Purcell: Songs

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Album Summary

Performers

• Maggie Cole (Harpsichord)
• Richard Boothby
• Nigel Cole (Archlute)
• Nigel Cole (Theorbo)
• Michael Chance (Countertenor)

Ensemble

• Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands)

Composer

• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)

Notes & Reviews:

Spanning his short creative life, Purcell's Songs are a constant feature in his output. In between official Odes, the semi-operas and instrumental music is a profusion of wonderfully intimate, sometimes bawdy and explicit songs. Purcell composed only one true opera, and the form known as 'semi opera' was the most popular in England at the time. In these works the actors did not sing. Musical interludes either of vocal numbers or instrumental music punctuated the action. The second half of this CD contains examples of the instrumental music Purcell provided for Dioclesan and Timon of Athens. Michael Chance is a renowned exponent of this repertoire, and Florilegium has won many awards for its sensitive chamber-music-making in the Barock era. This is a digital recording.

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Works Details

Purcell, Henry : Birthday Ode to Queen Mary, 'Come Ye Sons of Art, Away', 1694 :: Strike the viol

• Performers: Maggie Cole (Harpsichord); Richard Boothby; Nigel Cole (Archlute); Nigel Cole (Theorbo); Michael Chance (Countertenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1694

Purcell, Henry : Incassum, Lesbia, rogas, Z 383 "Queen's Epicedium"

• Performers: Nigel Cole (Archlute); Nigel Cole (Theorbo); Richard Boothby; Michael Chance (Countertenor); Maggie Cole (Harpsichord)
• Running Time: 8 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1695

Purcell, Henry : Ode to St. Cecilia 'Welcome to all the pleasures', 1683 :: Here the Deities approve

• Performers: Nigel Cole (Archlute); Richard Boothby; Maggie Cole (Harpsichord); Michael Chance (Countertenor); Nigel Cole (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1683

Purcell, Henry : O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z 406

• Performers: Nigel Cole (Theorbo); Richard Boothby; Michael Chance (Countertenor); Maggie Cole (Harpsichord); Nigel Cole (Archlute)
• Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1687

Purcell, Henry : King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628

• Performers: Nigel Cole (Archlute); Maggie Cole (Harpsichord); Michael Chance (Countertenor); Nigel Cole (Theorbo); Richard Boothby
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Purcell, Henry : Oedipus, 1692 :: Music for a while

• Performers: Nigel Cole (Archlute); Nigel Cole (Theorbo); Richard Boothby; Maggie Cole (Harpsichord); Michael Chance (Countertenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1692

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629

• Performers: Maggie Cole (Harpsichord); Nigel Cole (Theorbo); Nigel Cole (Archlute); Richard Boothby; Michael Chance (Countertenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1692-1775

Purcell, Henry : In the black, dismal dungeon of despair, sacred song for soprano & continuo, Z. 190

• Performers: Nigel Cole (Theorbo); Nigel Cole (Archlute); Richard Boothby; Maggie Cole (Harpsichord); Michael Chance (Countertenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1687

Purcell, Henry : An Evening Hymn to the Ground, "Now that the sun hath veiled his light"

• Performers: Michael Chance (Countertenor); Maggie Cole (Harpsichord); Richard Boothby; Nigel Cole (Theorbo); Nigel Cole (Archlute)
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1687

Purcell, Henry : Chaconne for Harpsichord in G minor, Z T680 "Timon of Athens"

• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1694

Purcell, Henry : Music in "The Prophetess; Or, The History of Dioclesian" (after John Fletcher and Philip Massinger,

• Ensemble: Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands)
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1690

Purcell, Henry : Timon of Athens :: Curtain Tune

• Ensemble: Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands)
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1694