The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Ode, Z 320 "Arise, My Muse": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  1:41
• 2
  Ode, Z 320 "Arise, My Muse": II. Aria (Alto) "Arise, my muse"

  Henry Purcell
  1:56
• 3
  Ode, Z 320 "Arise, My Muse": III. Chorus - Ritornello "Ye sons of music"

  Henry Purcell
  1:00
• 4
  Ode, Z 320 "Arise, My Muse": IV. Aria (Tenor, Bass) - Chorus "Then sound your instruments"

  Henry Purcell
  1:40
• 5
  Ode, Z 320 "Arise, My Muse": V. Aria (Alto) "See how the glitt'ring ruler of the day"

  Henry Purcell
  2:59
• 6
  Ode, Z 320 "Arise, My Muse": VI. Aria (Altos I-II) - Chorus - Ritornello "Hail, gracious Gloriana, hail"

  Henry Purcell
  3:01
• 7
  Ode, Z 320 "Arise, My Muse": VII. Aria (Bass) "And since the time's distress to wars' alarms"

  Henry Purcell
  1:23
• 8
  Ode, Z 320 "Arise, My Muse": VIII. Aria (Alto, Tenor, Bass) "To quell his country's foes"

  Henry Purcell
  1:23
• 9
  Ode, Z 320 "Arise, My Muse": IX. Aria (Alto) "But, ah, I see Eusebia drown'd in tears"

  Henry Purcell
  2:37
• 10
  Ode, Z 320 "Arise, My Muse": X. Aria (Bass) - Aria (Alto) - Chorus "But Glory cries"

  Henry Purcell
  3:22
• 11
  Ode, Z 339 "Welcome to All the Pleasures": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  1:32
• 12
  Ode, Z 339 "Welcome to All the Pleasures": II. Aria (Alto, Tenor, Bass) - Chorus - Ritornello "Welcome to all the pleasures that delight"

  Henry Purcell
  2:06
• 13
  Ode, Z 339 "Welcome to All the Pleasures": III. Aria (Alto) - Ritornello "Here the Deities approve"

  Henry Purcell
  4:35
• 14
  Ode, Z 339 "Welcome to All the Pleasures": IV. Aria (Sopranos I-II, Bass) - Ritornello "While joys celestial"

  Henry Purcell
  1:29
• 15
  Ode, Z 339 "Welcome to All the Pleasures": V. Aria (Alto, Tenor, Bass) - Chorus "Then lift up your voices"

  Henry Purcell
  1:57
• 16
  Ode, Z 339 "Welcome to All the Pleasures": VI. Ritornello - Aria (Tenor) - Ritornello "Beauty, thou scene of love"

  Henry Purcell
  2:28
• 17
  Ode, Z 339 "Welcome to All the Pleasures": VII. Aria (Tenor) - Chorus "In a consort of voices"

  Henry Purcell
  1:23
• 18
  Ode, Z 332 "Now Does the Glorious Day Appear": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  3:37
• 19
  Ode, Z 332 "Now Does the Glorious Day Appear": II. Chorus - Ritornello "Now does the glorious day appear"

  Henry Purcell
  1:21
• 20
  Ode, Z 332 "Now Does the Glorious Day Appear": III. Aria (Tenor, Bass) "Not any one such joy could bring"

  Henry Purcell
  1:24
• 21
  Ode, Z 332 "Now Does the Glorious Day Appear": IV. Aria (Tenor) - Ritornello "Now does the glorious day appear"

  Henry Purcell
  2:29
• 22
  Ode, Z 332 "Now Does the Glorious Day Appear": V. Chorus - Ritornello "Now does the glorious day appear"

  Henry Purcell
  1:21
• 23
  Ode, Z 332 "Now Does the Glorious Day Appear": VI. Aria (Bass) "It was a work of full as great a weight"

  Henry Purcell
  1:56
• 24
  Ode, Z 332 "Now Does the Glorious Day Appear": VII. Aria (Alto) "By beauteous softness mixed with majesty"

  Henry Purcell
  3:55
• 25
  Ode, Z 332 "Now Does the Glorious Day Appear": VIII. Aria (Basses I-II) "Her hero too"

  Henry Purcell
  1:32
• 26
  Ode, Z 332 "Now Does the Glorious Day Appear": IX. Aria (Soprano, Alto, Tenor) "Our dear religion"

  Henry Purcell
  1:48
• 27
  Ode, Z 332 "Now Does the Glorious Day Appear": X. Aria (Tenor) - Ritornello "No more shall we the great Eliza boast"

  Henry Purcell
  2:31
• 28
  Ode, Z 332 "Now Does the Glorious Day Appear": XI. Chorus "Now, now, with one united voice"

  Henry Purcell
  1:41
• CD 2
• 1
  Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  9:27
• 2
  Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": II. (Soloists and Chorus) "Hail! bright Cecilia"

  Henry Purcell
  4:10
• 3
  Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": III. Aria (Alto, Bass) "Hark, each Tree its silence breaks"

  Henry Purcell
  4:14
• 4
  Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": IV. Aria (Alto) "'Tis Nature's Voice"

  Henry Purcell
  4:03
• 5
  Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": V. Chorus "Soul of the World"

  Henry Purcell
  2:44
• 6
  Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": VI. Aria (Soprano) "Thou tun'st this World below"

  Henry Purcell
  3:13
• 7
  Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": VII. Aria (Alto, Tenor, Bass) "With that sublime Celestial Lay"

  Henry Purcell
  3:11
• 8
  Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": VIII. Aria (Bass) "Wond'rous Machine!"

  Henry Purcell
  2:45
• 9
  Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": IX. Aria (High Tenor) "The Airy Violin"

  Henry Purcell
  1:28
• 10
  Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": X. Aria (Alto, Tenor) "In vain the Am'rous Flute"

  Henry Purcell
  5:56
• 11
  Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": XI. Aria (Tenor) "The Fife and all the Harmony of War"

  Henry Purcell
  3:08
• 12
  Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": XII. Aria (Basses I-II) "Let these amongst themselves contest"

  Henry Purcell
  3:25
• 13
  Ode, Z 328 "Hail! bright Cecilia": XIII. (Soloists and Chorus) "Hail! bright Cecilia"

  Henry Purcell
  4:22
• 14
  Ode, Z 342 "Who can from joy refrain": I. Overture

  Henry Purcell
  4:27
• 15
  Ode, Z 342 "Who can from joy refrain": II. Aria (Alto) "Who can from joy refrain"

  Henry Purcell
  5:12
• 16
  Ode, Z 342 "Who can from joy refrain": III. Aria (High Tenor) "A Prince of glorious race"

  Henry Purcell
  3:34
• 17
  Ode, Z 342 "Who can from joy refrain": IV. Aria (Bass) "The Father brave as e'er was Dane"

  Henry Purcell
  1:29
• 18
  Ode, Z 342 "Who can from joy refrain": V. Aria (Soprano) "The Graces in his Mother shine"

  Henry Purcell
  2:00
• 19
  Ode, Z 342 "Who can from joy refrain": VI. Aria (Tenor) "Sound the Trumpet"

  Henry Purcell
  2:29
• 20
  Ode, Z 342 "Who can from joy refrain": VII. Aria (Sopranos I-II) "If now he burns with noble flame"

  Henry Purcell
  5:31
• CD 3
• 1
  Ode, Z 324 "Fly, bold rebellion": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  1:58
• 2
  Ode, Z 324 "Fly, bold rebellion": II. Quintet - Ritornello - Aria (Bass) - Chorus "Fly, bold rebellion"

  Henry Purcell
  2:27
• 3
  Ode, Z 324 "Fly, bold rebellion": III. Aria (High Tenor) - Ritornello - Chorus "Rivers from their channels turned"

  Henry Purcell
  3:14
• 4
  Ode, Z 324 "Fly, bold rebellion": IV. Aria (Bass, Tenor) - Ritornello "If then we've found the want of his rays"

  Henry Purcell
  3:16
• 5
  Ode, Z 324 "Fly, bold rebellion": V. Trio (Sopranos I-II, Tenor) - Ritornello "But Heaven has now dispelled those fears"

  Henry Purcell
  1:21
• 6
  Ode, Z 324 "Fly, bold rebellion": VI. Aria (Alto, Tenor, Bass) - Chorus "Come then, change your notes"

  Henry Purcell
  1:40
• 7
  Ode, Z 324 "Fly, bold rebellion": VII. Aria (Alto) - Ritornello " Be welcome then, great Sir"

  Henry Purcell
  3:33
• 8
  Ode, Z 324 "Fly, bold rebellion": VIII. Septet - Chorus "Welcome to all those wishes fulfilled"

  Henry Purcell
  1:56
• 9
  Ode, Z 335 "Sound the trumpet, beat the drum": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  3:11
• 10
  Ode, Z 335 "Sound the trumpet, beat the drum": II. Aria (High Tenor, Bass) - Chorus "Sound the trumpet, beat the drum"

  Henry Purcell
  1:57
• 11
  Ode, Z 335 "Sound the trumpet, beat the drum": III. Aria (High Tenor) - Chorus "Crown the year and crown the day"

  Henry Purcell
  3:30
• 12
  Ode, Z 335 "Sound the trumpet, beat the drum": IV. Aria (Alto, High Tenor) - Ritornello "Let Caesar and Urania live"

  Henry Purcell
  2:56
• 13
  Ode, Z 335 "Sound the trumpet, beat the drum": V. Aria (Tenor, Bass) - Chorus "What greater bliss can Fate bestow"

  Henry Purcell
  2:48
• 14
  Ode, Z 335 "Sound the trumpet, beat the drum": VI. Chaconne

  Henry Purcell
  3:34
• 15
  Ode, Z 335 "Sound the trumpet, beat the drum": VII. Aria (Bass) "While Caesar like the morning star"

  Henry Purcell
  2:22
• 16
  Ode, Z 335 "Sound the trumpet, beat the drum": VIII. Aria (Alto, Tenor, Bass) - Sextet - Chorus "To Urania and Caesar delights without measure"

  Henry Purcell
  3:24
• 17
  Ode, Z 321 "Celebrate this Festival": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  1:37
• 18
  Ode, Z 321 "Celebrate this Festival": II. (Soloists, Chorus) "Celebrate this Festival"

  Henry Purcell
  1:31
• 19
  Ode, Z 321 "Celebrate this Festival": III. Aria (Sopranos I-II) - Chorus "Britain now thy cares beguile"

  Henry Purcell
  2:35
• 20
  Ode, Z 321 "Celebrate this Festival": IV. Aria (Soprano, Trumpet) - Chorus "'Tis sacred, bid the trumpet cease"

  Henry Purcell
  0:47
• 21
  Ode, Z 321 "Celebrate this Festival": V. Aria (Soprano) - Chorus "Let sullen Discord smile"

  Henry Purcell
  2:39
• 22
  Ode, Z 321 "Celebrate this Festival": VI. Aria (Alto) "Crown the altar, deck the shrine"

  Henry Purcell
  3:04
• 23
  Ode, Z 321 "Celebrate this Festival": VII. Aria (Bass) - Chorus "Expected Spring at last is come"

  Henry Purcell
  1:48
• 24
  Ode, Z 321 "Celebrate this Festival": VIII. Aria (Alto) - Ritornello "April, who till now has mourned"

  Henry Purcell
  2:53
• 25
  Ode, Z 321 "Celebrate this Festival": IX. Aria (High Tenor) Departing thus youæll hear him say"

  Henry Purcell
  1:19
• 26
  Ode, Z 321 "Celebrate this Festival": X. Ritornello - Aria (Alto, Tenor, Bass) "Happy realm beyond expressing"

  Henry Purcell
  3:24
• 27
  Ode, Z 321 "Celebrate this Festival": XI. Aria (Bass, Trumpet) "While, for a righteous cause he arms"

  Henry Purcell
  4:49
• 28
  Ode, Z 321 "Celebrate this Festival": XII. Aria (High Tenor) - Eight-part Chorus "Return, fond Muse, the thoughts of war"

  Henry Purcell
  3:28
• 29
  Ode, Z 321 "Celebrate this Festival": XIII. Aria (Soprano) - Chorus "Kindly treat Maria's day"

  Henry Purcell
  2:48
• CD 4
• 1
  Ode, Z 344 "Ye tuneful muses": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  3:26
• 2
  Ode, Z 344 "Ye tuneful muses": II. Duet (Basses I-II) - Ritornello - Chorus "Ye tuneful muses"

  Henry Purcell
  2:55
• 3
  Ode, Z 344 "Ye tuneful muses": III. Aria (High Tenor) - Chorus - Ritornello "Be lively then and gay"

  Henry Purcell
  2:22
• 4
  Ode, Z 344 "Ye tuneful muses": IV. Aria (Bass) - Chorus "In his just praise"

  Henry Purcell
  2:34
• 5
  Ode, Z 344 "Ye tuneful muses": V. Ritornell - Aria (Tenor) - Chorus "From the rattling of drums"

  Henry Purcell
  3:16
• 6
  Ode, Z 344 "Ye tuneful muses": VI. Trio (Alto, High Tenor, Bass) "To music's softer but yet kind"

  Henry Purcell
  1:55
• 7
  Ode, Z 344 "Ye tuneful muses": VII. Aria (Alto) - Ritornello "With him he brings the partner of his throne"

  Henry Purcell
  4:31
• 8
  Ode, Z 344 "Ye tuneful muses": VIII. Duet (Sopranos I-II) "Happy in a mutual love"

  Henry Purcell
  1:22
• 9
  Ode, Z 344 "Ye tuneful muses": IX. Aria (High Tenor) - Chorus "Whilst in music and verse our duty we show"

  Henry Purcell
  1:53
• 10
  Ode, Z 322 "Celestial music did the gods inspire": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  3:09
• 11
  Ode, Z 322 "Celestial music did the gods inspire": II. Aria (Bass) - Chorus "Celestial music did the Gods inspire"

  Henry Purcell
  2:09
• 12
  Ode, Z 322 "Celestial music did the gods inspire": III. Aria (Alto) "Her charming strains expel tormenting care"

  Henry Purcell
  3:04
• 13
  Ode, Z 322 "Celestial music did the gods inspire": IV. Aria (Soprano) "Thus Virgil's Genius lov'd"

  Henry Purcell
  2:13
• 14
  Ode, Z 322 "Celestial music did the gods inspire": V. Duet (High Tenor, Bass) - Ritornello "Whilst Music did improve Amphion's song"

  Henry Purcell
  2:11
• 15
  Ode, Z 322 "Celestial music did the gods inspire": VI. Aria (Alto) "When Orpheus sang all Nature did rejoice"

  Henry Purcell
  2:05
• 16
  Ode, Z 322 "Celestial music did the gods inspire": VII. Trio (Alto, Tenor, Bass) - Chorus "Let Phyllis by her voice"

  Henry Purcell
  2:33
• 17
  Ode, Z 325 "From hardy climes": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  2:36
• 18
  Ode, Z 325 "From hardy climes": II. Aria (Bass) - Chorus - Ritornello "From hardy Climes and dangerous Toils of War"

  Henry Purcell
  3:12
• 19
  Ode, Z 325 "From hardy climes": III. Aria (High Tenor) - Duet (Sopranos I-II) - Ritornello "As Fame, Great Sir, before you ran"

  Henry Purcell
  2:37
• 20
  Ode, Z 325 "From hardy climes": IV. Aria (Bass) - Chorus - Ritornello "Wake then, my Muse"

  Henry Purcell
  1:57
• 21
  Ode, Z 325 "From hardy climes": V. Aria (Tenor) - Ritornello "The Sparrow and the gentle Dove"

  Henry Purcell
  4:44
• 22
  Ode, Z 325 "From hardy climes": VI. Trio (Alto, High Tenor, Bass) - Ritornello "So all the Boons indulgent"

  Henry Purcell
  1:23
• 23
  Ode, Z 325 "From hardy climes": VII. Aria (Soprano) - Chorus "Hence without Scheme or Figure to descry"

  Henry Purcell
  1:22
• CD 5
• 1
  Ode, Z 338 "Welcome, welcome, glorious morn": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  2:24
• 2
  Ode, Z 338 "Welcome, welcome, glorious morn": II. Aria (High Tenor) - Chorus "Welcome, welcome, glorious morn"

  Henry Purcell
  1:36
• 3
  Ode, Z 338 "Welcome, welcome, glorious morn": III. Duet (High Tenor, Bass) - Ritornello - Chorus "At thy return"

  Henry Purcell
  4:01
• 4
  Ode, Z 338 "Welcome, welcome, glorious morn": IV. Duet (Alto, Bass) "Welcome as when three happy Kingdoms strove"

  Henry Purcell
  2:38
• 5
  Ode, Z 338 "Welcome, welcome, glorious morn": V. Aria (Tenor) " THe mighty Goddess of this wealthy Isle"

  Henry Purcell
  1:32
• 6
  Ode, Z 338 "Welcome, welcome, glorious morn": VI. Trio (Alto, High Tenor, Bass) - Chorus - Ritornello "Full of Wonder and Delight"

  Henry Purcell
  1:53
• 7
  Ode, Z 338 "Welcome, welcome, glorious morn": VII. Aria (Tenor) - Chorus "And lo! a sacred Fury swell'd her Breast"

  Henry Purcell
  3:16
• 8
  Ode, Z 338 "Welcome, welcome, glorious morn": VIII. Aria (Soprano) - Chorus "My Pray'rs are heard"

  Henry Purcell
  3:55
• 9
  Ode, Z 338 "Welcome, welcome, glorious morn": IX. Duet (Basses I-II) "He to the Field by Honour call'd"

  Henry Purcell
  1:43
• 10
  Ode, Z 338 "Welcome, welcome, glorious morn": X. Aria (High Tenor) "Whilst undisturb'd his happy Consort reigns"

  Henry Purcell
  1:46
• 11
  Ode, Z 338 "Welcome, welcome, glorious morn": XI. Aria (Tenor) - Chorus "Sound, all ye Spheres"

  Henry Purcell
  2:28
• 12
  Ode, Z 327 "Great parent, hail to thee": I. [Symphony]

  Henry Purcell
  2:28
• 13
  Ode, Z 327 "Great parent, hail to thee": II. Trio (Alto, Tenor, Bass) - Chorus "Great Parent, Hail!"

  Henry Purcell
  2:15
• 14
  Ode, Z 327 "Great parent, hail to thee": III. Aria (Alto) "Another Century commencing"

  Henry Purcell
  2:22
• 15
  Ode, Z 327 "Great parent, hail to thee": IV. Duet (Tenor, High Tenor) "After War's, Alarms repeated"

  Henry Purcell
  3:15
• 16
  Ode, Z 327 "Great parent, hail to thee": V. Aria (Bass) "Awful Matron take thy Seat"

  Henry Purcell
  3:24
• 17
  Ode, Z 327 "Great parent, hail to thee": VI. Aria (Tenor) - Chorus " She was the first who did inspire"

  Henry Purcell
  1:57
• 18
  Ode, Z 327 "Great parent, hail to thee": VII. Duet (High Tenor, Bass) "Succeeding Princes next recite"

  Henry Purcell
  1:49
• 19
  Ode, Z 327 "Great parent, hail to thee": VIII. Chorus "But chiefly Recommend to Fame"

  Henry Purcell
  1:31
• 20
  Ode, Z 327 "Great parent, hail to thee": IX. Symphony - Aria (Soprano) "Thy Royal Patron sung"

  Henry Purcell
  3:54
• 21
  Ode, Z 327 "Great parent, hail to thee": X. Chorus "With themes like these"

  Henry Purcell
  1:35
• 22
  Ode, Z 337 "The summer's absence unconcerned we bear": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  2:26
• 23
  Ode, Z 337 "The summer's absence unconcerned we bear": II. Aria (Bass) - Trio (Alto, Tenor, Bass) - Chorus - Ritornello "The summer's absence we unconcerned bear"

  Henry Purcell
  3:23
• 24
  Ode, Z 337 "The summer's absence unconcerned we bear": III. Aria (Alto) - Chorus - Ritornello "And when late from your Throne"

  Henry Purcell
  2:16
• 25
  Ode, Z 337 "The summer's absence unconcerned we bear": IV. Aria (Bass) - Duet (Sopranos I-II) - Chorus "Ah! had we, Sir, the power or art"

  Henry Purcell
  2:30
• 26
  Ode, Z 337 "The summer's absence unconcerned we bear": V. Trio (Alto, High Tenor, Bass) - Ritornello "Happy while all her neighbours bled"

  Henry Purcell
  1:32
• 27
  Ode, Z 337 "The summer's absence unconcerned we bear": VI. Aria (Tenor) "So happily still you your counsels employ"

  Henry Purcell
  1:12
• 28
  Ode, Z 337 "The summer's absence unconcerned we bear": VII. Aria (Alto) - Ritornello "These had by their ill usage"

  Henry Purcell
  2:29
• 29
  Ode, Z 337 "The summer's absence unconcerned we bear": VIII. Aria (Tenor) - Chorus "But these no more shall dare repine"

  Henry Purcell
  2:18
• CD 6
• 1
  Ode, Z 331 "Love's goddess sure was blind": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  3:41
• 2
  Ode, Z 331 "Love's goddess sure was blind": II. Aria (Alto) - Ritornello "Love's goddess sure was blind"

  Henry Purcell
  3:04
• 3
  Ode, Z 331 "Love's goddess sure was blind": III. Aria (Bass) "Those eyes, that form"

  Henry Purcell
  1:28
• 4
  Ode, Z 331 "Love's goddess sure was blind": IV. Duet (Alto, High Tenor) "Sweetness of Nature and true wit"

  Henry Purcell
  2:46
• 5
  Ode, Z 331 "Love's goddess sure was blind": V. Aria (Soprano) - Chorus "Long may she reign over this Isle"

  Henry Purcell
  2:09
• 6
  Ode, Z 331 "Love's goddess sure was blind": VI. Aria (Soprano) - Ritornello "May her blest example chase"

  Henry Purcell
  1:34
• 7
  Ode, Z 331 "Love's goddess sure was blind": VII. Duet (Alto, High Tenor) "Many such days may she behold"

  Henry Purcell
  3:33
• 8
  Ode, Z 331 "Love's goddess sure was blind": VIII. Chorus - Quartet (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) - Chorus "May she to Heaven late return"

  Henry Purcell
  3:26
• 9
  Ode, Z 334 "Raise raise the voice": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  2:55
• 10
  Ode, Z 334 "Raise raise the voice": II. Aria (Bass) - Chorus - Ritornello "Raise, raise the voice"

  Henry Purcell
  2:46
• 11
  Ode, Z 334 "Raise raise the voice": III. Aria (Soprano) - Trio (Soprano, Tenor, Bass) "The God himself says he'll be present here"

  Henry Purcell
  2:24
• 12
  Ode, Z 334 "Raise raise the voice": IV. Aria (Soprano) - Chorus - Ritornello - Chorus "Mark how readily each pliant string"

  Henry Purcell
  4:27
• 13
  Ode, Z 329 "Laudate Ceciliam": I. Symphony - Trio (Alto, High Tenor, Bass) "Laudate Ceciliam"

  Henry Purcell
  2:28
• 14
  Ode, Z 329 "Laudate Ceciliam": II. Trio (Alto, High Tenor, Bass) "Modulemni psalmum novum"

  Henry Purcell
  2:37
• 15
  Ode, Z 329 "Laudate Ceciliam": III. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  1:50
• 16
  Ode, Z 329 "Laudate Ceciliam": IV. Duet (Alto, High Tenor) - Trio (Alto, High Tenor, Bass) "Dicite Virgini, canite Martyri"

  Henry Purcell
  3:38
• 17
  Ode, Z 326 "From those serene and rapturous joys": I. [Symphony]

  Henry Purcell
  3:36
• 18
  Ode, Z 326 "From those serene and rapturous joys": II. Aria (Alto) - Ritornello "From those serene and rapturous joys"

  Henry Purcell
  3:23
• 19
  Ode, Z 326 "From those serene and rapturous joys": III. Aria (Bass) - Chorus "Behold th' indulgent Prince is come"

  Henry Purcell
  2:10
• 20
  Ode, Z 326 "From those serene and rapturous joys": IV. Duet (Sopranos I-II) - Ritornello "Not with an Helmet or a glitt'ring Spear"

  Henry Purcell
  2:43
• 21
  Ode, Z 326 "From those serene and rapturous joys": V. Aria (Bass) - Chorus "Welcome as soft refreshing show'rs"

  Henry Purcell
  2:36
• 22
  Ode, Z 326 "From those serene and rapturous joys": VI. Aria (Tenor) - Ritornello "Welcome, more welcome does he come"

  Henry Purcell
  4:33
• 23
  Ode, Z 326 "From those serene and rapturous joys": VII. Duet (Tenor, Bass) - Ritornello "Nor does the Sun more comfort bring"

  Henry Purcell
  1:11
• 24
  Ode, Z 326 "From those serene and rapturous joys": VIII. Ritornello - Aria (Tenor) - Chorus "With trumpets and shouts we receive the World's Wonder"

  Henry Purcell
  2:56
• CD 7
• 1
  Ode, Z 333 "Of old, when heroes thought it base": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  2:23
• 2
  Ode, Z 333 "Of old, when heroes thought it base": II. Aria (Bass) - Duet (High Tenor, Bass) " Of old, when heroes thought it base"

  Henry Purcell
  4:03
• 3
  Ode, Z 333 "Of old, when heroes thought it base": III. Aria (Tenor) - Chorus "The bashful Thames, for beauto so renown'd"

  Henry Purcell
  4:31
• 4
  Ode, Z 333 "Of old, when heroes thought it base": IV. Ritornello - Aria (Alto) "The pale and the purple rose"

  Henry Purcell
  4:18
• 5
  Ode, Z 333 "Of old, when heroes thought it base": V. Duet (Tenor, Bass) - Chorus "And in each track of glory since"

  Henry Purcell
  3:56
• 6
  Ode, Z 333 "Of old, when heroes thought it base": VI. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  2:18
• 7
  Ode, Z 333 "Of old, when heroes thought it base": VII. Duet (Tenor, Bass) "And now when the renown'd Nassau"

  Henry Purcell
  1:58
• 8
  Ode, Z 333 "Of old, when heroes thought it base": VIII. Duet (Basses I-II) "They did no storms, nor threat'nings fear"

  Henry Purcell
  2:05
• 9
  Ode, Z 333 "Of old, when heroes thought it base": IX. Aria (Tenor) "So when the glitt'ring Queen of Night"

  Henry Purcell
  4:43
• 10
  Ode, Z 333 "Of old, when heroes thought it base": X. Chorus "Let music join"

  Henry Purcell
  1:26
• 11
  Ode, Z 333 "Of old, when heroes thought it base": XI. Aria (Tenor) - Ritornello "Sound trumpets, sound!"

  Henry Purcell
  2:34
• 12
  Ode, Z 333 "Of old, when heroes thought it base": XII. Aria (Bass) - Chorus "Sound all to him"

  Henry Purcell
  2:00
• 13
  Ode, Z 336 "Swifter, Isis, swifter flow": I. Symphony - Aria (High Tenor) - Ritornello "Swifter, Isis, swifter flow"

  Henry Purcell
  4:57
• 14
  Ode, Z 336 "Swifter, Isis, swifter flow": II. Aria (Bass) "Land him safely on her shore"

  Henry Purcell
  1:09
• 15
  Ode, Z 336 "Swifter, Isis, swifter flow": III. Ritornello - Aria (Tenor) - Ritornello "Hark, hark! just now my listening ears"

  Henry Purcell
  1:56
• 16
  Ode, Z 336 "Swifter, Isis, swifter flow": IV. Trio (Alto, High Tenor, Bass) - Chorus "Welcome, dread Sir, to town"

  Henry Purcell
  1:15
• 17
  Ode, Z 336 "Swifter, Isis, swifter flow": V. Aria (Bass) - Aria (Tenor) - Chorus "But with so great devotion meet"

  Henry Purcell
  2:06
• 18
  Ode, Z 336 "Swifter, Isis, swifter flow": VI. Duet (Soprano, Alto) "The King whose presence like the Spring"

  Henry Purcell
  1:28
• 19
  Ode, Z 336 "Swifter, Isis, swifter flow": VII. Chorus "Then since, Sir, from you all our blessings do flow"

  Henry Purcell
  2:13
• 20
  Ode, Z 341 "What, what shall be done in behalf of the man": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  2:46
• 21
  Ode, Z 341 "What, what shall be done in behalf of the man": II. Aria (Bass) - Trio (Alto, Tenor, Bass) - Chorus - Ritornello "What shall be done in behalf of the man"

  Henry Purcell
  2:42
• 22
  Ode, Z 341 "What, what shall be done in behalf of the man": III. Aria (High Tenor) - Ritornelle - Chorus "All the grandeur he possesses"

  Henry Purcell
  2:47
• 23
  Ode, Z 341 "What, what shall be done in behalf of the man": IV. Aria (Bass) - Chorus - Ritornello "Mighty Charles, though joined with thee"

  Henry Purcell
  3:35
• 24
  Ode, Z 341 "What, what shall be done in behalf of the man": V. Duet (Sopranos I-II) - Chorus "May all factious troubles cease"

  Henry Purcell
  2:44
• CD 8
• 1
  Ode, Z 323 "Come ye sons of Art, away": I. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  3:37
• 2
  Ode, Z 323 "Come ye sons of Art, away": II. Aria (Alto) - Chorus "Come ye sons of Art, away"

  Henry Purcell
  1:58
• 3
  Ode, Z 323 "Come ye sons of Art, away": III. Duet (Altos I-II) - Chorus "Sound the trumpet"

  Henry Purcell
  3:52
• 4
  Ode, Z 323 "Come ye sons of Art, away": IV. Aria (Alto) - Ritornello "Strike the viol, touch the lute"

  Henry Purcell
  5:11
• 5
  Ode, Z 323 "Come ye sons of Art, away": V. Aria (Bass) - Chorus "The day that such a blessing gave"

  Henry Purcell
  3:00
• 6
  Ode, Z 323 "Come ye sons of Art, away": VI. Aria (Soprano) "Bid the virtues, bid the Graces"

  Henry Purcell
  3:21
• 7
  Ode, Z 323 "Come ye sons of Art, away": VII. Aria (Bass) "These are the sacred charms that shield"

  Henry Purcell
  1:46
• 8
  Ode, Z 323 "Come ye sons of Art, away": VIII. Duet (Soprano, Bass) - Chorus "See Nature, rejoicing, has shown us the way"

  Henry Purcell
  3:01
• 9
  Ode, Z 340 "Welcome, viceregent of the mighty king": I. Symphony - Chorus "Welcome, Viceregent of the mighty king"

  Henry Purcell
  3:11
• 10
  Ode, Z 340 "Welcome, viceregent of the mighty king": II. Duet (Alto, Bass) - Ritornello "Ah! Mighty Sir, if you to such long absence are inclined"

  Henry Purcell
  1:24
• 11
  Ode, Z 340 "Welcome, viceregent of the mighty king": III. Chorus - Ritornello "But your blest presence now"

  Henry Purcell
  2:10
• 12
  Ode, Z 340 "Welcome, viceregent of the mighty king": IV. Aria (Tenor) - Chorus "Your influous approach"

  Henry Purcell
  1:25
• 13
  Ode, Z 340 "Welcome, viceregent of the mighty king": V. Duet (Sopranos I-II) "When the Summer, in his glory"

  Henry Purcell
  1:17
• 14
  Ode, Z 340 "Welcome, viceregent of the mighty king": VI. Chorus "All loyalty and honour be"

  Henry Purcell
  0:59
• 15
  Ode, Z 340 "Welcome, viceregent of the mighty king": VII. Aria (Tenor) - Chorus - Ritornello - Chorus "Music the food of love"

  Henry Purcell
  3:43
• 16
  Ode, Z 343 "Why, why are all the Muses mute?": I. Aria (Tenor) - Chorus - Symphony "Why, why are all the Muses mute?"

  Henry Purcell
  4:39
• 17
  Ode, Z 343 "Why, why are all the Muses mute?": II. Aria (Tenor) - Chorus "When should each soul exalted be"

  Henry Purcell
  2:30
• 18
  Ode, Z 343 "Why, why are all the Muses mute?": III. Aria (Alto) - Ritornello "Britain, thou now art great"

  Henry Purcell
  3:39
• 19
  Ode, Z 343 "Why, why are all the Muses mute?": IV. Trio (Alto, Tenor, Bass) - Chorus "Look up, and to our Isle returning see"

  Henry Purcell
  2:12
• 20
  Ode, Z 343 "Why, why are all the Muses mute?": V. Aria (Bass) - Duet (Sopranos I-II) "Accurs'd rebellion reared his head"

  Henry Purcell
  3:05
• 21
  Ode, Z 343 "Why, why are all the Muses mute?": VI. Ritornello - Duet (High Tenor, Bass) "Caesar for milder virtues honour'd more"

  Henry Purcell
  2:41
• 22
  Ode, Z 343 "Why, why are all the Muses mute?": VII. Aria (Tenor) - Chorus "The many-headed beast is quelled at home"

  Henry Purcell
  2:13
• 23
  Ode, Z 343 "Why, why are all the Muses mute?": VIII. Duet (Basses I-II) "In the equal balance laid"

  Henry Purcell
  1:22
• 24
  Ode, Z 343 "Why, why are all the Muses mute?": IX. Aria (Tenor) - Ritornello - Chorus "O how blest is the Isle to which Caesar is given"

  Henry Purcell
  5:20

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Baroque, Volume 12: Purcell: Music for Queen Mary / King Arthur / Didon & Enée / Ode à Sainte Cécile 1995

O Solitude: Songs and Airs

O Solitude: Songs and Airs 1994

Dido & Aeneas

Dido & Aeneas 1994

King Arthur

King Arthur 1992

Release credits

• Antony Howell
  engineer [3.7, 4.21, 8.24], recording [1-20]
• Ben Turner
  producer [3.7, 8.24, 4.21]
• Charles Daniels
  tenor vocals [4.21, 7.3, 7.5, 7.7, 7.9, 7.11, 7.15, 7.17, 7.21]
• Choir of New College Oxford
  choir vocals [2, 5-6, 13]
• Crispian Steele‐Perkins
  trumpet [19]
• Edward Higginbottom
  chorus master [2, 5-6, 13]
• Gillian Fisher
  soprano vocals [2.2, 2.6, 2.15, 2.20, 7.18, 7.24]
• James Bowman
  countertenor vocals [7.4, 7.16, 7.18, 7.21, 3.7, 2.2-4, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13, 2.15]
• John Mark Ainsley
  tenor vocals [2, 7, 10-11, 13, 15, 19]
• Mark Brown
  producer [1-20]
• Mark Padmore
  tenor vocals [24]
• Michael George
  bass vocals [2.2-3, 2.8, 2.12-13, 2.15, 2.17, 7.2, 7.5, 7.8, 7.12, 7.14, 7.16-17, 7.21, 7.23]
• Nicholas Parker
  engineer [4.21, 8.24, 3.7]
• Philip Hobbs
  engineer [4.21, 3.7, 8.24]
• Robert Evans
  bass vocals [8]
• Robert King
  conductor [2.1-20, 3.7, 4.21, 7.1-24, 8.24]
• Rogers Covey‐Crump
  tenor vocals [7.2, 7.7, 7.13, 7.16, 7.22, 2.9, 2.13, 2.15-16]
• Simon Keenlyside
  baritone vocals [7, 12]
• Susan Hamilton
  soprano vocals [24]
• Tessa Bonner
  soprano vocals [15, 18, 20]
• The King’s Consort
  performing orchestra [2.1-20, 3.7, 4.21, 7.1-24, 8.24]
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Issues

• T
  The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs

  8x CD
  November 1992