Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - Songs and Airs (1985)
Cover Front Album
Composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Length 46:00
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Art Song
Index 414
Out of Print Yes
Musicians
Soloist Kirkby; Hogwood; Rooley; Campbell; Mackintosh
Credits
Producer Peter Wadland
Label L'Oiseau-Lyre
Track List
01 Hark! Hark! How all things 01:46
02 Crown the altar, deck the shrine 02:29
03 If music be the food of love 03:26
04 Not all my torments 02:02
05 O, O let me weep! 06:35
06 I attempt from love's sickness to fly 01:24
07 Olinda in the shades unseen 01:02
08 Urge me no more 03:19
09 Bees of Bedlam 03:42
10 Lovely, lovely Albina 02:13
11 Sweeter than roses 03:12
12 Dear pretty youth 01:56
13 When first Amintas sued for a kiss 01:58
14 The cares of lovers 01:46
15 Ye gentle spirits of the air 04:54
16 An Evening Hymn 04:16
Personal
Purchase Date 6/3/2002
Value $17.50
Store Hear Again, Gainesville
Condition 100%
Nationality English
Language English
Period Baroque
Details
Studio Forde Abbey, Chard, Somerset
Catalog Number 417 123-2
Live No
Recording Date 10/1/1982
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Emma Kirkby: Soprano
Christopher Hogwood: Organ (Goetze and Gwynn, 1982); Spinet (Hancock, 1732)
Anthony Rooley: Lute (Lowe, 1978)
Richard Campbell: Viola da gamba (Rubio, 1974)
Catherine Mackintosh: Violin (Ross, 1978)

Notes, illustrations and text

Essay: Richard Luckett