The mantle of Orpheus.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Kirkby, Emma, performer.

Tubb, Evelyn, performer.

Nichols-Worrall, Mary, performer.

Cornwell, Joseph, performer.

King, Andrew, performer.

Grant, Simon (Bass), performer.

Thomas, David, 1943- performer.

Rooley, Anthony, conductor.

Consort of Musicke, performer.

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Songs with continuo.

Vocal duets with continuo.

Incidental music--Excerpts.

Incidental music.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Songs.

Excerpts.

Physical Description:

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

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Above title: The Purcell circle

Place of Publication:

[England] : Musica Obscura, [1995]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Summary:

No, no, no, resistance is but vain / H. Purcell -- The appointed hour / J. Weldon -- Sweeter than roses / H. Purcell -- Fixt on the fair Miranda's eyes / J. Eccles [i.e. D. Purcell] -- On yonder bed supinely laid / D. Purcell -- Releive, the fair Belinda said / J. Eccles -- Lovely Albina / H. Purcell -- Take, o take those lips away / J. Weldon -- When Myra sings / H. Purcell --Come, let us howle / J. Eccles -- Let the dreadfull engines ; From rosie bow'rs ; Love thou can'st hear / H. Purcell -- Underneath a gloomy shade / D. Purcell -- Stay, gentle Echo / J. Blow -- The fatal hour ; Lost is my quiet ; Bacchus is a pow'r divine / H. Purcell -- Let us revell and roar ; Hey hoe! / J. Eccles.

Participant:

Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb, sopranos ; Mary Nichols, alto ; Joseph Cornwell, Andrew King, tenors ; Simon Grant, David Thomas, basses ; Consort of Musicke ; Anthony Rooley, director.

Notes:

"Henry Purcell's last songs, and the songs of his fellow composers who survived him"--Container.

For 1-2 voices and continuo.

Recorded Apr. 1994, Forde Abbey, Dorset.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Anthony Rooley in English, French, and German, vocal texts, and biographical notes on the performers (48 p. : ill.) in container.

Contains:

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Maid's last prayer. No, resistance is but vain

Weldon, John, 1676-1736. Appointed hour.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Pausanias, the betrayer of his country. Sweeter than roses

Purcell, Daniel, -1717. Humour of the age. Fixt on the fair Miranda's eyes.

Purcell, Daniel, -1717. Funeral. On yonder bed supinely laid

Eccles, John, -1735. Beau defeated. Releive, the fair Belinda said.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Lovely Albina's come ashore.

Weldon, John, 1676-1736. Collection of new songs. Take, O take those lips away

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. When Myra sings.

Eccles, John, -1735. Duchess of Malfi. Come, let us howle.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Don Quixote. Let the dreadful engines

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

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Love, thou can'st hear, tho' thou art blind.

Prucell, Daniel, 1660?-1717. Grove. Underneath a gloomy shade.

Blow, John, -1708. Stay, stay, gentle Echo.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fatal hour comes on apace.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Lost is my quiet forever.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Bacchus is a pow'r divine.

Eccles, John, -1735. Lover's luck. Let us revel and roar.

Eccles, John, -1735. Intrigues at Versailles. Hey hoe!

OCLC:

36325965

Publisher Number:

070977 Musica Obscura