Essential Purcell
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Brand: KING'S CONSORTEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1995-04-10
Music Label: Hyperion UK
Soundtracks:
- Welcome, glorious morn (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 338: Symphony and opening chorus
- Fly bold rebellion (Welcome Ode for Charles II), for soloists, double chorus, strings & continuo, Z. 324: Be welcome then, great Sir
- O! fair Cedaria, hide those eyes, song, Z. 402
- Work(s): [Unspecified] Hear my prayer, O Lord
- Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: When I am laid in earth ('Dido's Lament')
- Let mine eyes run down with tears, anthem for soloists, chorus & organ, Z. 24: Part 1
- Work(s): The sparrow and the gentle dove
- If music be the food of love, song, Z. 379 (3 settings): first setting
- Rejoice in the Lord alway ('Bell Anthem'), anthem for alto, tenor, bass, chorus, strings & organ, Z. 49
- Hosanna to the highest, sacred song for bass, chorus & continuo, Z. 187
- Work(s): [Unspecified] Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
- King Arthur, or, The British Worthy, semi-opera, Z. 628: Fairest Isle, all isles excelling
- Raise, raise the voice (An Ode for St. Cecilia's day), for soprano, bass, chorus, 2 violins & continuo, Z. 334: Mark, how readily eac
- Come ye sons of art away (Birthday ode for Queen Mary), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 323: Sound the trumpet
- She loves and she confesses too, song, Z. 413
- Work(s): O how blest is the Isle
- Remember not, Lord, our offences, anthem for chorus & organ, Z. 50
- Work(s): An Evening Hymn
- Work(s): Te Deum and Jubilate, 1694: Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day
- Hail, bright Cecilia (Ode for St. Cecilia's Day), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 328: With rapture of delight... Hail bright
Music reviews of Essential Purcell
Music Review: The Purcell CD to get
Rating: 5 Stars
Seriously, whether if you have no idea exactly what kind of composer Purcell was, or only plan to buy only one CD of his music (God forbid!), this record will knock you off, in a very pleasant and surprising way. I don't like to write superlatives, but this CD has unanimously 5 stars with non-ceasing praises, and guess what: it is THAT good. So good that is gives a good case for few of those who believes that Purcell was a greater composer than Handel or even Bach! Just listen to "Vouchsafe, O Lord, To Keep Us This Day" (second last track) and be awed; it is comparable to one of the best of Bach's cantata's single movement. If you truly like good music, you cannot afford to NOT have this CD: you will thank me and other reviewers here later, GUARANTIED.
Have a nice day.
Description of Essential Purcell
No Description Available.Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 22-APR-1997
The "Essential" Purcell? Well, you could get a bunch of critics to argue about that for a few days, but in the meantime, here is a sampler of highlights from the King's Consort's three admirable Purcell series: the Complete Odes and Welcome Songs, Complete Anthems and Services, and Complete Secular Solo Songs. There are, of course, some of Purcell's most-performed pieces (which probably are "essential"): Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas, "Sound the trumpet" from Come, ye sons of Art, Rejoice in the Lord alway (the "Bell Anthem," named for the string figure at the opening that sounds like pealing bells), the gently patriotic "Fairest isle, all isles excelling" (sung by a miscast James Bowman), and a selection from the funeral music for Queen Mary. There are also some delightful surprises--particularly among the little-known secular songs and church music. The plaintive "O fair Cedaria" gets a lovely performance by Barbara Bonney (a singer not usually associated with Purcell); tenor Rogers Covey-Crump (possibly the ideal high tenor for Purcell) sings the enchanting "If music be the food of love"; the church anthems "Let mine eyes run down with tears" and "Remember not, O Lord, our offences" have some startling harmonies as daring as any Monteverdi ever wrote. If you're unfamiliar with Purcell, this reasonably priced disc is a good place to start exploring without a big initial investment. --Matthew Westphal
General CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( P ) > Purcell, Henry
- Forms & Genres > Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music > Incidental Music
- Historical Periods > Baroque (c.1600-1750) > Composers > Purcell, Henry
- General
- Sacred & Religious > General
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Divas > Bonney, Barbara
- Vocal Non-Opera > Anthems
- Odes
- Songs & Lieder > General
- Miscellaneous > General
- Pop > Vocal Pop > General
- Classical - Historical Periods - Baroque (c.1600-1750) - Composers - Purcell, Henry - General
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