Dorian Recordings
DOR-90105
Julianne Baird, Soprano
Colin Tilney, Harpsichord
Alison Mackay, Viola Da Gamba
All but five of the songs on this recording were written by Henry Purcell (1659-1695), an exact and proper tribute not only to the sheer excellence of his craft and imagination, but also to his continually fresh appeal to modern ears. Purcell's fame rested partly on his contributions to the London stage, for which he wrote overtures, act tunes, dance music and songs in the later years of his career; in greater part, though, he was esteemed by connoisseurs for the nobility of his sacred settings, for his contrapuntal genius and for the intensity of his expressive ornamentation.-Colin Tilney (1990)
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[1] Oh Solitude!/Henry Purcell (1659-1695) [2] The Fatal Hour/Purcell [3] Evening Hymn/Purcell [4] With Sick and Famish'd Eyes/Purcell [5] Be Welcome Then, Great Sir/Purcell [6] Hark! The Echoing Air/Purcell [7] Fame's an Echo/Thomas Ame (1710-1778) [8] Not on Beds of Fading Flow'rs/Ame [9] O Come, O Come my Dearest/Ame [10] Sleep, gentle Cherub, Sleep descend/Ame [11] Bess of Bedlam/Purcell [12] Harpsichord solo:A New Ground/Purcell [13] Music for a While/Purcell [14] Lysander I Pursue/John Blow (1649-1708) |
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