Sylvia McNair: The Echoing Air The Music of Henry Purcell
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Title
Sylvia McNair: The Echoing Air
The Music of Henry Purcell
The Music of Henry Purcell
Description
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Part I
-Staircase Overture
-"If Music Be the Food of Love" Z397C (Henry Heveningham)
-Cebell
-"To Arms"
-"Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel" Z 196 (Nahum Tate)
-Slow Air
Part II
-"We Come To Sing"
-"Oh! Lead Me to Some Peaceful Gloom" Z 574/17a (Bonduca, 1695)
-"O Solitude" Z 406 (Katherine Philips)
-"Hark! Hark! the Echoing Air" Z629/48bc (The Fairy Queen, 1692)
-Trumpet Tune
Part III
-"Sweeter Than Roses" Z585/1 (Richard Norton) (Pausanias, 1695)
-"Fairest Isle" Z628/38 (John Dryden)(King Arthur, 1691)
-"She That Would Gain a Faithful Lover" Z414 (Lady E-. M-.)
-"Cupid, the Slyest Rogue Alive" Z367 (after•nach•d'après Theocritus)
-"I Attempt from Love's Sickness To Fly" Z630/17h (The Indian Queen, 1695)
-Jig
Part IV
-"Music for a While" Z583/2 (John Dryden)
-"The Fatal Hour Comes On Apace" Z421
-"Hear, Mighty Love"
-Plainte: "O, Let Me Weep" Z629/40ab (The Fairy Queen, 1692)
-Chacony in G minor, Z 730 g-moll
Part I
-Staircase Overture
-"If Music Be the Food of Love" Z397C (Henry Heveningham)
-Cebell
-"To Arms"
-"Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel" Z 196 (Nahum Tate)
-Slow Air
Part II
-"We Come To Sing"
-"Oh! Lead Me to Some Peaceful Gloom" Z 574/17a (Bonduca, 1695)
-"O Solitude" Z 406 (Katherine Philips)
-"Hark! Hark! the Echoing Air" Z629/48bc (The Fairy Queen, 1692)
-Trumpet Tune
Part III
-"Sweeter Than Roses" Z585/1 (Richard Norton) (Pausanias, 1695)
-"Fairest Isle" Z628/38 (John Dryden)(King Arthur, 1691)
-"She That Would Gain a Faithful Lover" Z414 (Lady E-. M-.)
-"Cupid, the Slyest Rogue Alive" Z367 (after•nach•d'après Theocritus)
-"I Attempt from Love's Sickness To Fly" Z630/17h (The Indian Queen, 1695)
-Jig
Part IV
-"Music for a While" Z583/2 (John Dryden)
-"The Fatal Hour Comes On Apace" Z421
-"Hear, Mighty Love"
-Plainte: "O, Let Me Weep" Z629/40ab (The Fairy Queen, 1692)
-Chacony in G minor, Z 730 g-moll
Creator
Philips Classics Productions, CD
Date
Contributor
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, director, organ, harpsichord
Sylvia McNair, soprano
Crispian Steele Perkins, trumpet
Simon Standage, violin
Paul O'Dette, archlute
Laurence Dreyfus, cello, viola da gamba
Christopher Hogwood, director, organ, harpsichord
Sylvia McNair, soprano
Crispian Steele Perkins, trumpet
Simon Standage, violin
Paul O'Dette, archlute
Laurence Dreyfus, cello, viola da gamba