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The fairy queen : [excerpts] ; King Arthur. Act III, scène 2 ; Dido & Aeneas. Dido's death ; Sonata VII in E minor = en mi mineur ; Chacony a 4 in G minor = en sol mineur ; Songs ; Ode on St. Cecilia's Day : (1683) : [excerpts] ; Ode on Queen Mary's Birthday / Henry Purcell.
LIBRA Harmo. 390807 CD
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- Format:
- Conference/Event
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
- Conference Name:
- Stour Music Festival., Orchestra, performer.
- Series:
- Grands compositeurs baroques
- Grands compositeurs baroques = Great baroque masters
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694.
- Operas--Excerpts.
- Operas.
- Trio sonatas (Violins (2), continuo).
- Chaconnes (Harpsichord, violins (2), viola, cello).
- Incidental music--Excerpts.
- Incidental music.
- Songs (High voice) with continuo.
- Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orhestra.
- Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694--Songs and music.
- Mary.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Excerpts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Arles : HM Plus, [1992]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- digital recording
- Contents:
- The fairy queen excerpts. First musick (Prelude, hornpipe) ; May the god of wit inspire ; Now join your warbling voices all & Dance des fées ; Dialogue entre Coridon et Mapsa
- Songs. Music for a while : [from] Oedipus ; Fair est [i.e. Fairest] isle : [from] King Arthur ; O solitude / poème [de] Katherine Philips
- Ode on St. Cecilia's Day. Ouverture ; Welcome to all the pleasures.
- Participant:
- Variously: Nancy Argenta, Rosemary Hardy, Christina Clarke, sopranos ; Guillemette Laurnes, mezzo-soprano ; Alfred Deller, Mark Deller, countertenors ; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Neil Jenkins, tenors ; Maurice Bévan, baritone ; Bernard Deletré, bass ; Arts Florissants, William Christie, harpsichord, conductor ; London Baroque, Charles Medlam, cello, conductor ; King's Musick, Deller Consort, Stour Music Festival Orchestra, Alfred Deller, conductor.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Recorded at various times between 1970 and 1989.
- Compact disc.
- Program notes by Derek Yeld with French translation (6 p.) inserted in container.
- Contains:
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen. Selections
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. Selections
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Trio sonatas, violins (2), continuo, Z. 796, E minor
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Chaconnes, string instruments (4), Z. 730, G minor
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Oedipus. Music for a while
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. O solitude, my sweetest choice.
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Welcome to all the pleasures. Selections.
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Love's goddess sure was blind.
- OCLC:
- 79683304
- Publisher Number:
- HMP 390807 HM Plus
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