The complete secular solo songs
Compilation by Henry Purcell; The King’s Consort, Barbara Bonney, Susan Gritton, James Bowman, Rogers Covey‐Crump, Charles Daniels, Michael George, Robert King
Released 2003
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Draw Near, You LoversHenry Purcell4:33
- 2While Thirsis, Wrapped in Downy SleepHenry Purcell2:17
- 3Love, Thou Canst Hear, Tho' Thou Art BlindHenry Purcell5:22
- 4I Loved Fair CeliaHenry Purcell1:56
- 5What Hope Remains Now He Is Gone?Henry Purcell3:09
- 6Pastora's Beauties When UnblownHenry Purcell2:27
- 7A Thousand Sev'ral Ways I TriedHenry Purcell0:49
- 8Urge Me No MoreHenry Purcell3:17
- 9Farewell, All JoysHenry Purcell1:30
- 10If Music Be the Food of LoveHenry Purcell2:01
- 11Admidst the Shades and Cool Refreshing StreamsHenry Purcell3:47
- 12They Say You're AngryHenry Purcell2:33
- 13Let Each Gallant HeartHenry Purcell1:52
- 14This Poet Sings to the Trojan WarHenry Purcell4:11
- 15Ah, How Pleasant 'tis to LoveHenry Purcell1:18
- 16My Heart, Whenever You AppearHenry Purcell1:50
- 17On the Brow of Richmond HillHenry Purcell1:38
- 18Rashly I Swore I Would DisownHenry Purcell1:05
- 19Since the Pox or the PlagueHenry Purcell1:33
- 20Beneath a Dark and Melancholy GraveHenry Purcell3:42
- 21Musing on Cares of Human FateHenry Purcell2:15
- 22Whils Synthia Sun, All Angry Winds Lay StillHenry Purcell1:58
- 23How I Sigh When I Think of the Charms of My SwainHenry Purcell0:32
- 24Ye Happy Swains, Whose Nymphs Are KindHenry Purcell1:52
- 25Beware Poor ShepherdsHenry Purcell1:32
- 26See How the Fading Glories of the YearHenry Purcell2:57
- 27Cease, Anxious World,, Your Fruitless PainHenry Purcell2:23
- 28O! Fair Cedaria, Hide Those EyesHenry Purcell5:17
- CD 2
- 1I Love and I MustHenry Purcell2:54
- 2When Her Languishing Eyes Said "Love"Henry Purcell0:58
- 3Not All My Torments Can Your Pity MoveHenry Purcell2:33
- 4Ah! Cruel NymphHenry Purcell2:38
- 5Sylvia, Now Your Scorn Give OverHenry Purcell0:31
- 6Since One Poor View Has Drawn My HeartHenry Purcell0:35
- 7I Resolve Against Cringing and WhiningHenry Purcell0:58
- 8Gentle ShepherdsHenry Purcell6:10
- 9If Grief Has Any Power to KillHenry Purcell1:39
- 10She That Would Gain a Faithful LoverHenry Purcell2:26
- 11Fly Swift, Ye HoursHenry Purcell5:19
- 12Hears Not My Phillis How the BirdsHenry Purcell2:33
- 13Phillis, Talk No More of PassionHenry Purcell2:04
- 14Celia's FondHenry Purcell1:45
- 15In Vain We DissembleHenry Purcell2:17
- 16When My Amelia SmilesHenry Purcell2:12
- 17Farewell, Ye RocksHenry Purcell3:16
- 18What a Sad Fate Is MineHenry Purcell2:46
- 19I Take No PleasureHenry Purcell1:51
- 20Love's Power in My HeartHenry Purcell0:41
- 21How Delightful's the LifeHenry Purcell2:20
- 22She, Who My Poor Heart PossessesHenry Purcell1:47
- 23Love Arms Himself in Celia's EyesHenry Purcell2:57
- 24When First My Shepherdess and IHenry Purcell1:28
- 25Through Mornful Shades and Solitary GrovesHenry Purcell3:23
- 26If Music Be the Food of Love (2nd version)Henry Purcell2:01
- 27Scarce Had the Rising Sun AppearedHenry Purcell1:05
- 28Who but a Slave Can Well ExpressHenry Purcell2:09
- 29High on a ThroneHenry Purcell5:19
- 30Incassum LesbiaHenry Purcell7:54
- CD 3
- 1She Loves and She Confesses TooHenry Purcell2:24
- 2Amintas, to My Grief I SeeHenry Purcell1:35
- 3Corinna Is Divinely FairHenry Purcell1:47
- 4Amintor, Heedless of His FlocksHenry Purcell2:26
- 5He Himself Courts His Own RuinHenry Purcell1:12
- 6No, to What Purpose Should I SpeakHenry Purcell4:25
- 7Sylvia, 'tis True You're FairHenry Purcell1:42
- 8Lovely Albina's Come AshoreHenry Purcell2:28
- 9Spite of the Godhead Pow'rful LoveHenry Purcell1:01
- 10If Music Be the Food of LoveHenry Purcell3:51
- 11Phillis, I Can Ne'er Forgive ItHenry Purcell0:37
- 12Bacchus Is a Pow'r DivineHenry Purcell3:04
- 13From Silent ShadesHenry Purcell4:18
- 14Let Formal Lovers Still PursueHenry Purcell1:10
- 15I Came, I Saw, and Was UndoneHenry Purcell4:38
- 16Who Can Behold Florella's CharmsHenry Purcell2:09
- 17Cupid, the Slyest Rogue AliveHenry Purcell2:34
- 18If Pray'rs and TearsHenry Purcell7:44
- 19In Cloris All Soft Charms AgreeHenry Purcell2:31
- 20Let Us, Kind Lesbia, Give AwayHenry Purcell1:26
- 21Love Is Now Become a TradeHenry Purcell1:08
- 22Ask Me to Love No MoreHenry Purcell1:38
- 23O Solitude, My Sweetest ChoiceHenry Purcell5:36
- 24Olinda in the Shades UnseenHenry Purcell1:05
- 25Pious Celinda Goes to PrayersHenry Purcell1:02
- 26When Strephon Found His Passion VainHenry Purcell1:11
- 27The Fatal Hour Comes On ApaceHenry Purcell3:51
- 28Sawney Is a Bonny LadHenry Purcell1:54
- 29Toung Thirsis' FateHenry Purcell5:49
More by Henry Purcell, The King’s Consort, Barbara Bonney, Susan Gritton, James Bowman, Rogers Covey‐Crump, Charles Daniels, Michael George, Robert King
Release credits
- engineer [10, 28]
- soprano vocals [2.1, 2.6, 2.10, 2.15, 2.19, 2.23, 2.25, 2.27, 2.29, 1.1, 1.6, 1.11, 1.15, 1.21, 1.24, 1.26, 1.28, 3.3, 3.8, 3.10, 3.15, 3.20, 3.24, 3.26]
- producer [10, 28]
- tenor vocals [1.3, 1.12, 1.18-19, 1.25, 2.2, 2.7, 2.11, 2.17, 2.24, 3.4, 3.7, 3.11, 3.16, 3.21]
- theorbo [10, 28]
- countertenor vocals [2.5, 2.14, 2.22, 3.5, 3.14, 3.22, 1.2, 1.9, 1.13, 1.17]
- bass viol [10, 28]
- bass vocals [3.6-7, 3.12, 3.20, 3.26, 3.29, 1.1, 1.5, 1.14, 1.19-21, 1.26, 2.8, 2.17, 2.21, 2.27, 2.29]
- engineer [10, 28]
- engineer [10, 28]
- chamber organ [28], conductor [1.1-28, 2.1-30], organ [10]
- tenor vocals [3.2, 3.9, 3.17, 3.19, 3.25, 3.28, 2.4, 2.9, 2.13, 2.16, 2.20, 2.26, 1.4, 1.7, 1.10, 1.16, 1.22]
- soprano vocals [1.5, 1.8, 1.20, 1.23, 1.27, 2.3, 2.8, 2.12, 2.18, 2.21, 2.28, 2.30, 3.1, 3.6, 3.13, 3.18, 3.23, 3.27, 3.29]
- instrument [1-30], performer [3.1-29, 1.1-9, 1.11-27]