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To Touch, To Kiss, To Die - Songs by Henry Purcell, Anthony Poole & John Dowland / Valer Barna-Sabadus

1 CD / Oehms / 2013-02-26

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; She loves and she confesses too, song, Z. 413; Don Quixote, Z 578; Music for a while; A New Ground for Harpsichord in E minor, Z T682 "Welcome to all the pleasures"...
Performers: Barna-Sabadus, Valer; Watts, Olga; Wolf, Axel

The CD "Hasse reloaded" was enthusiastically received by the critics and was included on the German Record Critics' Best List. Oehms Classics is delighted that...continue...
Recording information: Himmelfahrtskirche, Munich-Sendling (09/12/2012-09/14/2012)....continue...

Art Song Collection - Anniversary Series / Beethoven, Britten, Gurney, Hawes, Poulenc, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, O...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Asti, Eugene; Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Evans, Rebecca; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Glynn, Christo...
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Ensemble: Dante Quartet

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

All in a Garden Green: Four Seasons of English Music - Playford, Lawes, Byrd et al. / Ensemble Le Tendre Amour

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Anonymous, English: Chirping Of The Nightingale (from Playford); Now ye Spring Is Come, song (from Elizabeth Rogers Hir Virginall Booke); Thomas Baltzar: John come kiss me now; Nicola Matteis: Aria a...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Le Tendre Amour

A delightful collection of 17th century songs constructed around the major influence of the 4 seasons, showcasing enthusiasm for amateur music making. During the Commonwealth...continue...
Recording information: St. Joan de Sanata Church, Llinars de Vallès, Catalunya (07/16/2011-07/19/2011)....continue...

The Erato Recitals / Soprano Sumi Jo (10 CDs)

10 CD / Erato / 2012-01-31

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; Tancredi; Les soirées musicales; L'assedio di Corinto; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e Montecchi; ...
Performers: Arevalo, Octavio; Bach, Gottfried; Barritt, Paul; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Conlon, James; Davis, Mike [Violin]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Graham, Susan; Jo, Sumi; Kurosaki, Hiro; Maugue, Anne; R...
Conductors: Olmi, Paolo; Jordan, Armin; Montgomery, Kenneth; Carella, Giuliano; Bibl, Rudolf; Stratta, Ettore; Conlon, James; Schneider, Michael
Ensemble: ; Cappella Coloniensis

Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, and for her outstanding musicianship, Sumi Jo has established herself as one of her...continue...

Songbook: The Trebles of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2012-01-10

Works: Roger Quilter: Music, When Soft Voices die for voice & piano, Op. 25/5; Love's Philosophy, for voice & piano, Op. 3/1; Arvo Pärt: Vater unser, for boy soprano or unison children's chorus & piano...
Performers: Etherington, Carleton; Nicholas, Benjamin
Conductors: Nicholas, Benjamin
Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum

This 'songbook' is unique to the Schola Cantorum choristers of Tewkesbury Abbey - essentially, it's a showcase for the Abbey trebles. This is evident most...continue...
Recording information: Merton College Chapel, Oxford (07/05/2010-07/07/2010)....continue...

Purcell: King Arthur / Christie

2 CD / Erato / 2011-01-25

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628
Performers: Kenny, Elisabeth; Lasla, Anne-Marie; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Rubin, Jonathan [Lute]; Simpson, David
Conductors: Christie, William

" ... first-hand knowledge of the full literary context is reflected in the aplomb, confidence and sheer artistry of Christie's characterizations ... All the best...continue...
Recording information: Salle Berthier, Paris (1995-02-21_1995-02-22&1995-)....continue...

Brilliant Opera Collection - Purcell: King Arthur / Pinnock, English Concert

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor

This recording was made in 1991. "[Pinnock] has an orchestra of glittering skill, often used with considerable delicacy... sounding wonderfully persuasive on plucked instruments... His...continue...
Recording information: 06/1991....continue...

Purcell: King Arthur; Music for Queen Mary; Hail! Bright Cecilia; Etc.

8 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-03-16

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Bid the virtues; In the midst of life; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Timon of Athens, Z 632; Music in "The Prophetess; Or, The History of Dioclesian" (...

Purcell: Songs

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-03-09

Works: Henry Purcell: Birthday Ode to Queen Mary, 'Come Ye Sons of Art, Away', 1694; Incassum, Lesbia, rogas, Z 383 "Queen's Epicedium"; Ode to St. Cecilia 'Welcome to all the pleasures', 1683; O solitude, ...
Performers: Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Chance, Michael; Cole, Maggie; Cole, Nigel [Theorbo]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands)

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...continue...

Purcell: King Arthur / Niquet, Labin, Santon-Jeffery, Fernandes [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Glossa / 2009-12-05

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628
Performers: Fernandes, Joao; Labin, Ana Maria; Mauillon, Marc; Ruvio, Melodie; Santon-Jeffery, Chantal; Vidal, Mathias
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel

For its first DVD release Glossa has chosen a veritable spectacular, combining the strong creative ideas represented by one of its established artistic teams in...continue...
Run Time: 122 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
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Serenade - Songs by Beethoven / David Daniels, Martin Katz

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Franz Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen, D 531/Op. 7 no 3; Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Adelaide, D 95; Antonio Cal...
Performers: Daniels, David; Katz, Martin

Songs for Ariel / James Bowman, Kenneth Weiss

1 CD / Satirino / 2009-09-01

Works: Anonymous, English: Salve Regina; John Dowland: Firste Booke of Songes; Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Welcome to all the pleasures, Z 339 "Ode for St Cecilia's Day"; Don Q...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Ducornet, Marc; Weiss, Kenneth

"Far from a retrospective recording, however, Songs for Ariel is a vibrant performance that amply demonstrates the continuing vitality and beauty of Bowman's voice." -...continue...

Purcell Edition, Vol. 1: Dido and Aeneas; King Arthur; The Fairy Queen

4 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-03-09

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Fairy Queen, Z 629

"Mr Henry Purcell's most Admirable Composures" / Bowman, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-01-13

Works: Henry Purcell: We sing to Him whose wisdom form'd the ear, Z 199; Prophetess, Z 627; How long, great God, Z 189; History of King Richard II, Z 581; Music for a while; King Arthur, or The British Wort...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; King, Robert; Orsler, Helen
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

"James Bowman must surely be the finest vocal interpreter of Purcell today. His grasp of sentiment, his sense of timing, and his enunciation, are unsurpassed."...continue...

The Art of the Harp [Box Set]

2 CD / ABC Classics / 2009-01-08

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Ground for Harpsichord in D minor, Z D222 "Celebrate this Festival"; Christian Pezold: Minuets (2), for keyboard in G maj...
Performers: Giles, Alice; McGuire, Marshall

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

Jon Vickers in Concert

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2008-08-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Alessandro Scarlatti: Work(s); La speranza que lusinga, chamber cantata for soprano & continuo; Il Pompeo; Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 6...
Performers: Vickers, Jon; Woitach, Richard

Purcell: Music for a While / Alfred Deller, Deller Consort

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-04-08

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; Don Quixote, Z 578; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; History of King Richard II, Z 581; Oedipus, Z 583; An Evening Hymn to the Ground, "Now that the sun h...
Performers: Elliott, Robert [Harpsichord]

Mercurial Love - Dowland, Purcell / Jama Jandrokovic, Charles Weaver, et al

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Preludium, P 98; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Firste Booke of Songes; A Fancy; Second Booke of Songes; Can she excuse, P 42; Henry Purcell: A New Ground for Harpsichord i...
Performers: Jandrokovic, JAma; Stober, Carlene; Vinikour, Jory; Weaver, Charles

England in the 17th century boasted not only a musically sophisticated aristocracy but also a middle-class who were well acquainted with both poetry and music....continue...

The Art of Alfred Deller - Classic Vanguard Recordings

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-03-04

Works: English Traditional: The Three Ravens, folk song; The Cuckoo; The Oak and the Ash (North Country Maid), folk song; King Henry, folk song; Greensleeves, folk song; Scottish Traditional: Barbara Allen,...
Performers: Bergmann, Walter; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupre, Desmond; Leonhardt, Gustav
Conductors: ; Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: ; Deller Consort; Ensemble of Baroque Instruments; Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V

"Alfred Deller's singing is beguiling and timeless; (Purcell) "Music for a while" (is) from a number of songs which exhibit his essential mastery: everything from...continue...

Apparition - Henry Purcell, George Crumb / Christine Schäfer, Eric Schneider

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2008-02-12

Works: William Shakespeare: Sonnets; Henry Purcell: Music for a while; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Ah! How sweet it is to love, Z. 613/2; Oedipus, Z 583; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Don Quixote, Z 57...
Performers: Schafer, Christine; Schneider, Eric [Piano]

Christine Schafer is an artist with a unique sense of style, which comes through unmistakably on 'Apparition'... she and pianist Eric Schneider mix songs by...continue...

Endless Pleasure - Handel, Purcell: Arias / Hendricks, et al

1 CD / Arte Verum / 2008-01-08

Works: Henry Purcell: Music for a while; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Don Quixote, Z 578; Lord, what is man?, Z 192; Ah! Belinda I am pressed with torment (from "Dido and A...
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

"Barbara Hendricks' fascinating recital brings together some of the best-known songs and arias by the two great composers of vocal music in England in the...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...

Baroque Journey - Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, Purcell / Sumi Jo

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-11-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Nulla in mundo pax sincera in E, RV 630; Griselda, RV 718; Bajazet, RV 703 "Tamerlano"; Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Bist du bei mir; George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro il Penser...
Performers: Eberat, Axel; Jo, Sumi

The Water is Wide and other Lute Songs / Perrin, Parsons

2 CD / Meridian / 2007-07-10

Works: British Isles Traditional: The Water Is Wide, folk song; English Traditional: Scarborough Fair; Through Bushes and through Briars; Lillibulero, lute song; The Turtle Dove; The Three Ravens, folk song...
Performers: Parsons, David; Perrin, Nigel

Nigel Perrin sang with the legendary King's Singers from 1968 to 1980. He initially left the group to work for the Church Army in an...continue...

Oh! The Sweet Delights of Love

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-02-06

Works: Henry Purcell: Come, ye sons of art, away, Z 323; Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z 367; Prophetess, Z 627; Don Quixote, Z 578; O sweet delights of love (from "Prophetess"), duet for 2 sopranos, Z. 62...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; Boute, Tony; Flint, Karen; Heimes, Laura
Conductors:
Ensemble: Brandywine Baroque

Purcell, Blow: Songs / Russell Oberlin, et al

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2006-05-30

Works: John Blow: Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell, for 2 male altos, 2 recorders, viol & continuo; Henry Purcell: Whilst I with grief (from "Spanish Friar"), song, Z. 610/1; What a sad fate is mine, a...
Performers: Bressler, Charles; Chessid, Herman; Koutzen, George; Krainis, Bernard; Leonard, John; Maynard, Paul; Oberlin, Russell

Britten: Song Cycles

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; Winter Words, Op. 52; On this Island, Op. 11; Who are these Children?, song cycle for tenor & piano, Op. 84; Tit for Tat; Hen...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir; Shirley-Quirk, John

The names of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears are forever linked by their personal and creative partnership. Composer and interpreter have rarely enjoyed so long-standing...continue...

Remember your lovers - Tippett, etc / Ainsley, Burnside

1 CD / Signum UK / 2005-11-04

Works: Michael Tippett: The Heart's Assurance, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano; Music, for unison chorus, strings & piano ad lib; Boyhood's End, cantata for tenor & piano; Songs for Ariel, for voi...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Burnside, Iain [Piano]

"John Mark Ainsley is a very fine tenor, especially adept and engaging in English song repertoire. His performances here exemplify technical mastery combined with a...continue...

Purcell: Purcell: King Arthur / Michael Schade [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2005-09-20

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Rey, Isabel; Schade, Michael; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien

EuroArts DVD presents an amazing production of one of the most beautiful and popular operas of the Baroque era. This vivid and entertaining opera, filmed...continue...
Run Time: 169 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: En...continue...

Purcell: King Arthur / Niquet, Gens, Bayodi, Jarrige, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2004-07-08

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628
Performers: Auvity, Cyril; Bayodi, Hanna; Cornwell, Joseph; Gens, Veronique; Harvey, Peter; Jarrige, Beatrice
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert spirituel

BBC Music Magazine
None of the spoken dialogue is included in this new recording of Purcell's music - brought to life with energy and a pleasing...continue...

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

What Magic Has Victorious Love - Purcell & Handel/ Armstrong

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2002-12-24

Works: Henry Purcell: Music for a while; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Thus the ever grateful spring (from "The Fairy Queen"), soprano aria, Z. 629/33; Here's the summer, sprightly, gay (from "The Fairy Queen"), alto...
Performers: Armstrong, Nancy; Carrai, Phoebe; Earle, Kinloch; Gibbons, John [Classical]; Jeppesen, Laura; Martin, Anthony; Reinker, Daniel; Starkman, Jane; Stepner, Daniel; Sykes, Peter

Opera in English - Baroque Celebration

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-03-26

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Don Quixote, Z 578; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Rinaldo
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Masterson, Valerie; Tomlinson, John; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Parry, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; English National Opera Orchestra

Jon Vickers - A Tribute on His 75th Birthday

2 CD / Video Artists International / 2001-12-11

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Zigeunermelodien (7), Op. 55; Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; There's Not a Swain (from "Rule a Wife and Have a Wife"), song, Z. 587/1; History of King ...
Performers: Carlyle, Joan; Hamelin, Marc-Andre [Piano]; Hoffmann, Grace; MacNeil, Cornell; Nait, Jose; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Schaaf, Peter; Vickers, Jon; Woitach, Richard
Conductors: Stein, Horst; Martini, Juan Emilio
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra

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...

Fairest Isle - Purcell, Dowland, Byrd, etc / Barbara Bonney

1 CD / Decca Import / 2001-03-13

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Firste Booke of Songes; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Thomas Campion: Never weather-beaten saile more willing bent to shore; Sypres Curten of the Night Is Spread, for voice, l...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Manze, Andrew
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

"This recording is as near perfect, as close to flawless, as one could possibly imagine. Those who need more convincing will not find it here,...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 5 / Kenny, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-08-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner, aria for soprano & orchestra. K. 383; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; King A...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]
Conductors: Parry, David

"...the Australian soprano is in fine voice throughout, with the clearest English diction since her fellow-antipodean Joan Hammond, a smooth legato and ringing top notes...Barry...continue...

Daniel Taylor - Portrait

1 CD / ATMA / 2000-03-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; John Dowland: Third and Last Booke of Songes; Come Again; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Second Book of Songs or Ayres; H...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Brault, Oliver; Cartier, Pierre; Haynes, Bruce; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Martin, Andreas [Lute]; Moran, Christine; Napper, Susan; Plouffe, Helene; Poirier, Rejean; Scott Me...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

"...Taylor has made several solo recodings and this appealingly assembled disc contains items from four of them. All but one of the pieces belong to...continue...

Purcell: Tis Nature's Voice, Songs, Elegies / Jacobs, et al

1 CD / Accent / 1999-01-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Music for a while; Not all my torments can your pity move, Z 400; Bonduca, Z 574; Pious Celinda goes to pray'rs, Z. 410; Incassum, Lesbia, rogas, Z 383 "Queen's Epicedium"; Ah! cruel n...
Performers: Jacobs, René; Junghanel, Konrad; Kuijken, Wieland [Cello, Viola da Gamba]

Includes work(s) by Henry Purcell....continue...

Purcell: King Arthur / Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2 CD / Erato Import / 1995-05-02

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628
Performers: Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Fisher, Gillian; Priday, Elisabeth; Ross, Gilian; Smith, Jennifer [Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

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...