Purcell.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.

Contributor:

Gauvin, Karina, performer.

Colpron, Francis, performer, conductor.

Boréades de Montréal (Musical group), performer.

Series:

Atma baroque

Standardized Title:

Operas. Selections

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Operas--Excerpts.

Operas.

Incidental music--Excerpts.

Incidental music.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Excerpts.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[Québec] : Atma classique, [2006]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Now the night is chac'd away (The fairy queen) (2:08)

If love's a sweet passion (The fairy queen) (3:41)

Fairest isle (King Arthur) (4:53)

Strike the viol (Come ye sons of art away : Z. 323) (3:48)

Air (instrumental) (King Arthur) (1:54)

See, even Night her self is here (The fairy queen) (4:14)

Symphony while the swans come forward : overture (The fairy queen) (2:08)

When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas) (4:39)

An evening hymn : Z. 193 (Harmonia sacra) (4:37)

Music for a while (Œdipus : Z. 583) (3:10)

Chaconne (King Arthur) (3:43)

Hither this way (King Arthur) (2:10)

Shepherd, shepherd (King Arthur) (2:10)

Third act hornpipe (King Arthur) (:45)

Prelude (The fairy queen) (1:06)

One charming night (The fairy queen) (2:25)

First music (The fairy queen) (1:41)

How blest are shepherds (King Arthur) (3:00)

From rosy bowers (Don Quixote : Z. 578) (6:52)

Trumpet tune (King Arthur) (1:40)

Hark! the echoing air (The fairy queen) (2:41).

Participant:

Karina Gauvin, soprano ; Les Boréades ; Francis Colpron, flute/recorder and conductor.

Notes:

Airs and instrumental pieces, chiefly from the semi-operas The fairy queen and King Arthur.

Recorded July 20-22, 2006 at Église Saint-Augustin de Mirabel, Québec.

Compact disc.

Program notes, biographical notes on the performers, and texts of the songs, all in French and English (26 p.) inserted in container.

Contains:

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen. Selections

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. Selections

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Come ye sons of art away. Strike the viol, touch the lute

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Now that the sun hath veiled his light.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Oedipus. Music for a while

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Don Quixote. From rosy bow'rs

OCLC:

137272249

Publisher Number:

ACD2 2398 Atma classique