Purcell Songs
Live from Wigmore Hall, London. Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Purcell songs performed by soprano Carolyn Sampson with Elizabeth Kenny, Jonathan Manson and Laurence Cummings.
Live from Wigmore Hall
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Purcell songs performed by Carolyn Sampson, soprano, Elizabeth Kenny, lute, Jonathan Manson, bass viol and Laurence Cummings, harpsichord.
Henry Purcell:
The Fairy Queen Z629
Act 2 No. 4 Prelude and Air: Come all ye songsters of the sky
Act 2 No. 9 Air and Chorus: Sing while we trip it on the green
Act 3 No. 21 Air: Ye gentle spirits of the air appear
The History of Timon of Athens, The Man-Hater Z632:
The cares of lovers
Fly swift, ye hours
Not all my torments can your pity move Z400
The Comical History of Don Quixote Z578:
No. 9 From rosie bow'rs
INTERVAL
No. 3 Let the dreadful engines
Aureng-Zebe, or The Great Mogul Z573:
No. 1 I see she flies me
What a sad fate is mine Z428A
Pious Celinda goes to prayers Z410
Hail, bright Cecilia Z328:
No. 4 'Tis Nature's Voice; thro' all the moving Wood
Abdelazar, or The Moor's Revenge Z570:
Lucinda is bewitching fair
The Fairy Queen Z629:
Act 5 No. 50 Air: Hark the ech'ing air!
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Elizabeth Kenny, lute
Jonathan Manson, bass viol
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord
Henry Purcell and John Blow refined the repertoire of 'songs sung at court and at the public theatres' in the years following Charles II's return to the throne in 1660. Purcell went further than any of his contemporaries in terms of the eloquence, invention and expressive impact of his contributions to the great Restoration songbook. Soprano Carolyn Sampson and a trio of period-instrument experts present their choice of Purcell songs and airs.
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Henry Purcell
Three songs from The Fairy Queen
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Henry Purcell
C major harpsichord suite
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Henry Purcell
Three songs
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Draghi
An Italian Ground
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Henry Purcell
From rosy bowers from The Comical History of Don Quixote
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Michael Tippett
Piano Sonata No.1
Performer: Paul Crossley.- DECCA.
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Henry Purcell
Let the dreadul engines from The Comical History of Don Quixote
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Purcell/Anon/Corbetta
Three guitar pieces
Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. -
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Henry Purcell
Three Songs
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Simpson
Division in D from The Division Viol
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Henry Purcell
Three songs
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Simpson
Division in D from The Division Viol
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Henry Purcell
Three Songs
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Judith Weir
Piano Quartet
Ensemble: The Schubert Ensemble. -
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Judith Weir
Ardnamurchan Point
Performer: Petra Casen & William Howard (pianos).
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