | Curtain Tune from Timon of Athens Z632 The Chair Dance (from Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) If music be the food of love, Z379 For love ev'ry creature is formed by his nature (from King Arthur, Z628) Hornpipe I love and I must ('Bell Barr'), Z382 Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585) Timon of Athens, Z632: Overture Hark how the songsters of the grove (from Timon of Athens, Z632) Love in their little veins inspires (from Timon of Athens, Z632) But ah! how much are our delights (from Timon of Athens, Z632) Come all to me (from Timon of Athens, Z632) First Music (From The Fairy Queen) Entrance of night (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) One charming night (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) Hush, no more, be silent all (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) Chaconne Ye gentle spirits of the air (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) Prelude Since from my dear Astrea's sight (from Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) O let me ever, ever weep (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) If love's a sweet passion (from The Fairy Queen, Z628) The cares of lovers (from Timon of Athens, Z632) Let us dance (from Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) Boree Butterfly dance (from Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) Man is for the woman made (from The Mock Marriage, Z605) Hark! The Echoing Air (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) Chaconne |
Dorothee Mields has specialized in 17th and 18th century music from early on in her career and performs with the Collegium Vocale Ghent and the Bach Collegium Japan. Her artistic work and her repertoire extend from Monteverdi and Bach to Grisey and Furrer. The Lautten Compagney Berlin is one of the most renowned German baroque ensembles. “It's heartening to hear a German ensemble perform Purcell...with such conviction. Dorothee Mields is a fine soprano who is as confident in the melismas of "Sweeter than roses" as she is heartfelt in the broken phrases of 'O let me weep"; and, on the whole, her English is excellent.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2010 “Mields has barely a hint of an accent, and is marvellously expressive throughout, suggesting more than a passing familiarity with the English language...The instrumental playing...also has much to recommend it.” International Record Review, September 2010 | | | 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 Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) 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) from King Arthur Hears not my Phillis how the birds ('The Knotting Song'), Z371 Plainte - O, Let Me Weep (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) 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, Z629) Since from my dear Astrea's sight (from Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) Here the deities approve, Z339 An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 |
“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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| |  | Purcell - "Tis Nature's Voice" And Other Songs And Elegies
Purcell: | Tis Nature's voice (from Hail, Bright Cecilia, Z328) Music for a while, Z583 The History of King Richard the Second or The Sicilian Usurper: Retir'd from any mortal's sight, Z581 Since from my dear Astrea's sight (from Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) Pious Celinda goes to prayers, Z410 Incassum Lesbia, incassum rogas ('The Queen's Epicedium'), Z383 Ah! cruel nymph, you give despair, Z352 The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421 As Amoret and Thyrsis lay (from The Old Bachelor, Z606) Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585) I loved fair Celia, Z381 Young Thirsis' fate, Z473 |
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| |  | Purcell: Tis Nature's Voiceand other Songs and Elegies
Purcell: | Tis Nature's voice (from Hail, Bright Cecilia, Z328) Music for a while, Z583 The History of King Richard the Second or The Sicilian Usurper: Retir'd from any mortal's sight, Z581 Since from my dear Astrea's sight (from Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) Pious Celinda goes to prayers, Z410 Incassum Lesbia, incassum rogas ('The Queen's Epicedium'), Z383 Ah! cruel nymph, you give despair, Z352 The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421 As Amoret and Thyrsis lay (from The Old Bachelor, Z606) Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585) I loved fair Celia, Z381 Young Thirsis' fate, Z473 |
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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: | Music for a while, Z583 Fairest Isle (from King Arthur) Since from my dear Astrea's sight (from Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain (from The Indian Queen) There's not a swain (from Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Z587) Take not a woman's anger ill (from The Rival Sisters or The Violence of Love, Z609) The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421 Love's pow'r in my heart shall find no compliance, Z395 More love or more disdain I crave, Z397 Who can behold Florella's charms?, Z441 Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585) Incassum Lesbia, incassum rogas ('The Queen's Epicedium'), Z383 Thou wakeful shepherd that dost Israel keep (A Morning Hymn), Z198 Sleep, Adam, and take thy rest, Z195 Lord, what is man?, Z192 |
Andrew Dalton (Countertenor), Freek Borstlap (Bass Viola da gamba), Anneke Uittenbosch (Harpsichord) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Lost is My Quiet
Two of the most accomplished vocal artists Canada has produced share their love of English song from Purcell's time: solo pieces and duets written for the theatre and for celebratory odes by the Orpheus Britannicus himself, as well as some tasty morsels by his greatest "disciple," John Eccles. John Blow and Henry's younger brother, Daniel, also add more than their two-pence worth. A very worthy band of instrumentalists complete the programme with a choice selection of "ayres" (in truth, instrumental suites) from two theatrical works to which Henry Purcell contributed. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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