A beautiful collection of Purcell favourites, both from recent times with artists of the calibre of Emma Kirkby and Christopher Hogwood, to such Purcell champions of the mid-20th century as Benjamin Britten, whose rousing arrangement and performance of the ‘Chaconne in G minor’ is here included.
HENRY PURCELL
Abdelazer: Overture – Rondeau
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood
Oedipus: Music for a while
James Bowman, counter tenor
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood
Pausanias: Sweeter than roses
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Anthony Rooley, lute
The Old Bachelor
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood
Chaconne in G minor
English Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten
If music be the Food of Love
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Catherine Mackintosh, violin
Richard Campbell, viola da gamba
Anthony Rooley, flute
Christopher Hogwood, spinet
The Libertine: Prelude
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood
An Evening Hymn: ‘Now that the sun’
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Catherine Mackintosh, violin
Richard Campbell, viola da gamba
Anthony Rooley, flute
Christopher Hogwood, organ
The Fairy Queen: Symphony
English Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten
King Arthur: Fairest Isle
Catherine Mackintosh, violin
Paula Chateauneuf, theorbo
Amphitryon: Hornpipe – Scotch Tune
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood
Dido & Aeneas: When I am laid in earth
Catherine Bott, soprano
Chorus & Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood
Abdelazer
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood
Birthday Song for Queen Mary: Crown the alter, deck the shrine
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Anthony Rooley, flute
The Married Beau
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood
I was glad
Paul Esswood, counter tenor
Ian Partridge, tenor
Stafford Dean, bass
John Scott, organ
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
George Guest