PURCELL Henry (1659-1695)
Ensemble Les Surprises
ALPHA CLASSICS
1 CD
060:35
Chor / Lied
2021-01-22
King Arthur, Z628: Hornpipe (Second Act Tune) The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part II: "I burn, my brain consumes to ashes" "Poor Celadon, He Sighs in Vain" (Loving Above Himself) The Prophetess, or the History of Dioclesian, Z627: Dance of the Furies Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Z587: "There's not a swain on the plain" The Fairy Queen, Z629 Purcell, Henry Hornpipe Dance for the Fairies Dance for the Green Men The Indian Queen, Z630 Purcell, Henry "Ye twice ten-hundred deities" Symphony "Seek not to know" Venus and Adonis: Saraband for the Graces A Fool's Preferment, or the Three Dukes of Dunstable, Z571: "There's nothing so fatal as women" The Virtuous Wife, Z611 Purcell, Henry Overture The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part I: "Sleep, poor youth" (The Dirge) The Virtuous Wife, Z611 Purcell, Henry Slow Air Air The Yorkshire Feast Song, Z333 Purcell, Henry "So when the glitt'ring Queen of Night" from "Of old when heroes thought it base" "This poet sings the Trojan wars" (Anacreon's Defeat) Z423 Song On The Assumption: Ground in D Minor Pausanias, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585: "My dearest, my fairest" Tyrannic Love, or the Royal Martyr, Z613: "Hark! my Damilcar" King Arthur, Z628: Chaconne
PURCELL Henry (1659-1695)Ensemble Les SurprisesLabel : ALPHA CLASSICS
Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas (Dir) - Eugénie Lefebvre (Sopran) - Etienne Bazola (Bariton) // 1690, Purcell joined the United Company, a London theatre company, and devoted himself to composing for its productions. It is excerpts from these works that are presented in Tyrannic Love. Compositions by Purcell's colleagues or followers John Blow, John Eccles, Jeremiah Clarke and Daniel Purcell complete the programme.
