Discs: 1
Release date: 11th Nov 2002
Barcode: 7318590014356
Length: 54 minutes
Medium: CD (download also available)Classical Kirkby Orpheus and Corinna - 17th century English songs on classical themes Blow :
Sappho to the Goddess of Love
Sappho to the Goddess of Beauty
Boyce :
When Orpheus went down to the Regions below
An answer to Orpheus and Euridice (the Words by a Lady)
Campion :
When to her lute Corinna sings
Eccles, J :
Corinna now you'r young and gay
Ferrabosco, A II :
So beautie on the waters stood
Greene, M :
Orpheus with his lute
Lanier :
Hero and Leander (Nor com'st thou yet)
Lawes, H :
Legousin hai gunaikes
Away, away, Anacreon ('Anacreon's Ode Englished')
Anacreon's Ode, call'd The Lute (original Greek)
Anacreon's Ode, call'd The Lute ('English'd, to be sung by a Basse alone')
Orpheus' Hymn to God
At dead low ebb of night ('A tale out of Anacreon')
Weldon :
Stop, O ye waves
Wilson, John :
Diffugere nives (Horace, Odes IV, 7)
Integer vitae (Horace, Odes I, 22)
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Henry Lawes: Legousin hai gunaikes (Anacreon) Legousin hai gunaikes (Anacreon)
Henry Lawes: Away, away, Anacreon (Anacreon's Ode Englished) Away, away, Anacreon ('Anacreon's Ode Englished')
Henry Lawes: Anacreon's Ode, call'd The Lute (original Greek) Anacreon's Ode, call'd The Lute (original Greek)
Henry Lawes: Anacreon's Ode, call'd The Lute (English'd, to be sung by a Basse alone) Anacreon's Ode, call'd The Lute ('English'd, to be sung by a Basse alone)
John Blow: O Venus, daughter of the mighty Jove (Sappho to the Goddess of Love) Sappho to the Goddess of Love
John Wilson: Diffugere nives (Horace, Odes IV, 7) Diffugere nives (Horace, Odes IV, 7)
Thomas Campion: When to her lute Corinna sings When to her lute Corrina sings
John Eccles: Corinna now you'r young and gay Corinna now you'r young and gay
Nicholas Lanier: Hero and Leander (Nor com'st thou yet) Hero and Leander (Nor com'st thou yet)
Alfonso Ferrabosco II: So beautie on the waters stood So beautie on the waters stood
John Blow: Happy the man who, languishing (Sappho to the Goddess of Beauty) Sappho to the Goddess of Beauty
John Wilson: Integer vitae (Horace, Odes I, 22) Integer vitae (Horace, Odes I, 22)
Maurice Greene: Orpheus with his Lute Orpheus with his lute
Henry Lawes: Orpheus' Hymn to God Orpheus' Hymn to God
John Weldon: Stop, O ye waves Stop, O ye waves
William Boyce: Orpheus and Euridice (When Orpheus went down to the Regions below) When Orpheus went down to the Regions below
William Boyce: An answer to Orpheus and Euridice (the Words by a lady) An answer to Orpheus and Euridice (the Words by a lady)
Henry Lawes: At dead low ebb of night (A tale out of Anacreon) At dead low ebb of night ('A tale out of Anacreon')
Reviews “customary radiance of voice, technical agility and interpretative intelligence”