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Love's Madness - Songs of Henry Purcell / Dorothee Mields, soprano

1 CD / Carus / 2012-04-24

Works: English Traditional: Tom of Bedlam, folk song; The cruel mother, folk song ("There was a lady lived in York"); Henry Purcell: 'Tis women makes us love, catch for 4 voices, Z. 281; The Richmond Heires...
Performers: Apel, Hans-Werner; Becker, Ulrike; Katschner, Wolfgang; Mields, Dorothee; Paetz, Ulrike; Schnurpfeil, Birgit; Thiele, Nora; von Hoff, Anne
Conductors: Katschner, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Lautten Compagney

After the successful release of the album 'Love Songs', soprano Dorothee Mields now presents a second album dedicated to the music of Henry Purcell. She...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche Berlin-Dahlem (07/16/2011-07/19/2011)....continue...

Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Edition: The Complete Decca Recordings

15 CD / Decca / 2012-03-20

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; Ach, dass nicht die letzte Stunde, BWV 439; Bist du...
Performers: Ayars, Ann; Britten, Benjamin; Curzon, Clifford; Dobson, Michael; Gal, Hans; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Gilbert, Max; Greene, Eric; Gunter, Horst; Lush, Ernest; McCallum, David; Newmark, John; Parsons, Will...
Conductors: Stiedry, Fritz; Jacques, Reginald; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Henderson, Roy; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Krauss, Clemens; Klemperer, Otto; Beinum, Eduard Van; Walter, Bruno

She was an artist held in awe and affection by numerous colleagues and countless fans worldwide and her reputation is undiminished to this day. A...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier [Box Set]

10 CD / Decca Import / 2008-11-04

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 "Ascension Oratorio"; Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; Ac...
Performers: Ayars, Ann; Britten, Benjamin; Dobson, Michael; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Gilbert, Max; Greene, Eric; Lam, Basil; Lofthouse, Thornton; Lush, Ernest; McCallum, David; Newmark, John; Parsons, William; Peasgo...
Conductors: Stiedry, Fritz; Jacques, Reginald; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Henderson, Roy; Barbirolli, John; Walter, Bruno; Krauss, Clemens

Exquisite Consorts - Lawes, Purcell / The Harp Consort

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: William Lawes: Symphony to the Lira Consort; Fantasy Suite for 2 violins, bass viol & organ; Masque; Antic; In Envy of the Night to the Consort of Wire Strings; Hence Ye Profane to the Consort Masque...
Performers: Douglass, David; Hadden, Nancy; Hargis, Ellen; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Nasrawi, Douglas; O'Dette, Paul; Pozo, Rodrigo del; van der Kamp, Harry
Conductors: Lawrence-King, Andrew
Ensemble: Harp Consort

Victorious Love - Purcell / Sampson, Cummings, Kenny, et al

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2008-01-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Pausanias, Z 585; The fatal hour comes on apace, Z 421; When first Amintas sued for a kiss, Z 430; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Indian Queen, Z 630; Mock Marriage, Z 605; From silent shades, Z ...
Performers: Cummings, Laurence; Kenny, Elizabeth; Lasla, Anne-Marie; Morris, Andrea; Rogers, Jane; Sampson, Carolyn; Sexton, Sarah

Two song anthologies published shortly after the death of Henry Purcell in 1695 have inspired this highly varied program. Quoting the liner notes by lutenist...continue...

Purcell: Songs & Airs / Kirkby, Hogwood, Rooley, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Henry Purcell: Hark how all things in one sound agree (from "The Fairy Queen"), aria, Z. 629/47; Celebrate this festival (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), ode for 5 soloists, double chorus, 2 oboes, 2; ...
Performers: Campbell, Richard; Hogwood, Christopher; Kirkby, Emma; Mackintosh, Catherine; Rooley, Anthony [Lute]

Recorded in 1982, this collection of Songs and Airs by Purcell features world-renowned early music singer Emma Kirkby. It was produced during the ‘revival’ of...continue...

Henry Purcell / Päivi Järviö, et al

1 CD / Alba / 2007-01-01

Works: Henry Purcell: From silent shades, Z 370 "Bess of Bedlam"; The Married Beau, or, the Curious Impertinent, incidental music, Z. 603; Trumpet Tune (from "The Indian Queen (as Z. 630/4a")) for harpsicho...
Performers: Jarvio, Paivi; Palviainen, Eero; Polho, Annmari; Pulakka, Lauri

Purcell: Complete Secular Solo Songs / King's Consort, et al

3 CD / Hyperion / 2004-01-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Draw near, you lovers, song for soprano & bass, Z. 462; While Thirsis, wrapt in downy sleep, song, Z. 437; Love, thou canst hear, tho' thou art blind, song, Z. 396; I loved fair Celia,...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; George, Michael; Gritton, Susan; King, Robert
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

'...Barbara Bonney verse charme sur charme, et cette parade émotive, tantôt sucrée tantôt salée, tantôt rustique tantôt savante, tantôt d'amour tant&...continue...

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...

Tippett: Songs for Achilles, etc / Hill, Ball, Ogden

1 CD / Hyperion / 1995-02-01

Works: Michael Tippett: Music, for unison chorus, strings & piano ad lib; Songs for Ariel, for voice & piano (or harpsichord); Songs for Achilles, for tenor & guitar; Boyhood's End, cantata for tenor & pian...
Performers: Ball, Andrew; Hill, Martyn; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]

'Issued to mark the composer's ninetieth birthday, a most touching and eloquent tribute' (Gramophone)

'As the fullest representation at Tippett's solo vocal music in the...continue...

Purcell: Secular Songs Vol 3 / King, Bonney, Gritton, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 1994-10-01

Works: Henry Purcell: She loves and she confesses too, song, Z. 413; Amintas, to my grief I see, for soprano & continuo, Z. 356; Corinna is divinely fair, Z. 365; Amintor, heedless of his flocks, for sopran...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; George, Michael; Gritton, Susan
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

'Those who need all of Purcell's songs at their fingertips should invest in Hyperion's three-disk survey of secular songs, with outstanding performances by Barbara Bonney,...continue...

Emma Kirkby Portrait - Mozart, Bach, Handel

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 1994-05-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesù Cristo, HWV 47; Alceste, incidental music, HWV 45; Henry Purcell: From silent shades, Z 370 "Bess of Bedlam"; Don Quixote, Z 578;...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Lisa; Campbell, Richard; Hogwood, Christopher; Kirkby, Emma; Mackintosh, Catherine; Rooley, Anthony [Lute]
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher

English Mad Songs and Ayres / Baird, Tilney, Mackay

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1988-01-09

Works: Henry Purcell: O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z 406; The fatal hour comes on apace, Z 421; Now that the sun hath veiled his light, Z 193 "Evening Hymn on a Ground"; With sick and famish'd eyes, Z 20...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; Mackay, Alison; Tilney, Colin