Begin the song! : a Purcell academy / [Henry Purcell ; and others].

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, composer.

Contributor:

Bénos-Djian, Paul-Antoine, singer.

Figuier, Paul, singer.

Lanièce, Jean-Christophe, singer.

Le Consort (Musical group), instrumentalist.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.

Genre:

Songs.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (74 min., 55 sec.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Arles : Harmonia Mundi Musique S.A.S., 2025.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

audio file

CD audio

Contents:

By beauteous softness (Now does the glorious day appear, Z.332) ; Strike the viol (Come, ye sons of art away, Z.323) / Henry Purcell

Adagio from 'With noise of cannon' (Musicus apparatus academicus) / William Croft

O ravishing delight (The judgement of Paris) ; Thunder is heard at a distance (Semele)

So ceas'd the rival crew (An ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell) / John Blow

Ritornello of the aria 'This does our fertile isle with glory' (Now does the glorious day appear, Z.332) ; O let me weep (The fairy queen, Z.629) ; Be welcome then, great sir (Fly, bold rebellion, Z.324) (A welcome song performed to his majesty in the year 1683)

The glory of the Arcadian groves (Come, come along for a dance and a song) / Jeremiah Clarke

Music for a while (Oedipus, Z.583) / Henry Purcell (Oedipus, Z.583)

Begin the song! (A second musical entertainment perform'd on St. Cecilia's day. November XXII, 1684...) / John Blow

Here the deities approve (Welcome to all the pleasures, Z.339) / Henry Purcell

How wretched is our fate / Mr. Barrett

Overture: symphony (Ye tuneful numbers) ; Tell her I'm wounded (Ye tuneful numbers) ; Peace is the song (Ode for the peace of Utrecht) (Musicus apparatus academicus) / William Croft

Air in G minor (Abdelazer, Z.570) ; O solitude, my sweetest choice! (Z.406) ; Fairest isle (King Arthur, Z.628) ; Instrumental introduction to the chorus 'Now, now with one united voice' (Now does the glorious day appear, Z.332) ; Sound the trumpet (Come, ye sons of art away, Z.323) / Henry Purcell

The three ravens (Melismata, musicall phansies fitting the court, citie and country humours, to 3, 4, and 5 voyces) / Anon. (Traditional) (attr. to Thomas Ravenscroft).

Participant:

Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, countertenor ; Le Consort (Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Sophie de Bardonnèche, Louise Pierrard, Hanna Salzenstein, Justin Taylor) ; with Paul Figuier, countertenor (track 22) ; Jean-Christophe Lanièce, baritone (track 17).

Notes:

Title from disc label.

Compact disc.

Program notes and lyrics inserted in container.

Bénos-Djian and Le Consort perform music by Purcell and his contemporaries.

OCLC:

1522532152

Publisher Number:

3149020953037

902741 Harmonia Mundi Musique S.A.S.

HMM 902741 Harmonia Mundi Musique S.A.S.