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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Purcell - Theatre Music Volume 1
Aronoff, Bower, Duyn, Jeffrey, Kettrick, Mahon, McArthur & Tomkins Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon Written mostly during the last five years of his life, Purcell’s Theatre Music is a rich and varied collection of some of the composer’s finest melodic inspirations. They include solemn overtures, cheerful and sad songs, as well as delightful dances, either incorporated into the action of the play or performed as preludes and interludes. This first volume of the series includes many gems such as the erotic musical diversion in Amphitryon which takes the form of a Pastoral Dialogue betwixt Thyrsis and Iris, the amorous shepherd begging for, and finally being granted, his heart’s desire; and the series of dances in The Gordian Knot Unty’d, the most delightful of which are the Rondeau, Minuett and the final Chacone. “Worthy, professional and instinctively stylish but somewhat under-explored performances.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2008 “This is an absolutely 'must' for Purcell collectors, and as attractive a distraction for more general listening as it was to 17th-century theatre audiences.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Nancy Argenta (soprano) Theatre of Early Music,
Christopher Jackson 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. | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Purcell: | Music In 'the Prophetess Or The History Of Dloclesian' after John Fletcher and Philip Massinger Music In 'king Arthur, Or The British Worthy' John Dryden Music In 'the Fairy Queen' after William Shakespeare Music In 'the Indian Queen' John Dryden and Robert Howard The Married Beau or The Curious Impertinent - incidental music, Z603 John Crowne The Old Batchelor - incidental music, Z607 William Congreve Amphitryon or The Two Sosias - incidental music, Z572 John Dryden The Double Dealer - incidental music, Z592 William Congreve Distressed Innocence or The Princess of Persia - incidental music, Z577 Elkanah Settle The Gordion Knot Untied - incidental music, Z597 Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge - incidental music, Z570 Aphra Behn Bonduca or The British Heroine - incidental music, Z574 after John Fletcher The Virtuous Wife or Good Luck At Last - incidental music, Z611 Thomas D'Urfey Sonata While The Sun Rises In 'the Fairy Queen' Overture In G Minor possibly for the prologue of Dido and Aeneas Music In 'timon Of Athens, The Man-Hater' Thomas Shadwell, after William Shakespeare Symphony in C from The Indian Queen |
The Parley of Instruments, Roy Goodman ''Ayres for the Theatre' is a wonderful collection of rich and varied, tuneful music and has been marvellously well recorded by engineer Tony Faulkner … the players set out in almost holographic detail between, beyond, between and in front of the loudspeakers.You could almost be there' (Gramophone 'Soundings') | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Purcell: | Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge - incidental music, Z570 Distressed Innocence or The Princess of Persia - incidental music, Z577 The Married Beau or The Curious Impertinent - incidental music, Z603 The Gordion Knot Untied - incidental music, Z597 Sir Anthony Love or the Rambling Lady - incidental music, Z588 Bonduca or The British Heroine - incidental music, Z574 Circe - incidental music, Z575 The Virtuous Wife or Good Luck At Last - incidental music, Z611 The Old Batchelor - incidental music, Z607 Overture in G minor, Z770 Don Quixote - incidental music, Z578 Amphitryon or The Two Sosias - incidental music, Z572 The Double Dealer - incidental music, Z592 The Richmond Heiress or A Woman Once in the Right, Z608 The Rival Sisters or The Violence of Love - incidental music, Z609 Henry the Second, King of England - incidental music, Z580 Tyrannic Love or The Royal Martyr - incidental music, Z613 Overture in G minor Z772 Theodosius, or The Force of Love - incidental music, Z606 The Libertine or The Libertine Destroyed - incidental music, Z600 The Massacre of Paris: Thy genius lo!, Z604 Oedipus - incidental music, Z583 The History of King Richard the Second or The Sicilian Usurper: Retir'd from any mortal's sight, Z581 Sir Barnaby Whigg or No Wit Like a Woman's: Blow, Blow, Boreas blow, Z589 Beneath a poplar's shadow The English Lawyer: My wife has a tongue, Z594 A Fool's Preferment or The Three Dukes of Dunstable - incidental music, Z571 The Indian Emperor or The Conquest of Mexico: I look'd and saw within, Z598 The Knight of Malta: At the close of the ev'ning, Z599 A Dialogue between Thirsis and Daphne: Why, my Daphne, why complaining, Z525 The Wife's Excuse, or Cuckolds make themselves - incidental music, Z612 Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero: No, no, poor suff'ring heart, Z576 Regulus or The Faction of Carthage: Ah me! to many deaths, Z586 The Marriage-Hater Match'd: incidental music, Z602 Love Triumphant or Nature Will Prevail: How happy's the husband, Z582 There's not a swain (Rule a Wife and Have a Wife) The Female Virtuosos: Love, thou art best, Z596 Epsom Wells: Leave these useless arts, Z579 The Maid's Last Prayer, or Any Rather than Fail - incidental music, Z601 I see she flies me ev'rywhere The Canterbury Guests or A Bargain Broken: Good neighbour why?, Z591 The Fatal Marriage or The Innocent Adultery - incidental music, Z595 The Spanish Friar or The Double Discovery: Whilst I with grief, Z610 Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country - incidental music, Z585 The Mock Marriage: Oh! how you protest...'Twas within a furlong, Z605 Oroonoko: Celemene, pray tell me, Z584 Pavan in A major Z748 Pavan in A minor Z749 Pavan in B flat major Z750 Pavan in G minor Z751 Pavan for Three Violins and Bass in G minor - Z752 Trio Sonata, for violin, bass viol and organ, Z780 Chacony in G minor - for Two Violins, Viola and Bass Z730 |
Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, Elizabeth Lane, Joy Roberts, Prudence Lloyd (sopranos), James Bowman (countertenor), Martyn Hill, Rogers Covey-Crump, Paul Elliott, Alan Byers, Peter Bamber, Julian Pike (tenors), David Thomas, Christopher Keyte, Geoffrey Shaw, Michael George (basses) Academy of Ancient Music, The Taverner Choir, Christopher Hogwood | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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