Album UK 1966 on L'Oiseau-Lyre label
Classical (Opera, Baroque)
Alternative Title: "An Essay of Musick compos'd for the Play 'The Indian Queen' by John Dryden and Sir Robert Howard". An insert containing the text and tracklist is included. Front cover, only, laminated (Clarifoll). Rear cover info: - © 1966, Edition de L'Oiseau-Lyre, Monaco. - Note: The edition used for this performance is based on the one made by Arnold Goldsborough. - Credited notes in English (only). - Stereo playable Mono. - Made in England. Center-labels info: - ℗ 1966 - Made in England ·The Decca Record Co. Ltd.
Henry Purcell , 1659-1695 GB album by | |
Wilfred Brown ts, 1921-1971 GB album by, tenor vocals | |
April Cantelo , *1928 GB album by, soprano vocals | |
Robert Tear voc, 1939-2011 GB album by, tenor vocals | |
Christopher Keyte voc, GB album by, bass vocals | |
Ian Partridge voc, *1938 GB album by, tenor vocals | |
St. Anthony Singers , GB album by, chorus | |
English Chamber Orchestra , orchestra, album by | |
Sir Charles Mackerras voc, 1925-2010 AU conductor, album by | |
Bernard Richards vc, cello, continuo | |
Raymond Leppard hps, *1927 GB harpsichord, continuo | |
Emanuel Hurwitz vn, 1919-2006 GB leader, the english chamber orchestra |
John McCarthy chorus master |
Decca Publicity Art Department design, sleeve |
Charles Cudworth liner notes |
Henry Purcell |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration | |
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1 | The Indian Queen | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
2 | First Music | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
3 | Second Music | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
4 | Overture | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
5 | Prologue: Wake, Quivera, Wake, Our Soft Rest Must Cease | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
6 | Prologue: Why Should Men Quarrel Here? | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
7 | Prologue: By Ancient Prophecies We Have Been Told | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
8 | Prologue: If These Be They We Welcome Them Our Doom. | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
9 | Prologue: Their looks are such thet mercy flows from hence, | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
10 | Prologue: If So Your Goodness May Your Power Express | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
11 | Act 2: Symphony | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
12 | Act 2: I Come To Sing Great Zempoalla's Story | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
13 | Act 2: What Flattering Noise Is This | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
14 | Act 2: Scorn'd Envy, Here's Nothing That Thou Canst Blast | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
15 | Act 2: I Fly From The Place Where Flattery Reigns | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
16 | Act 2: Begone, Curst Friends Of Hell | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
17 | Act 2: I Come To Sing Great Zempoalla's Story | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
18 | Act 3: Warlike Dance | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
19 | Act 3: Ye Twice Ten Hundred Deities ... By The Croaking Of The Toad | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
20 | Act 3: Symphony | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
21 | Act 3: Seek Not To Know What Must Not Be Reveal'd | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
22 | Act 3: Trumpet Overture | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
23 | Act 3: Ah, How Happy Are We! | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
24 | Act 3: We The Spirits Of The Air | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
25 | Act 3: I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly In Vain | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
26 | Act 3: We The Spirits Of The Air | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
27 | Act 3: Third Act Tune | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
28 | Act 4: Song: They Tell Us That Your Mighty Powers ... To Suffer For Him Gives An Ease To My Pains; | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
29 | Act 5: While Thus We Bow Before The Shrine | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
30 | Act 5: You Who At The Altar Stand | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
31 | Act 5: All's Prepared | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
32 | Act 5: Let All Unhallow'd Souls Begone | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
33 | Act 5: All Is Done | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
34 | Act 5: Now In Procession Walk Along | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | |||
35 | Act 5: All Dismal Sounds Thus On These Off'rings Wait | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras |
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