The Best of Purcell

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Album Summary

Performers

• Susan Bisatt (Soprano)
• Christopher Robson (Countertenor)
• Ian Honeyman (Tenor)
• William Purefoy (Countertenor)
• Thomas Guthrie (Bass)
• Giles Tomkins (Bass)
• Nicole Bower (Soprano)
• Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord] (Organ)
• Terence Charlston (Harpsichord)
• Oliver Lepage-Dean (Treble)
• Christopher Whitton (Organ)
• Gyorgy Geiger (Trumpet)
• Bertalan Hock (Organ)
• Norman Engel (Trumpet)
• Jeni Bern (Soprano)

Conductors

• Amps, Kym
• Glenton, Robert
• Mallon, Kevin
• Summerly, Jeremy

Ensembles

• Aradia Ensemble
• Orchestra of the Golden Age
• Oxford Camerata
• Rose Consort of Viols
• Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Composer

• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)

Notes & Reviews:

Recognised during his lifetime as a genius, Henry Purcell subsequently influenced countless classical composers from Handel to Britten. This delightful assortment of his best-known works includes the beautiful yet melancholy 'Dido's Lament' from his perennially popular opera 'Dido and Aeneas' and the joyful 'Jubilate Deo' for choir and orchestra, as well as some of his instrumental works; the elegant Fantazia in C minor is a particularly exquisite example of the English composer's mastery.

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Purcell, Henry : Indian Queen, Z 630 :: Trumpet Overture

• Performer: Norman Engel (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Kevin Mallon
• Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Purcell, Henry : Jubilate Deo in D major

• Performers: Jeni Bern (Soprano); Susan Bisatt (Soprano); Christopher Robson (Countertenor); Ian Honeyman (Tenor); William Purefoy (Countertenor); Thomas Guthrie (Bass)
• Conductor: Robert Glenton
• Ensemble: Orchestra of the Golden Age
• Running Time: 8 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1681

Purcell, Henry : Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 :: Overture

• Conductor: Kym Amps
• Ensemble: Scholars Baroque Ensemble
• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 :: Act 3

• Conductor: Kym Amps
• Ensemble: Scholars Baroque Ensemble
• Running Time: 1 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 :: Act 3

• Conductor: Kym Amps
• Ensemble: Scholars Baroque Ensemble
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 :: Act 3

• Conductor: Kym Amps
• Ensemble: Scholars Baroque Ensemble
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Fantasia for 4 Viols in C minor, Z 738

• Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 06/19/1680

Purcell, Henry : Amphitryon, Z. 572, "The 2 Sosias" :: A Pastoral Dialogue Betwixt Thyrsis and Ir

• Performers: Giles Tomkins (Bass); Nicole Bower (Soprano)
• Conductor: Kevin Mallon
• Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble
• Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1690

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629 :: Act 4

• Ensemble: Scholars Baroque Ensemble
• Running Time: 6 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Blow up the trumpet in Sion, Z 10

• Performer: Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord] (Organ)
• Conductor: Jeremy Summerly
• Ensemble: Oxford Camerata
• Running Time: 6 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1679

Purcell, Henry : Chacony for Strings in G minor, Z 730

• Conductor: Kevin Mallon
• Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble
• Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1678

Purcell, Henry : Music on the Death of Queen Mary (Funeral Sentences / The Queen's Epicedium) :: March, Z. 860A

• Performer: Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord] (Organ)
• Conductor: Jeremy Summerly
• Ensemble: Oxford Camerata
• Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Purcell, Henry : Music on the Death of Queen Mary (Funeral Sentences / The Queen's Epicedium)

• Performer: Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord] (Organ)
• Conductor: Jeremy Summerly
• Ensemble: Oxford Camerata
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1682

Purcell, Henry : Suite for Harpsichord no 2 in G minor, Z 661 :: 3. Corant

• Performer: Terence Charlston (Harpsichord)
• Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1696

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

• Performers: Oliver Lepage-Dean (Treble); Christopher Whitton (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1687

Purcell, Henry : Indian Queen, Z 630 :: Trumpet Tune

• Performers: Gyorgy Geiger (Trumpet); Bertalan Hock (Organ)
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629

• Performers: Christopher Robson (Countertenor); Susan Bisatt (Soprano); Thomas Guthrie (Bass); Jeni Bern (Soprano); Ian Honeyman (Tenor); William Purefoy (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Robert Glenton
• Ensemble: Orchestra of the Golden Age
• Running Time: 17 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1692