The Sixteen Edition - Purcell: Love's Goddess Sure was Blind

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Album Summary

Performers

• Simon Birchall
• Simon Berridge (Tenor)
• Libby Crabtree (Soprano)
• Neil MacKenzie (Tenor)
• David Woodcock (Violin)
• Helen Orsler (Violin)
• Carys-Anne Lane (Soprano)

Composers

• Thomas Tollett
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Thomas Morley (circa 1557 - 1602)
• James (Jacques) Paisible (died 1721)

Notes & Reviews:

'This magnificent contribution...breaks new ground in scholarship, matching it with performances of the highest order...the elegy 'O Dive Custos,' with the astonishingly boy-like voices of Libby Crabtree and Carys Lane, is the unforgettable high point in this superb tribute to Purcell and his Queen.'-BBC Music

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Works Details

Purcell, Henry : Jehova, quam multi sunt, Z 135

• Performers: Simon Birchall; Simon Berridge (Tenor)
• Running Time: 6 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal
• Written: circa 1680

Purcell, Henry : Miserere Mei ("Canon 4 in 2"), canon for 4 voices, Z. 109

• Running Time: 1 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Purcell, Henry : In the midst of life :: Man that is born of a woman

• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Purcell, Henry : In the midst of life :: In the midst of life

• Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Purcell, Henry : In the midst of life :: Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hea

• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

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

• Running Time: 7 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1695

Purcell, Henry : Love's goddess sure was blind (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), for soloists, chorus, 2 recorders & con

• Performers: Libby Crabtree (Soprano); Neil MacKenzie (Tenor); David Woodcock (Violin); Helen Orsler (Violin); Simon Berridge (Tenor); Simon Birchall
• Running Time: 22 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1692

Purcell, Henry : O dive custos

• Performers: Libby Crabtree (Soprano); Carys-Anne Lane (Soprano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1694-1695

Paisible, James (Jacques) : Queen's Farewell

• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

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

• Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Tollett, Thomas : Queen's Farewell (Funeral Music for Queen Mary)

• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.

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

• Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Morley, Thomas : Burial Service (I am the resurrection), in 7 parts for 4 voices

• Running Time: 8 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Purcell, Henry : Thou knowest, Lord, Z. 58c

• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1695

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

• Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Morley, Thomas : Burial Service (I am the resurrection), in 7 parts for 4 voices

• Running Time: 8 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance