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Purcell: Music for Pleasure and Devotion / Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Henry Purcell: The Indian Queen; Abdelazer; Gordian Knot Unty'd; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Fantasia upon a Ground in D major, Z 731; Close thine eyes and sleep secure, Z 184; Ground in Gamut for Harpsichor...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Andrews, Haden; Berridge, Simon; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bury, Alison; Campbell, Richard; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Earle, Richard...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Henry Purcell is regarded as the first great master of English Baroque music and his works find their best interpreters today in Andrew Parrott and...continue...
Recording information: 06/1985-03/1994....continue...

To Saint Cecilia - Purcell, Handel and Haydn / Marc Minkowski

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-10-27

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; George Frederick Handel: A Song for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Cantata Mass...
Performers: Baker, Neil; Bates, David; Bertrand, Sylvain; Caserio, Gilberto; Corti, Francesco; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Crowe, Lucy; Dahlin, Anders J.; Lafreniere, Jean-Baptiste; Mazzoleni,...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

BBC Music Magazine
Lucy Croweà is a natural Purcellian, and gilds the discs' triumph: Handel's A Song for St Cecilia's Day, a thrilling encounter with Dryden...continue...

Wedding Music & Words / Newman, Moss, Musica Antiqua NY

1 CD / Vox Classical / 2008-11-05

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sheep may safely graze (after Bach's The Hunt Cantata, BWV 208); Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202 "Wedding Cantata"; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Conce...
Performers: Briggs, Anne; Butler, Amy; Feld, Melanie; Hoyt, Thomas; Moughalian, Sato; Newman, Mary Jane [Conductor, Organ, Harpsichord]; Norderval, Kristin; Ossenfort, David; Wiersma, Calvin
Conductors: Newman, Mary J.
Ensemble: Members of Musica Antiqua (Members); Musica Antiqua New York

Alfred Deller - The Complete Vanguard Recordings Vol 2 - Music of Henry Purcell

7 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-09-02

Works: Henry Purcell: Fantasia upon a Ground in D major, Z 731; Music for a while; I love and I must, Z 382 "Bell Barr"; Let the dreadful engines (from "Don Quixote"), song, Z. 578/3; Oedipus, Z 583; Fairy ...
Performers: Baines, Francis; Bergmann, Walter; Bevan, Maurice; Brown, Wilfred; Cantelo, April; Clift, Dennis; Dales, Ellen; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupre, Desmond; English, Gerald; Eskdale, George; Friedma...
Conductors: Leonhardt, Gustav; Deller, Alfred; Tippett, Michael; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: ; Deller Consort; Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble

Sound the Trumpet / Mark Bennett, Michael Laird, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-07-08

Works: William Corbett: Suite for 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & harpsichord in D major (from Op. 3); Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; Of old when heroes thought it base (Yorkshire Feast Song), ...
Performers: Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bruine, Frank de; Holman, Peter; Laird, Michael; Tarling, Judith
Conductors: Holman, Peter
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

'A thoughtfully planned disc with plenty of variety ... Expertly directed and stylishly played, this well-filled disc is highly recommended' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Universally full of...continue...

Purcell: Music for Queen Mary / Stephen Cleobury, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-04-04

Works: Henry Purcell: Bid the virtues; Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, Z 46; Love's goddess sure was blind (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), for soloists, chorus, 2 recorders & con; Music on the Death of Queen M...
Performers: Adams, Joe; Addison, Susan; Allsopp, David; Bainbridge, Philip; Beckett, Rachel; Blackadder, David; Brett, Oliver; Brown, Rachel; Browning, James; Campbell, Richard; Chateauneuf, Paula; Crouch, Josep...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)

For their newest EMI Classics release, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge has collaborated with the Academy of Ancient Music on a richly evocative album...continue...

Ready, Steady, Blow! - Music for Beginner Oboists

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2004-12-01

Works: Henry VIII, King of England: Pastyme with Good Companye for 3 voices; Henry Purcell: Work(s); Pam Wedgewood: Cat Walk; Easy Tiger; Hot Chilli; Dragonfly; Wrap it up; American Traditional: She'll Be C...
Performers: Andews, Marcus; Birchall, Alex; Britton, Jenni; Cornwell, Philip; Davies, Madelaine; Gourlay, Emma; Kelly, Amy; Ngwe, Uchenna; Usher, Victoria; Walters, Alexa; White, Julia
Conductors: Polmear, Jeremy

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, King Arthur, Dioclesian, etc/Pinnock

5 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-03-09

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Music in "The Prophetess; Or, The History of Dioclesian" (after John Fletcher and Philip Massinger,; Timon of Athens,...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Alder, Stephen; Amps, Kym; Argenta, Nancy; Bannatyne-Scott, Brian; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Chance, Michael; Davidson, Angus [Counterten...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: English Concert; English Concert Choir

Purcell: Songs and Airs / Nancy Argenta

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2001-06-05

Works: Henry Purcell: O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z 406; Ah! How sweet it is to love, Z. 613/2; History of King Richard II, Z 581; Stript of their green our groves appear, Z 444; Tell me, some pitying a...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Huggett, Fiona; Jones, Trevor [Viol]; McKenna, Sophia; Nicholson, Paul [H...

Purcell: The Indian Queen / Purcell Simfony and Voices

1 CD / Linn Records / 2000-06-26

Works: Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630
Performers: Bennett, Mark; Bonner, Tessa; Boothby, Richard; Bott, Catherine; Bruce-Payne, Sally; Caswell, Edward; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dixon, Matthew; Harvey, Peter; Liley, Steven; Lockhart, William; Mackintosh,...
Conductors: Mackintosh, Catherine
Ensemble: Purcell Simfony; Purcell Simfony Voices

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
If The Indian Queen is less ambitious than the other three 'operas' there's the sure touch here of the composer at his...continue...

Purcell: The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs / Robert King

8 CD / Hyperion / 1992-12-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Arise, my muse (Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 320; Welcome to all the pleasures, Z 339 "Ode for St Cecilia's Day"; Now does the glorious day ap...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Bonner, Tessa; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Chance, Michael; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Evans, Robert; Fisher, Gillian; George, Michael; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Co...
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

Strictly speaking this is not a new release, but as the original issue of this important and unique set has been out of stock for...continue...