Purcell realizations / Britten.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, composer.

Contributor:

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, arranger of music.

Lott, Felicity, singer.

Gritton, Susan, singer.

Walker, Sarah, 1943- singer.

Bowman, James, singer.

Ainsley, John Mark, singer.

Bostridge, Ian, singer.

Rolfe Johnson, Anthony, singer.

Jackson, Richard, 1949- singer.

Keenlyside, Simon, singer.

Johnson, Graham, 1950- instrumentalist.

Series:

Naxos Music Library.

Standardized Title:

Vocal music. Selections; arranged

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sacred songs.

Incidental music.

Songs with piano.

Sacred vocal music.

Dramatic music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sound file)

Place of Publication:

London : Hyperion, [2006]

Language Note:

Sung in English.

System Details:

digital

audio file

Contents:

From Orpheus Britannicus: The knotting song

Seven songs (1947). Fairest isle ; If music be the food of love ; Turn then mine eyes ; Music for a while ; Pious Celinda ; I'll sail upon the Dog-star ; On the brow of Richmond Hill

Six songs (1948). Mad Bess ; If music be the food of love ; There's not a swain of the plain ; Not all my torments ; Man is for the woman made ; Sweeter than roses

O solitude

Five songs (1960). I attempt from love's sickness to fly ; I take no pleasure ; Hark the ech'ing air! ; Take not a woman's anger ill ; How blest are shepherds

Celemene

Six duets (1961). Sound the trumpet ; I spy Celia ; Lost is my quiet ; What can we poor females do? ; No, resistance is but vain ; Shepherd, leave decoying.

From Harmonia sacra: The queen's epicedium

The blessed Virgin's expostulation

Saul and the Witch at Endor

Three divine hymns (1947). Lord, what is man? ; We sing to him ; Evening hymn

Job's curse

Two divine hymns and alleluia (1950). A morning hymn ; Alleluia ; In the black dismal dungeon of despair

Dulcibella

When Myra sings

Let the dreadful engines of eternal will.

Participant:

Felicity Lott, Susan Gritton, sopranos ; Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano ; James Bowman countertenor ; John Mark Ainsley, Ian Bostridge, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenors ; Richard Jackson, Simon Keenlyside, baritones ; Graham Johnson, piano.

Notes:

Britten's arrangements of Purcell songs from Orpheus Britannicus and Harmonia sacra.

Recorded 1995 January 5-10.

Originally issued in 1995 as CDA67061/2.

Hard copy version record.

Contains:

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Hears not my Phyllis.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. Fairest isle; arranged.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. If music be the food of love, Z. 379C

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen. Turn, then thine eyes; arranged.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Oedipus. Music for a while; arranged.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Pious Celinda goes to pray'rs.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fool's preferment. I'll sail upon the dog-star

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. On the brow of Richmond Hill.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Bess of Bedlam.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. If music be the food of love, Z. 379A

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Rule a wife and have a wife. There's not a swain on the plain

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Not all my torments can your pity move.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Mock marriage. Man is for the woman made

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

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. O solitude, my sweetest choice.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Indian queen. I attempt from Love's sickness to fly; arranged.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. I take no pleasure.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen. Hark! the ech'ing air; arranged.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Rival sisters. Take not a woman's anger ill; arranged.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. How blest are shepherds; arranged.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Celemene, pray tell me.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Come ye sons of art away. Sound the trumpet 'till around

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. I spy Celia, Celia eyes me.

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

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. What can we poor females do?, Z. 518

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

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. Shepherd, leave decoying; arranged.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Incassum, Lesbia, incassum rogas.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Tell me, some pitying angel.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. In guilty night.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Lord, what is man?, soprano, continuo

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. We sing to Him whose wisdom form'd the ear.

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

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Let the night perish.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Thou wakeful shepherd.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Don Quixote. Let the dreadful engines; arranged.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. When Myra sings.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dulcibella, whene'er I sue for a kiss.

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. In the black, dismal dungeon of despair.

Container of: Weldon, John, 1676-1736. O Lord, rebuke me not. Alleluia.

Other Format:

Source record: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Vocal music. Selections; arranged. Purcell realizations.

OCLC:

1460994421

Publisher Number:

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00602458154450 Hyperion

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