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“This set really stands on the basis of Baker’s Dido and she is marvellous...the Alto disc sounds fine and full-bodied and certainly as good as the Decca version...All lovers of this opera should have Baker’s performance of Dido, and this is an excellent and cheap way to acquire it.” MusicWeb International, April 2013 | 
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| |  | Songs and Airs by Purcell
Purcell: | O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406 Ah! how sweet it is to love (from Tyrannic Love or The Royal Martyr, Z613) Not all my torments can your pity move, Z400 Stript of their green our groves appear, Z444 Tell me, some pitying angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), Z196 If music be the food of love, Z379 Hark! The Echoing Air (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421 Incassum Lesbia, incassum rogas ('The Queen's Epicedium'), Z383 Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585) Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z367 From silent shades ('Bess of Bedlam') Z370 Dear pretty youth (from The Indian Queen, Z630) From Rosy Bow'rs (from Don Quixote) An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 Beneath a poplar's shadow (from Sophonisba or Hannibal's Overthrow, Z590) I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain (from The Indian Queen) Let us dance (from Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627) Fairest Isle (from King Arthur) Nymphs and Shepherds, Z600 Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams Z355 Love in their little veins inspires (from Timon of Athens, Z632) Fly swift ye hours, Z369 They tell us that your mighty powers, Z630 Plainte - O, Let Me Weep (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) In the black dismal dungeon of despair, Z190 See, even Night herself is here (from King Arthur, Z628) Why should men quarrel? (from The Indian Queen, Z630) Seek not to know (from The Indian Queen, Z630) The History of King Richard the Second or The Sicilian Usurper: Retir'd from any mortal's sight, Z581 To arms, heroic Prince (from The Libertine Destroyed, Z600) O lead me to some peaceful gloom (from Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574) Halcyon days (from King Arthur, Z629) Bid the virtues (from Come ye Sons of Art, Z323) Lord, what is man?, Z192 Music for a while, Z583 Sawney is a bonny lad, Z412 When I have often heard young maids complaining (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) Ah! cruel, bloody fate (from Theodosius or The Force of Love, Z606) Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth (from Dido & Aeneas) |
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