Album UK 1971 on Decca label
Classical (Baroque)
Box set comes with a 16-page libretto
Henry Purcell , 1659-1695 GB album by | |
Owen Brannigan voc, 1908-1973 GB bass vocals, 1st bass | |
John Shirley-Quirk voc, 1931-2014 GB bass vocals, 2nd bass | |
Martin Gatt bsn, *1936 GB bassoon | |
Kenneth Heath vc, GB cello, cello continuo | |
The Ambrosian Opera Chorus , *1951 chorus | |
James Bowman voc, *1941 GB countertenor vocals, 1st counter-tenor | |
Charles Brett voc, *1941 GB countertenor vocals, 2nd counter-tenor | |
Benjamin Britten p, 1913-1976 GB edited by, conductor | |
Philip Ledger p, hps, 1937-2012 GB harpsichord, harpsichord continuo | |
Kenneth Sillito vn, GB leader | |
Alfreda Hodgson voc, 1940-1992 GB mezzo-soprano vocals | |
Peter Graeme ob, 1921-2012 GB oboe | |
English Chamber Orchestra , orchestra | |
Jennifer Vyvyan ss, voc, 1925-1974 GB soprano vocals, 1st soprano | |
Mary Wells , soprano vocals, 2nd soprano | |
Norma Burrowes voc, *1944 IE soprano vocals, 3rd soprano | |
Peter Pears voc, 1910-1986 GB tenor vocals, 1st tenor | |
Ian Partridge voc, *1938 GB tenor vocals, 2nd tenor |
Imogen Holst edited by |
Henry Purcell |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration | |
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1 | Part I: Oberon's Birthday | Henry Purcell | |||
2 | Symphony | Henry Purcell | |||
3 | Now The Night Is Chas'd Away | Henry Purcell | |||
4 | Let The Fifes And The Clarions | Henry Purcell | |||
5 | Dance | Henry Purcell | |||
6 | When A Cruel Long WInter | Henry Purcell | |||
7 | Hail! Great Parent | Henry Purcell | |||
8 | Thus The Ever Grateful Spring | Henry Purcell | |||
9 | Here's The Summer, Sprightly, Gay | Henry Purcell | |||
10 | See, My Many-Coloured Fields | Henry Purcell | |||
11 | Next, Winter Comes Slowly | Henry Purcell | |||
12 | Hail! Great Parent | Henry Purcell | |||
13 | Part II: Night And Silence | Henry Purcell | |||
14 | Prelude | Henry Purcell | |||
15 | Come All Ye Songsters Of The Sky | Henry Purcell | |||
16 | The Songsters | Henry Purcell | |||
17 | May The God Of Wit Inspire | Henry Purcell | |||
18 | Echo | Henry Purcell | |||
19 | Now Join Your Warbling Voices All | Henry Purcell | |||
20 | Scene Of The Drunken Poet | Henry Purcell | |||
21 | See, Even Night Herself Is Here | Henry Purcell | |||
22 | I Am Come To Lock All Fast | Henry Purcell | |||
23 | One Charming Night | Henry Purcell | |||
24 | Hush! No More! | Henry Purcell | |||
25 | Dance For The Followers Of Night | Henry Purcell | |||
26 | Part III: The Sweet Passion | Henry Purcell | |||
27 | Overture | Henry Purcell | |||
28 | If Love's A Sweet Passion | Henry Purcell | |||
29 | The Plaint: O Let Me Weep | Henry Purcell | |||
30 | Dialogue | Henry Purcell | |||
31 | Dance For The Haymakers | Henry Purcell | |||
32 | A Thousand, Thousand Ways | Henry Purcell | |||
33 | Hornpipe | Henry Purcell | |||
34 | Rondeau | Henry Purcell | |||
35 | Part IV: Epithalamium | Henry Purcell | |||
36 | Symphony | Henry Purcell | |||
37 | Hark! Th'Echoing Air | Henry Purcell | |||
38 | Sure The Dull God Of Marriage | Henry Purcell | |||
39 | See, I Obey | Henry Purcell | |||
40 | Turn Then Thine Eyes | Henry Purcell | |||
41 | My Torch Indeed | Henry Purcell | |||
42 | They Shall Be As Happy | Henry Purcell | |||
43 | Chaconne | Henry Purcell | |||
44 | They Shall Be As Happy | Henry Purcell |
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