Songs and airs / Henry Purcell.

Author/creator Purcell, Henry
Format Audio (Streaming)
Publication Info[Place of publication not identified] : Virgin Classics, 2009.
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?CLMU;922850
Subjects

Other author/creatorArgenta, Nancy vocalist.
Other author/creatorBoothby, Richard, 1955- performer.
Other author/creatorNicholson, Paul, performer.
Other author/creatorNorth, Nigel performer.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Bess of Bedlam.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Bonduca. O lead me to some peaceful gloom.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Come ye sons of art away. Bid the virtues.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Cupid, the slyest rogue alive.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dioclesian. Let us dance.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Don Quixote. From rosy bow'rs.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen. Selections.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fatal hour comes on apace.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. If music be the food of love, Z. 379C.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. In the black, dismal dungeon of despair.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Incassum, Lesbia, incassum rogas.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Indian queen. Selections.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. Fairest isle.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Libertine. Nymphs and shepherds, come away.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Libertine To arms, heroic prince.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Lord, what is man?, soprano, continuo.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Not all my torments can your pity move.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Now that the sun hath veiled his light.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. O solitude, my sweetest choice.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Oedipus. Music for a while.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Pausanias, the betrayer of his country. Sweeter than roses.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Retir'd from any mortal's sight.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Sophonisba. Beneath the poplar's shadow.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Stript of their green our groves appear.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Tell me, some pitying angel.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Tempest. Dear pretty youth.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Tempest. Halcyon days.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Theodosius. Ah, cruel, bloody fate.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Timon of Athens. Love in their veins inspires.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Tyrannic love. Ah! how sweet it is to love.
Uniform titleSongs. Selections
Contents O Solitude! Z406a -- Tyrannic Love Z613: Ah! how sweet it is to love (song) -- Not all my torments can your pity move Z400 -- Stripp'd of their green our groves appear Z444 -- Tell me, some pitying Angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation) Z196 (Nahum Tate) -- If music be the food of love Z379 version 3 (Henry Heveningham) -- The Fairy Queen Z629: Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings -- The fatal hour comes on apace Z421 -- In cassum, Lesbia, rogas (The Queen's Epicedium) Z383 (George Herbert) -- Pausanias Z585: Sweeter than roses (Norton) -- Cupid, the slyest rogue alive Z367 -- From silent shades (Bess of Bedlam) Z370 -- The Tempest Z631: Dear pretty youth (Thomas Shadwell) -- From rosy bow'rs (from 'Don Quixote') Z578 (Thomas D'Urfey) -- Now that the sun hath veiled his light (Evening Hymn) Z193 -- Sophonisba Z590: Beneath a poplar's shadow -- I attempt from love's sickness (fom 'The Indian Queen' Z630) -- Let us dance (from 'The Prophetess' Z627) (Thomas Betterton) -- O Solitude! Z406 -- Nymphs and Shepherds (from 'The Libertine' Z600) -- Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams Z355 -- Love in their little veins inspires (from 'Timon of Athens' Z632) -- Fly swift ye hours Z369 -- The Indian Queen Z629: They tell us that your mighty powers -- O let me weep (The Plaint) from 'The Fairy Queen' Z629 -- In the black, dismal dungeon of despair Z190 -- See, even Night herself is here (from 'The Fairy Queen' Z629) -- The Indian Queen Z630: Why should men quarrel? -- The Indian Queen Z630: Seek not to know -- King Richard the Second Z581: Retir'd from mortals' sight -- To arms, heroic Prince (from 'The Libertine' Z600) -- Bonduca Z574: O lead me to some peaceful gloom -- The Tempest Z631: Halcyon Days -- Bid the Virtues from 'Come ye sons of art away' (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary 1694) -- A Divine Hymn Z192: Lord, what is man? -- Oedipus Z583: Music for a while -- If music be the food of love Z379/1 -- A Scotch Song Z412: Sawney is a bonny lad -- When I have often heard (from 'The Fairy Queen' Z629) -- Theodosius Z606: Ah! Cruel, bloody fate -- Dido and Aeneas Z626: Thy hand, Belinda-- When I am laid in earth.
General noteSongs, in part excerpts from operas or incidental music; archlute, baroque guitar, viola da gamba, harpsichord, chamber organ acc., separately or in various combinations.
General noteTitle from resource description page (viewed Feb. 7, 2013).
Performer Nancy Argenta, soprano ; Nigel North, archlute, theorbo, baroque guitar ; Richard Boothby, viola da gamba ; Paul Nicholson, harpsichord, chamber organ; John Toll, harpsichord.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Oct. 1992, Studio 1, Abbey Road, London.
Other formsPreviously released as a compact disc.
LanguageSung primarily in English or (9th song) Latin.
Genre/formSound recordings.

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