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    Henry Purcell

    Henry Purcell

    8898 songs
    Total 374 albums
    Kindertotenlieder / Arias & Songs by Gluck, Handel, Green, Purcell, Mendelssohn Album Cover

    Kindertotenlieder / Arias & Songs by Gluck, Handel, Green, Purcell, Mendelssohn

    1980
    TitleListen
    Sound the trumpet (“Birthday Ode for Queen Mary”)2:03
    Let us wander, not unseen (“The Indian Queen”)1:50
    Shepherd, shepherd, cease decoying (“King Arthur”)1:23
    Spring is coming (“Ottone”)3:54
    Come to me, soothing sleep (“Ottone”)4:18
    Orfeo ed Euridice: Chiamo il mio ben cosi (Act 1)7:33
    Orfeo ed Euridice: Deh! placatevi con me (Act 2)7:32
    Orfeo ed Euridice: Che puro ciel! (Act 2)5:38
    Orfeo ed Euridice: Che feci mai?... Che farò senza Euridice? (Act 3)6:08
    O Praise the Lord (“O Praise the Lord”)1:50
    I will lay me down in peace (“O God of my righteousness”)3:49
    I would that my love, op. 63 no. 12:42
    Greeting, op. 63 no. 22:35
    Kindertotenlieder: Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n4:51
    Kindertotenlieder: Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen4:39
    Kindertotenlieder: Wenn dein Mütterlein tritt zur Tür herein4:31
    Kindertotenlieder: Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen!2:55
    Kindertotenlieder: In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus6:24
    Dido and Aeneas Album Cover

    Dido and Aeneas

    1993
    TitleListen
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. Overture2:10
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Shake the cloud from off your brow" / Chorus "Banish sorrow"1:07
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Ah! Belinda" - Ritornelle3:34
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Grief increases by concealing" / Chorus "When monarchs unite"2:35
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Fear no danger"2:22
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "See, your royal guest appears" / Chorus "Cupid only throws the dart" / "If not for mine..." / "Pursue thy conquest, love"2:28
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. A Dance Gittars Chacony2:02
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. Chorus "To the hills and the vales"1:08
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. The Triumphing Dance1:17
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I. Prelude - "Wayward sisters" / Chorus "Harm's our delight"2:08
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" / Chorus "Ho ho ho" / "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" / Chorus "Ho ho ho"1:49
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I. "But ere we this perform"1:11
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I. Chorus "In our deep vaulted cell"1:28
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I. Echo dance of furies1:05
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. Ritornelle0:48
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. Chorus "Thanks to these lonesome vales"3:03
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. Dance - Gitter ground1:40
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. "Oft she visits" - Ritornelle2:02
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. "Behold, upon my bending spear" / Chorus "Haste, haste to town"1:19
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. "Stay, Prince"2:43
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene I. Prelude / Chorus "Come away, fellow sailors" - The Sailor's Dance2:15
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene I. "See the flags and streamers curling" / "Our next motion" / Chorus "Destruction's our delight" - The Witches' Dance3:19
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene II. "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain"3:54
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene II. Chorus "Great minds against themselves conspire"0:57
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene II. "Thy hand, Belinda" / "When I am laid in earth"4:26
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene II. Chorus "With drooping wings" - Cupid's Dance5:10
    BBC Music, Volume 11, Number 3: Hail! Bright Cecilia Album Cover

    BBC Music, Volume 11, Number 3: Hail! Bright Cecilia

    2002
    TitleListen
    Hail, Bright Cecilia: Symphony7:25
    Hail, Bright Cecilia: Hail! bright Cecilia3:48
    Hail, Bright Cecilia: Hark each tree4:03
    Hail, Bright Cecilia: 'Tis Nature's voice3:51
    Hail, Bright Cecilia: Soul of the world2:29
    Hail, Bright Cecilia: Thou tun'st this world3:18
    Hail, Bright Cecilia: With that sublime celestial lay2:44
    Hail, Bright Cecilia: Wondrous machine!2:33
    Hail, Bright Cecilia: The airy violin1:23
    Hail, Bright Cecilia: In vain the am'rous flute5:18
    Hail, Bright Cecilia: The fife and all the harmony of war3:01
    Hail, Bright Cecilia: Let these amongst themselves contest2:43
    Hail, Bright Cecilia: Hail! bright Cecilia4:21
    Bright Cecilia: Variations on a Theme by Purcell: Tema1:06
    Bright Cecilia: Variations on a Theme by Purcell: Tema elaborata1:54
    Bright Cecilia: Variations on a Theme by Purcell: Scherzando1:50
    Bright Cecilia: Variations on a Theme by Purcell: Sognante2:40
    Bright Cecilia: Variations on a Theme by Purcell: Fantastico1:16
    Bright Cecilia: Variations on a Theme by Purcell: Giocoso2:03
    Bright Cecilia: Variations on a Theme by Purcell: Solenne3:50
    Bright Cecilia: Variations on a Theme by Purcell: Finale grande3:17
    Welcome to All the Pleasures Album Cover

    Welcome to All the Pleasures

    1988
    TitleListen
    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day "Welcome to All the Pleasures", Z. 339: Overture2:22
    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day "Welcome to All the Pleasures", Z. 339: Welcome to all the Pleasures2:12
    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day "Welcome to All the Pleasures", Z. 339: Here the deities approve / While joys celestial7:47
    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day "Welcome to All the Pleasures", Z. 339: Beauty thou scene of love5:02
    Ode for St. Cecilia's Day "Welcome to All the Pleasures", Z. 339: In a consort of voices1:17
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind", Z. 331: Overture4:00
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind", Z. 331: Love's goddess sure was blind4:22
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind", Z. 331: Sweetness of nature / Long may she reign5:05
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind", Z. 331: May her blest example chase1:36
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind", Z. 331: Many such days2:55
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind", Z. 331: May she to Heaven late return2:47
    The Fairy Queen Album Cover

    The Fairy Queen

    1989
    TitleListen
    Disc 1
    The Fairy Queen, First Musick: Prelude1:34
    The Fairy Queen, First Musick: Hornpipe0:50
    The Fairy Queen, Second Musick: Air1:00
    The Fairy Queen, Second Musick: Rondo1:42
    The Fairy Queen, Second Musick: Overture1:30
    The Fairy Queen, Act I: Duet: "Come, let us leave the town"1:43
    The Fairy Queen, Act I: Scene of the Drunken Poet: "Fill up the bowl"6:01
    The Fairy Queen, Act I: First Act Tune: Jig1:09
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: "Come all ye songsters"2:32
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Prelude1:19
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Chorus: "May the God of Wit inspire" / Echo2:25
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Chorus: "Now join your warbling voices all" / "Sing while we trip it" / Dance of Fairies2:52
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Night: "See, even Night herself is here"4:51
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Mystery: "I am come to lock all fast"0:52
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Secrecy: "One charming night gives more delight"2:24
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Sleep: "Hush, no more"5:02
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Dance for the followers of Night1:23
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Second Act Tune: Air1:32
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: "If Love's a sweet passion"5:16
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: Symphony while the Swans come forward1:31
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dance for the Fairies0:43
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dance for the Green Men1:46
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: "Ye gentle Spirits of the Air"5:01
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa3:33
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: "When I have often heard young maids complaining"2:01
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dance for the Haymakers0:51
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: "A thousand, thousand ways"2:14
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: Third Act Tune: Hornpipe0:56
    Disc 2
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Symphony6:20
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: "Now the Night is chased away" / "Let the Fifes and the Clarions"3:19
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Entry of Phoebus0:33
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: "When a cruel long winter" / Chorus: "Hail! great parent of us all"4:27
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Spring: "Thus the ever grateful Spring"2:13
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Summer: "Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay"1:32
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Autumn: "See, see my many colour'd fields"2:43
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Winter: "Next Winter comes slowly"3:32
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Fourth Act Tune: Air1:09
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Prelude1:12
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Juno: "Thrice happy lovers"2:50
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: The Plaint: "O let me weep!"8:18
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Entry Dance1:25
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Symphony0:59
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chinese Man: "Thus the gloomy world"4:05
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chinese Woman: "Thus happy and free"0:46
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chinese Man: "Yes, Daphne"1:50
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Monkeys' Dance0:53
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice"2:05
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings"2:27
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Sure the dull God of Marriage does not hear"2:28
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Prelude / Hymen: "See, I obey"1:48
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Turn then thine eyes"0:41
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Hymen: "My torch indeed will from such brightness shine"0:47
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: "They shall be as happy as they are fair"0:50
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chaconne2:39
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: "They shall be as happy as they are fair"0:53
    In Gabriel’s Garden Album Cover

    In Gabriel’s Garden

    1996
    TitleListen
    Rondeau from “Suite de Symphonies, première suite, fanfares”2:04
    The Prince of Denmark’s March2:54
    Sonata in D major, G. 5: I. Adagio0:49
    Sonata in D major, G. 5: II. Allegro e staccato1:30
    Sonata in D major, G. 5: III. Adagio0:45
    Sonata in D major, G. 5: IV. Allegro0:59
    The King’s March1:17
    Sinfonia in D major, G. 4: I. Presto1:05
    Sinfonia in D major, G. 4: II. Adagio e spiccato – Presto0:58
    Sinfonia in D major, G. 4: III. Allegro1:06
    An Ayre1:07
    Sonata No. 2 in D major for Trumpet, Strings & Basso Continuo: I. Overture: Grave – Allegro2:19
    Sonata No. 2 in D major for Trumpet, Strings & Basso Continuo: II. Adagio1:08
    Sonata No. 2 in D major for Trumpet, Strings & Basso Continuo: III. March (Allegro)1:35
    Rondeau from Abdelazar1:22
    Sonata à 5 no. 1 in D major, T.V. 1: I. Andante2:02
    Sonata à 5 no. 1 in D major, T.V. 1: II. Allegro1:32
    Sonata à 5 no. 1 in D major, T.V. 1: III. Grave2:00
    Sonata à 5 no. 1 in D major, T.V. 1: IV. Allegro1:37
    Rondeau2:04
    Sonata in D major, G. 6: I. Adagio – Vivace1:33
    Sonata in D major, G. 6: II. Adagio – Largo1:27
    Sonata in D major, G. 6: III. Allegro1:48
    Prelude from Te Deum, H. 1461:48
    Sinfonia con tromba in D major, T.V. 8: I. Allegro1:45
    Sinfonia con tromba in D major, T.V. 8: II. Adagio0:36
    Sinfonia con tromba in D major, T.V. 8: III. Allegro moderato0:59
    Sinfonia con tromba in D major, T.V. 8: IV. Allegro1:39
    Trumpet Voluntary3:41
    Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: I. [—]5:23
    Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: II. Andante4:04
    Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai2:59
    Essential Purcell Album Cover

    Essential Purcell

    1995
    TitleListen
    Welcome, Welcome Glorious Morn, Z. 3384:05
    Fly, Bold Rebellion, Z 324: "Be welcome then, great sir"3:33
    O! Fair Cedaria, Hide Those Eyes, Z. 4025:11
    Hear My Prayer, o Lord, Z. 0152:18
    Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: "When I am laid in earth" (Dido)4:10
    Let Mine Eyes Run Down With Tears, Z. 0245:42
    From Hardy Climes and Dangerous Toils of War, Z. 325: "The sparrow and the gentle dove"4:44
    If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 3792:01
    Rejoice in the Lord Always, Z. 0498:18
    Hosanna to the Highest, Z. 1875:27
    Thou Know'st, Lord, the Secrets of Our Hearts, Z. 0582:19
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z. 628: Aria "Fairest isle, all isles excelling"4:02
    Raise, Raise the Voice, Z. 334: "Mark, how readily each pliant string"3:36
    Come, Ye Sons of Art, Away, Z. 323: "Sound the trumpet"2:34
    She Loves and She Confesses Too, Z. 4132:24
    Why, Why Are All the Muses Mute?, Z. 343: "O how blest is the isle"5:20
    Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences, Z. 0503:29
    Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light, Z. 193: "Now that the sun hath veiled his light"4:20
    Te Deum and Jubilate in D major, Z. 232: "Vouchsafe, o Lord, to keep us this day"3:32
    Hail, Bright Cecilia, Z. 328: "With rapture of delight... Hail bright Cecilia"2:10
    BBC Music, Volume 4, Number 7: Janet Baker & Raymond Leppard: A Recital From the Aldeburgh Festival, 1971 Album Cover

    BBC Music, Volume 4, Number 7: Janet Baker & Raymond Leppard: A Recital From the Aldeburgh Festival, 1971

    1996
    TitleListen
    Scherzi musicali: Quel sguardo sdegnosetto, SV 247 No. 12:41
    Quarto scherzo delle ariose vaghezze: Si dolce è'l tormento, SV 3323:43
    Scherzi musicali: Maledetto sia l'aspetto, SV 2461:12
    Cantata "Velut palma"8:00
    Hymn Divine - Jehovah Reigns2:32
    Harmonia Sacra, Book I: Wilt Thou Forgive That Sin "A Hymne to God the Father"3:23
    Bonduca, "The British Heroine", Z. 574: Lament3:25
    Sir Anthony Love "The Rambling Lady", Z. 588: Pursuing Beauty3:15
    Theodosius "The Force of Love", Z. 606: Ah, Cruel, Bloody Fate2:37
    Schwestergruss "Im Mondenschein' wall' ich auf und ab", D. 7626:05
    Claudine von Villa Bella, D. 239 No. 6: Leibe schwärmt auf allen wegen1:15
    Claudine von Villa Bella, D. 239 No. 3: Hin und wieder fliegen pfeile1:12
    An die untergehende Sonne "Sonne, du sinkst", Op. 447:20
    Herrn Josef Spaun "Und nimmer schreibst du?", D. 7495:02
    Cinq mélodies de Venise, Op. 58 No. 1: Mandoline1:54
    Cinq mélodies de Venise, Op. 58 No. 2: En Sourdine3:40
    Soir in D flat major, Op. 83 No. 22:14
    Fleur jetée in F minor, Op. 39 No. 21:32
    Sérénade3:41
    Joshua, Act III Scene 3 No. 56: O Had I Jubal's Lyre2:44
    Odes for Saint Cecilia's Day Album Cover

    Odes for Saint Cecilia's Day

    1998
    TitleListen
    Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z 328: I. Symphony. Maestoso - Canzona. Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Grave9:43
    Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z 328: II. Hail! Bright Cecilia (soloists and choir)3:47
    Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z 328: III. Hark! hark! Each Tree (alto, bass)4:10
    Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z 328: IV. 'Tis Nature's Voice (alto)4:20
    Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z 328: V. Soul of the World! (choir)2:20
    Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z 328: VI. Thou tun'st this World (soprano)5:14
    Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z 328: VII. With that sublime Celestial Lay (alto, alto, bass)3:15
    Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z 328: VIII. Wondrous Machine! (bass)2:27
    Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z 328: IX. The airy Violin (alto)1:38
    Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z 328: X. In vain the Am'rous flute (alto, tenor)6:09
    Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z 328: XI. The fife and all the Harmony of War (alto)3:18
    Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z 328: XII. Let these among themselves contest (bass, bass)3:10
    Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z 328: XIII. (choir, alto, alto, tenor, bass)4:41
    Welcome to all the pleasures, Z 339: I. Symphony3:42
    Welcome to All the Pleasures, Z 339: II. Welcome to All the Pleasures (alto, tenor, bass, choir)1:49
    Welcome to all the pleasures, Z 339: III. Here the deities approve (alto)4:36
    Welcome to all the pleasures, Z 339: IV. While joys celestial (soprano, soprano, tenor)1:48
    Welcome to all the pleasures, Z 339: V. Then lift up your voices (bass, choir)2:09
    Welcome to all the pleasures, Z 339: VI. Beauty thou scene of love (tenor)3:15
    Welcome to all the pleasures, Z 339: VII. In a consort of voices (tenor, choir)1:13