Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - Songs and Airs (1995)
Cover Front Album
Composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Conductor Christopher Hogwood
Orchestra / Ensemble I The Academy of Ancient Music
Length 63:18
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Art Song
Index 415
Out of Print Yes
Musicians
Soloist McNair; Perkins; Standage; Hogwood
Credits
Producer Willhelm Hellweg
Label Philips
Track List
01 'Staircase' Overture 02:41
02 If Music Be the Food of Love, Z 397C 03:17
03 Cebell 01:08
04 To Arms, to Arms, Heroic Prince, Z 600/3b 02:52
05 To Arms 01:25
06 Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel, Z 196 07:04
07 Slow Air 01:49
08 We Come To Sing 00:39
09 Oh! Lead Me to Some Peaceful GloomZ 574/17a 02:50
10 O Solitude, Z 406 04:16
11 Hark! hark! the Echoing Air, Z 629/48bc 02:24
12 Trumpet Tune 00:43
13 Sweeter than Roses, Z 585/1 03:06
14 Fairest Isle, Z 628/38 02:00
15 She That Would Gain a Faithful Lover, Z 414 03:01
16 Cupid, the Slyest Rogue Alive, Z 367 02:20
17 I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly, Z 630/17h 01:35
18 Jig 01:08
19 Music for a While, Z 583/2 03:14
20 The Fatal Hour Comes On Apace, Z 421 03:40
21 Hear, Mighty Love 01:36
22 Plainte: O, Let Me Weep, Z 629/40ab 05:56
23 Chacony in G Minor, Z 730 04:34
Personal
Purchase Date 6/25/2002
Value $16.50
Store Hear Again, Gainesville
Condition 100%
Nationality English
Language English
Period Baroque
Details
Studio St. John's, Smith Square, London
Catalog Number 446 081-2
Live No
Recording Date 8/1/1994
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Slyvia McNair: Soprano

Notes, illustrations, text and translation

Essay: "The British Orpheus" by Richard Luckett