A Purcell Collection

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every number here has something particularly arresting within it, all supported by persuasive and committed singing, and playing of intense charm. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 7th Apr 2014
Catalogue No: SIGCD375
Label: Signum
Length: 70 minutes

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Purcell: Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem

Work length7:25

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Voces8, Les Inventions

Purcell: To the Hills and the Vales

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Voces8, Les Inventions

Purcell: By Beauteous Softness Mix’d with Majesty

Work length3:33

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Barnaby Smith
Voces8, Les Inventions

Purcell: O God, Thou Art my God

Work length3:51

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Voces8, Les Inventions

Purcell: How Happy the Lover

Work length6:19

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Andrea Haines, Samuel Dressel, Dingle Yandell
Voces8, Les Inventions

Purcell: What power art thou? (from King Arthur, Z628)

Work length4:26

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Dingle Yandell
Voces8, Les Inventions

Purcell: Behold, O Mightiest of Gods

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Voces8, Les Inventions

Purcell: My Heart is Inditing of a Good Matter

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Voces8, Les Inventions

Purcell: Bid the virtues (from Come ye Sons of Art, Z323)

Work length3:17

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Emily Dickens
Voces8, Les Inventions

Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1692), Z328

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Voces8, Les Inventions

Purcell: Strike the Viol (from Come Ye Sons of Art, Z323)

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Barnaby Smith
Voces8, Les Inventions

Henry Purcell, Thomas Morley: Second Dirge Anthem (Morley) – Thou Knowest, Lord, the Secrets of Our Hearts

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Voces8, Les Inventions

Purcell: Fairest Isle (from King Arthur)

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Andrea Haines
Voces8, Les Inventions

Purcell: Full Fathom Five

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Voces8, Les Inventions

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The young, virtuoso a cappella ensemble VOCES8 return to disc on Signum with a sumptuous collection of early works by Henry Purcell, one of England’s greatest composers. Joined by the specialist early music ensemble ‘Les Inventions’, the group explores Purcell’s astoundingly diverse output. There is hardly a genre in which he did not express himself: anthems, odes, funeral music, semi--operas, masques, sonatas, consort--music, songs and catches populate his extraordinarily multifaceted oeuvre. It is this astonishing diversity that Signum and VOCES8 celebrate.

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June 2014

every number here has something particularly arresting within it, all supported by persuasive and committed singing, and playing of intense charm.

July 2014

Voces8 here make use of their intermediate size...to bring together what would normally be an unlikely Purcell vocal anthology...There are times when I feel that interpretative tricks are missed...but there is no doubting that this disc still offers a rich and enjoyable demonstration of Purcell's genius.

13th June 2014

Even if you have most of Purcell's music on disc in your collection you should not miss this 'sampler'. It includes some of the finest performances I have heard in recent years.

Early Music Today Autumn 2014

most agreeable, with many moments to savour along the way. The performances at times touch excellence…Voces 8 are at their best in more homophonic music, producing admirably balanced performances of considerable breadth and richness...an ideal introduction into at least part of his [Purcell’s] world.

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