Tracklist

  • CD 1: The Echoing Air
  • 1
    Staircase Overture
    Henry Purcell
    2:41
  • 2
    If Music Be the Food of Love
    Henry Purcell
    3:17
  • 3
    Cebell
    Henry Purcell
    1:08
  • 4
    To Arms, to Arms, Heroic Prince
    Henry Purcell
    2:52
  • 5
    To Arms
    Henry Purcell
    1:25
  • 6
    Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel
    Henry Purcell
    7:04
  • 7
    Slow Air
    Henry Purcell
    1:49
  • 8
    We Come To Sing
    Henry Purcell
    0:39
  • 9
    Oh Lead Me to Some Peaceful Gloom
    Henry Purcell
    2:50
  • 10
    O Solitude
    Henry Purcell
    4:16
  • 11
    Hark! hark! The Echoing air
    Henry Purcell
    2:24
  • 12
    Trumpet Tune
    Henry Purcell
    0:43
  • 13
    Sweeter Than Roses
    Henry Purcell
    3:06
  • 14
    Fairest Isle
    Henry Purcell
    2:00
  • 15
    She that Would Gain a Faithful Lover
    Henry Purcell
    3:01
  • 16
    Cupid, the Slyest Rogue Alive
    Henry Purcell
    2:20
  • 17
    I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly
    Henry Purcell
    1:35
  • 18
    Jig
    Henry Purcell
    1:08
  • 19
    Music for a While
    Henry Purcell
    3:14
  • 20
    The Fatal Hour Comes on Apace
    Henry Purcell
    3:40
  • 21
    Hear, Mighty Love
    Henry Purcell
    1:36
  • 22
    Plainte: O, Let Me Weep
    Henry Purcell
    5:56
  • 23
    Chacony in G minor
    Henry Purcell
    4:34
  • 24
    Ah! How sweet it is to love
    Henry Purcell
    3:42
  • CD 2: Songs and Airs
  • 1
    Hark! Hark! How all things
    Henry Purcell
    1:43
  • 2
    Crown the altar, deck the shrine
    Henry Purcell
    2:28
  • 3
    If music be the food of love
    Henry Purcell
    3:25
  • 4
    Not all my torments
    Henry Purcell
    1:58
  • 5
    O, O let me weep!
    Henry Purcell
    6:32
  • 6
    I attempt from love's sickness to fly
    Henry Purcell
    1:20
  • 7
    Olinda in the shades unseen
    Henry Purcell
    1:02
  • 8
    Urge me no more
    Henry Purcell
    3:17
  • 9
    Bess of Bedlam
    Henry Purcell
    3:43
  • 10
    Lovely, lovely Albina
    Henry Purcell
    2:10
  • 11
    Sweeter than roses
    Henry Purcell
    3:12
  • 12
    Dear pretty youth
    Henry Purcell
    1:55
  • 13
    When first Amintas sued for a kiss
    Henry Purcell
    1:55
  • 14
    The cares of lovers
    Henry Purcell
    1:46
  • 15
    Ye gentle spirits of the air
    Henry Purcell
    4:50
  • 16
    An Evening Hymn
    Henry Purcell
    4:16
  • CD 3: Dido and Aeneas
  • 1
    Dido and Aeneas: Overture
    Henry Purcell
    2:04
    3.0 ★
  • 2
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "Shake the cloud from off your brow"
    Henry Purcell
    1:02
    3.0 ★
  • 3
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment"
    Henry Purcell
    4:13
    3.0 ★
  • 4
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "When monarchs unite"
    Henry Purcell
    0:17
    3.0 ★
  • 5
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "Whence could so much virtue spring?"
    Henry Purcell
    1:31
    3.0 ★
  • 6
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "Fear no danger" / Dance
    Henry Purcell
    2:07
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "See, your royal guest appears"
    Henry Purcell
    0:46
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "Cupid only throws the dart"
    Henry Purcell
    0:34
    3.0 ★
  • 9
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "If not for mine"
    Henry Purcell
    0:22
    3.0 ★
  • 10
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "Pursue thy conquest, Love"
    Henry Purcell
    0:50
    3.0 ★
  • 11
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. A Dance Gittars Chacony
    Henry Purcell
    0:20
    3.0 ★
  • 12
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "To the hills and the vales"
    Henry Purcell
    1:10
    3.0 ★
  • 13
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. The triumphing Dance
    Henry Purcell
    1:12
    3.0 ★
  • 14
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II. Prelude for the Witches / "Wayward sisters"
    Henry Purcell
    1:26
    3.0 ★
  • 15
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "Harm's our delight"
    Henry Purcell
    0:13
    3.0 ★
  • 16
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "The Queen of Carthage, whom we hate"
    Henry Purcell
    2:41
    3.0 ★
  • 17
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "In our deep vaulted cell"
    Henry Purcell
    1:11
    3.0 ★
  • 18
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II. Echo Dance of Furies
    Henry Purcell
    1:04
    3.0 ★
  • 19
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II. Ritornelle / "Thanks to these lonesome vales"
    Henry Purcell
    3:12
    3.0 ★
  • 20
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II. Gitter ground / a dance
    Henry Purcell
    0:29
    3.0 ★
  • 21
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "Oft she visits" / Ritornelle
    Henry Purcell
    1:35
    3.0 ★
  • 22
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "Behold, upon my bending spear"
    Henry Purcell
    0:31
    3.0 ★
  • 23
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "Haste, haste to town"
    Henry Purcell
    0:44
    3.0 ★
  • 24
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "Stay, Prince"
    Henry Purcell
    2:45
    3.0 ★
  • 25
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II. Ritornelle
    Henry Purcell
    0:54
    3.0 ★
  • 26
    Dido and Aeneas: Act III. Prelude / "Come away, fellow sailors"
    Henry Purcell
    1:36
    3.0 ★
  • 27
    Dido and Aeneas: Act III. The Sailors' Dance
    Henry Purcell
    0:48
    3.0 ★
  • 28
    Dido and Aeneas: Act III. "See the flags and streamers curling"
    Henry Purcell
    1:26
    3.0 ★
  • 29
    Dido and Aeneas: Act III. "Destruction's our delight"
    Henry Purcell
    0:34
    3.0 ★
  • 30
    Dido and Aeneas: Act III. The Witches' Dance
    Henry Purcell
    1:35
    3.0 ★
  • 31
    Dido and Aeneas: Act III. "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain"
    Henry Purcell
    3:41
    3.0 ★
  • 32
    Dido and Aeneas: Act III. "Great minds against themselves conspire"
    Henry Purcell
    0:58
    3.0 ★
  • 33
    Dido and Aeneas: Act III. "Thy hand Belinda" / "When I am laid in earth"
    Henry Purcell
    4:06
    3.0 ★
  • 34
    Dido and Aeneas: Act III. "With drooping wings"
    Henry Purcell
    4:20
    3.0 ★
  • CD 4: The Indian Queen
  • 1
    The Indian Queen: First Music: Air-Hornpipe
    Henry Purcell
    2:17
  • 2
    The Indian Queen: Second Music: Air-Hornpipe
    Henry Purcell
    2:09
  • 3
    The Indian Queen: Overture
    Henry Purcell
    3:10
  • 4
    The Indian Queen: Trumpet Tune
    Henry Purcell
    0:39
  • 5
    The Indian Queen: Prologue. "Wake Quivera, wake"
    Henry Purcell
    2:14
  • 6
    The Indian Queen: Prologue. "Why should men quarrel?"
    Henry Purcell
    1:32
  • 7
    The Indian Queen: Prologue. "By ancient prophecies"
    Henry Purcell
    4:17
  • 8
    The Indian Queen: Prologue. Trumpet Tune
    Henry Purcell
    0:45
  • 9
    The Indian Queen: Act II. Symphony
    Henry Purcell
    3:59
  • 10
    The Indian Queen: Act II. "I come to sing great Zempoalla's story"
    Henry Purcell
    1:20
  • 11
    The Indian Queen: Act II. "What flatt'ring noise is this"
    Henry Purcell
    0:38
  • 12
    The Indian Queen: Act II. "Scorn'd Envy, here's nothing"
    Henry Purcell
    2:38
  • 13
    The Indian Queen: Act II. Trumpet Tune
    Henry Purcell
    0:36
  • 14
    The Indian Queen: Act II. "We come to sing great Zempoalla's story"
    Henry Purcell
    0:39
  • 15
    The Indian Queen: Act II. Dance
    Henry Purcell
    1:05
  • 16
    The Indian Queen: Act II. Second Act Tune
    Henry Purcell
    0:43
  • 17
    The Indian Queen: Act III. Dance
    Henry Purcell
    0:55
  • 18
    The Indian Queen: Act III. "Ye twice ten hundred deities" / "By the croaking of the toad"
    Henry Purcell
    4:48
  • 19
    The Indian Queen: Act III. Symphony / "Seek not to know what must not be reveal'd"
    Henry Purcell
    3:43
  • 20
    The Indian Queen: Act III. Trumpet Overture
    Henry Purcell
    2:33
  • 21
    The Indian Queen: Act III. "Ah! Ah! How happy are we!"
    Henry Purcell
    2:02
  • 22
    The Indian Queen: Act III. "We the spirits of the air"
    Henry Purcell
    1:36
  • 23
    The Indian Queen: Act III. "I attempt form Love's sickness to fly in vain"
    Henry Purcell
    3:12
  • 24
    The Indian Queen: Act III. Third Act Tune: Rondeau
    Henry Purcell
    1:13
  • 25
    The Indian Queen: Act IV. "They tell us that you mighty powers above"
    Henry Purcell
    5:31
  • 26
    The Indian Queen: Act IV. Fourth Act Tune: Air
    Henry Purcell
    1:23
  • 27
    The Indian Queen: Act V. "While thus we bow"
    Henry Purcell
    1:58
  • 28
    The Indian Queen: Act V. "You who at the altar stand" / "All dismal sounds"
    Henry Purcell
    3:57
  • 29
    The Indian Queen: Additional Act (The Masque of Hymen): Symphony
    Daniel Purcell
    0:54
  • 30
    The Indian Queen: Additional Act (The Masque of Hymen): "To bless the genial bed" / "Come all, come at my call"
    Daniel Purcell
    2:28
  • 31
    The Indian Queen: Additional Act (The Masque of Hymen): "I'm glad I have met him"
    Daniel Purcell
    2:28
  • 32
    The Indian Queen: Additional Act (The Masque of Hymen): "The joys of wedlock soon are past" / "Sound, sound the trumpet"
    Daniel Purcell
    3:46
  • 33
    The Indian Queen: Additional Act (The Masque of Hymen): "Make haste, make haste to put on love's chains"
    Daniel Purcell
    0:46
  • 34
    The Indian Queen: Additional Act (The Masque of Hymen): Trumpet Air / "Let loud renown with all her thousand tongues"
    Daniel Purcell
    1:30
  • CD 5: Theatre Music I
  • 1
    Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge Z 570: I Overture
    Henry Purcell
    3:21
  • 2
    Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge Z 570: II Rondeau - III Air - IV Air - V Minuet
    Henry Purcell
    5:14
  • 3
    Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge Z 570: VI Air - VII Jig - VIII Hornpipe - IX Air
    Henry Purcell
    4:08
  • 4
    Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge Z 570: X Song: Lucinda is bewitching fair
    Henry Purcell
    3:32
  • 5
    Distressed Innocence or The Princess of Persia Z577: I Overture
    Henry Purcell
    1:38
  • 6
    Distressed Innocence or The Princess of Persia Z577: II Air - III Slow Air - IV Air - V Hornpipe or Jig
    Henry Purcell
    4:34
  • 7
    Distressed Innocence or The Princess of Persia Z577: VI Rondeau - VII Air - VIII Minuet
    Henry Purcell
    3:04
  • 8
    The Married Beau or The Curious Impertinent Z603: I Overture
    Henry Purcell
    2:21
  • 9
    The Married Beau or The Curious Impertinent Z603: II Slow Air - III Hornpipe
    Henry Purcell
    1:45
  • 10
    The Married Beau or The Curious Impertinent Z603: IV Air - V Hornpipe - VI Jig
    Henry Purcell
    3:31
  • 11
    The Married Beau or The Curious Impertinent Z603: VII Trumpet Air - VIII March - IX Hornpipe on a ground
    Henry Purcell
    4:46
  • 12
    The Married Beau or The Curious Impertinent Z603: X Song: See! where repenting Celia lyes
    Henry Purcell
    2:20
  • 13
    The Gordian Knot Unty'd Z597: I Overture
    Henry Purcell
    2:31
  • 14
    The Gordian Knot Unty'd Z597: II Air - III Rondeau Minuet - IV Air - V Jig
    Henry Purcell
    4:11
  • 15
    The Gordian Knot Unty'd Z597: VI Chaconne - VII Air - VIII Minuet
    Henry Purcell
    3:54
  • 16
    Sir Anthony Love or The Rambling Lady Z588: Overture
    Henry Purcell
    2:15
  • 17
    Sir Anthony Love or The Rambling Lady Z588: Pursuing Beauty
    Henry Purcell
    4:08
  • 18
    Sir Anthony Love or The Rambling Lady Z588: No more, Sir, no more
    Henry Purcell
    2:22
  • 19
    Sir Anthony Love or The Rambling Lady Z588: In vain Clemene
    Henry Purcell
    3:11
  • 20
    Sir Anthony Love or The Rambling Lady Z588: Ground
    Henry Purcell
    3:47
  • CD 6: Theatre Music II
  • 1
    Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574: Overture
    Henry Purcell
    2:36
  • 2
    Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574: Air - Hornpipe - Air
    Henry Purcell
    3:29
  • 3
    Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574: Hornpipe - Air - Minuet
    Henry Purcell
    2:56
  • 4
    Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574: Jack, Thou'rt a Roper
    Henry Purcell
    1:54
  • 5
    Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574: Hear Us Great Rugwith
    Henry Purcell
    2:58
  • 6
    Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574: Hear, Ye Gods of Britain
    Henry Purcell
    1:18
  • 7
    Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574: Sing, Sing, Ye Druids!
    Henry Purcell
    2:45
  • 8
    Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574: Divine Andate, President of War
    Henry Purcell
    0:51
  • 9
    Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574: To Arms
    Henry Purcell
    2:10
  • 10
    Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574: Britons Strike Home!
    Henry Purcell
    2:47
  • 11
    Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574: O Lead Me to Some Peaceful Gloom
    Henry Purcell
    2:48
  • 12
    Circe, Z575: We Must Assemble a Sacrifice
    Henry Purcell
    2:35
  • 13
    Circe, Z575: Their Necessary Aid You Use
    Henry Purcell
    3:17
  • 14
    Circe, Z575: Come Every Demon
    Henry Purcell
    3:26
  • 15
    Circe, Z575: Lovers, Who to Their First Embraces Go
    Henry Purcell
    3:16
  • 16
    Circe, Z575: Magicians' Dance ... Pluto, Arise!
    Henry Purcell
    2:49
  • 17
    The Virtuous Wife or Good Luck At Last, Z611: Overture
    Henry Purcell
    2:13
  • 18
    The Virtuous Wife or Good Luck At Last, Z611: Song Tune - Slow Air - Air
    Henry Purcell
    4:48
  • 19
    The Virtuous Wife or Good Luck At Last, Z611: Preludio - Hornpipe - Minuet - Minuet (1st Act Tune)
    Henry Purcell
    6:18
  • 20
    The Old Bachelor, Z607: Overture
    Henry Purcell
    2:23
  • 21
    The Old Bachelor, Z607: Hornpipe
    Henry Purcell
    1:02
  • 22
    The Old Bachelor, Z607: Thus to a Ripe, Consenting Maid
    Henry Purcell
    2:24
  • 23
    The Old Bachelor, Z607: Slow Air - Hornpipe
    Henry Purcell
    1:58
  • 24
    The Old Bachelor, Z607: As Amoret and Thyrsis Lay
    Henry Purcell
    2:26
  • 25
    The Old Bachelor, Z607: Rondeau - Minuet - Boree - March - Jig
    Henry Purcell
    4:12
  • CD 7: Theatre Music III
  • 1
    Overture in G minor, Z770
    Henry Purcell
    2:00
  • 2
    Don Quixote, Z578: Sing All Ye Muses
    Henry Purcell
    3:47
  • 3
    Don Quixote, Z578: When the World First Knew Creation
    Henry Purcell
    2:21
  • 4
    Don Quixote, Z578: Let the Dreadful Engines of Eternal Will
    Henry Purcell
    6:36
  • 5
    Don Quixote, Z578: With This Sacred Charming Wand
    Henry Purcell
    9:09
  • 6
    Don Quixote, Z578: Since Times Are So Bad
    Henry Purcell
    5:21
  • 7
    Don Quixote, Z578: Genius of England
    Henry Purcell
    4:31
  • 8
    Don Quixote, Z578: Lads and Lasses, Blithe and Gay
    Henry Purcell
    1:46
  • 9
    Don Quixote, Z578: From Rosie Bow'rs
    Henry Purcell
    6:08
  • 10
    Amphitryon or The Two Sosias, Z572: Overture
    Henry Purcell
    2:38
  • 11
    Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, Z572: Saraband
    Henry Purcell
    1:11
  • 12
    Amphitryon or The Two Sosias, Z572: Celia, That I Once Was Blest
    Henry Purcell
    2:38
  • 13
    Amphitryon or The Two Sosias, Z572: Hornpipe - Scotch Tune
    Henry Purcell
    2:15
  • 14
    Amphitryon or The Two Sosias, Z572: For Iris I Sigh
    Henry Purcell
    2:41
  • 15
    Amphitryon or The Two Sosias, Z572: Air - Minuet - Hornpipe
    Henry Purcell
    2:35
  • 16
    Amphitryon or The Two Sosias, Z572: Fair Iris and Her Swain
    Henry Purcell
    4:38
  • 17
    Amphitryon or The Two Sosias, Z572: Bourrée
    Henry Purcell
    0:49
  • CD 8: Theatre Music IV
  • 1
    The Double Dealer, Z592: Overture
    Henry Purcell
    2:48
  • 2
    The Double Dealer, Z592: Hornpipe - Minuet - Air - Hornpipe
    Henry Purcell
    4:15
  • 3
    The Double Dealer, Z592: Cynthia Frowns
    Henry Purcell
    2:28
  • 4
    The Double Dealer, Z592: Minuet - Minuet - Air - Air
    Henry Purcell
    4:35
  • 5
    The Richmond Heiress or A Woman Once In The Right, Z608: Behold The Man
    Henry Purcell
    8:32
  • 6
    The Rival Sisters or The Violence Of Love, Z609: Overture
    Henry Purcell
    3:31
  • 7
    The Rival Sisters or The Violence Of Love, Z609: Celia Has A Thousand Charms
    Henry Purcell
    2:19
  • 8
    The Rival Sisters or The Violence Of Love, Z609: Take Not A Woman's Anger Ill
    Henry Purcell
    1:20
  • 9
    The Rival Sisters or The Violence Of Love, Z609: How Happy, How Happy Is She
    Henry Purcell
    1:33
  • 10
    Henry The Second, King of England, Z580: In Vain, 'Gainst Love, In Vain I Strove
    Henry Purcell
    1:53
  • 11
    Tyrannic Love Or The Royal Martyr, Z613: Hark! My Damilcar!
    Henry Purcell
    4:18
  • 12
    Tyrannic Love Or The Royal Martyr, Z613: Ah! How Sweet It Is To Love
    Henry Purcell
    4:23
  • 13
    Overture in G minor, Z772
    Henry Purcell
    3:13
  • 14
    Theodosius or The Force of Love, Z606: Prepare, Prepare, The Rites Begin
    Henry Purcell
    1:43
  • 15
    Theodosius or The Force of Love, Z606: Can'st Thou, Marina
    Henry Purcell
    2:51
  • 16
    Theodosius or The Force of Love, Z606: The Gate to Bliss
    Henry Purcell
    2:55
  • 17
    Theodosius or The Force of Love, Z606: Hark! Hark! Behold the Heav'nly Choir
    Henry Purcell
    2:45
  • 18
    Theodosius or The Force of Love, Z606: Now the Fight's Done
    Henry Purcell
    2:19
  • 19
    Theodosius or The Force of Love, Z606: Sad as Death at Dead of Night
    Henry Purcell
    2:20
  • 20
    Theodosius or The Force of Love, Z606: Dream No More of Pleasures Past
    Henry Purcell
    1:44
  • 21
    Theodosius or The Force of Love, Z606: Hail to the Myrtle Shade
    Henry Purcell
    2:35
  • 22
    Theodosius or The Force of Love, Z606: Ah Cruel, Bloody Fate
    Henry Purcell
    2:15
  • CD 9: Theatre Music V
  • 1
    The Libertine or The Libertine Destroyed, Z600: Nymphs and Shepherds
    Henry Purcell
    1:52
  • 2
    The Libertine or The Libertine Destroyed, Z600: We Come
    Henry Purcell
    1:39
  • 3
    The Libertine or The Libertine Destroyed, Z600: Prelude
    Henry Purcell
    1:27
  • 4
    The Libertine or The Libertine Destroyed, Z600: Prepare, Prepare, New Guests Draw Near
    Henry Purcell
    4:38
  • 5
    The Libertine or The Libertine Destroyed, Z600: To Arms, Heroic Prince
    Henry Purcell
    3:17
  • 6
    The Massacre Of Paris, Z604: Thy Genius, Lo (2 Settings)
    Henry Purcell
    6:18
  • 7
    Oedipus, Z583: Hear, Ye Sullen Powers Below
    Henry Purcell
    3:03
  • 8
    Oedipus, Z583: Music For a While
    Henry Purcell
    3:42
  • 9
    Oedipus, Z583: Come Away, Do Not Stay ... Laius! Hear, Hear
    Henry Purcell
    2:22
  • 10
    Overture in D minor, Z771
    Henry Purcell
    2:48
  • 11
    The History of King Richard The Second (The Sicilian Usurper), Z581: Retir'd From Any Mortal's Sight
    Henry Purcell
    2:58
  • 12
    Sir Barnaby Whigg or No Wit Like A Woman's, Z589: Blow, Blow, Boreas, Blow
    Henry Purcell
    3:42
  • 13
    Sophonisba or Hannibal's Overthrow, Z590: Beneath the Poplar's Shadow
    Henry Purcell
    1:48
  • 14
    The English Lawyer, Z594: My Wife Has a Tongue
    Henry Purcell
    1:25
  • 15
    A Fool's Preferment or The Three Dukes of Dunstable, Z571: I Sigh'd, and I Pin'd ... There's Nothing so Fatal as Woman
    Henry Purcell
    1:49
  • 16
    A Fool's Preferment or The Three Dukes of Dunstable, Z571: Fled Is My Love ... 'Tis Death Alone ... I'll Mount to Yon Blue Coelum
    Henry Purcell
    2:43
  • 17
    A Fool's Preferment or The Three Dukes of Dunstable, Z571: I'll Sail Upon the Dog-Star
    Henry Purcell
    1:24
  • 18
    A Fool's Preferment or The Three Dukes of Dunstable, Z571: Jenny, 'Gin You Can Love
    Henry Purcell
    2:12
  • 19
    A Fool's Preferment or The Three Dukes of Dunstable, Z571: If Thou Wilt Give Me Back My Love
    Henry Purcell
    0:41
  • 20
    The Indian Emperor or The Conquest Of Mexico, Z598: I Look'd and Saw Within
    Henry Purcell
    2:04
  • 21
    The Knight Of Malta, Z599: At the Close of the Ev'ning
    Henry Purcell
    1:29
  • 22
    A Dialogue Between Thirsis and Daphne, Z525: Why, My Daphne, Why Complaining
    Henry Purcell
    3:37
  • 23
    The Wives' Excuse or Cuckolds Make Themselves, Z612: Ingrateful Love!
    Henry Purcell
    2:28
  • 24
    The Wives' Excuse or Cuckolds Make Themselves, Z612: Hang This Whining Way of Wooing
    Henry Purcell
    1:26
  • 25
    The Wives' Excuse or Cuckolds Make Themselves, Z612: Say, Cruel Amoret ... Corinna, I Excuse Thy Face
    Henry Purcell
    2:31
  • 26
    Cleomenes, The Spartan Hero, Z576: No, No, Poor Suff'ring Heart
    Henry Purcell
    2:59
  • 27
    Regulus or The Faction of Carthage, Z586: Ah me! To Many Deaths
    Henry Purcell
    3:14
  • 28
    The Marriage-Hater Match'd, Z602: As Soon as the Chaos ... How Vile are the Sordid Intregues
    Henry Purcell
    4:02
  • CD 10: Theatre Music VI
  • 1
    Love Triumphant or Nature Will Prevail, Z582: How Happy's the Husband
    Henry Purcell
    1:43
  • 2
    Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Z587: There's Not a Swain
    Henry Purcell
    1:11
  • 3
    The Female Virtuosos, Z596: Love, Thou Art Best
    Henry Purcell
    1:57
  • 4
    Epsom Wells, Z598: Leave These Useless Arts
    Henry Purcell
    2:12
  • 5
    The Maid's Last Prayer or Any Rather Than Fail, Z601: Though You Make No Return
    Henry Purcell
    2:08
  • 6
    The Maid's Last Prayer or Any Rather Than Fail, Z601: No, Resistance is but Vain
    Henry Purcell
    4:13
  • 7
    The Maid's Last Prayer or Any Rather Than Fail, Z601: Tell Me No More
    Henry Purcell
    1:57
  • 8
    Aureng-Zebe or The Great Mogul, Z573: I See, She Flies Me
    Henry Purcell
    2:34
  • 9
    The Canterbury Guests or A Bargain Broken, Z591: Good Neighbour Why?
    Henry Purcell
    3:19
  • 10
    The Fatal Marriage or The Innocent Adultery, Z595: The Danger Is Over
    Henry Purcell
    2:16
  • 11
    The Fatal Marriage or The Innocent Adultery, Z595: I Sigh'd and Owned My Love
    Henry Purcell
    2:49
  • 12
    The Spanish Fair or The Double Discovery, Z610: Whilst I Get Grief
    Henry Purcell
    2:43
  • 13
    Pausianias, The Betrayer of His Country, Z585: Sweeter Than Roses
    Henry Purcell
    3:01
  • 14
    Pausianias, The Betrayer of His Country, Z585: My Dearest, My Fairest
    Henry Purcell
    2:36
  • 15
    The Mock Marriage, Z605: Oh! How You Protest ... 'Twas Within a Furlong ... Man Is for the Woman Made
    Henry Purcell
    4:44
  • 16
    Oroonoko, Z584: Celemene, Pray Tell Me
    Henry Purcell
    3:09
  • 17
    Pavan no. 1 in A major, Z748
    Henry Purcell
    3:31
  • 18
    Pavan no. 2 in A minor, Z749
    Henry Purcell
    2:54
  • 19
    Pavan no. 3 in B-flat major, Z750
    Henry Purcell
    3:03
  • 20
    Pavan no. 4 in G minor, Z751
    Henry Purcell
    3:21
  • 21
    Pavan no. 5 in G minor, Z752
    Henry Purcell
    4:09
  • 22
    Trio Sonata for Violin, Bass Viol, and Organ, Z780
    Henry Purcell
    6:50
  • 23
    Chacony, Z730
    Henry Purcell
    4:48
  • CD 11: 12 Sonatas of Three Parts, Z790-801
  • 1
    12 Sonatas of Three Parts, Z790-801: Sonata no. 1 in G minor: Sonnata - Vivace - Adagio - Presto - Largo
    Henry Purcell
    7:03
  • 2
    12 Sonatas of Three Parts, Z790-801: Sonata no. 2 in B-flat major: Sonnata - Largo - Presto - Adagio - Vivace - Allegro
    Henry Purcell
    5:43
  • 3
    12 Sonatas of Three Parts, Z790-801: Sonata no. 3 in D minor: Sonnata - Adagio - Canzona - Adagio - Poco Largo - Allegro
    Henry Purcell
    5:34
  • 4
    12 Sonatas of Three Parts, Z790-801: Sonata no. 4 in F major: Sonnata - Canzona - Adagio - Poco Largo - Allegro
    Henry Purcell
    5:15
  • 5
    12 Sonatas of Three Parts, Z790-801: Sonata no. 5 in A minor: Sonnata - Adagio - Largo - Grave - Canzona - Adagio
    Henry Purcell
    5:39
  • 6
    12 Sonatas of Three Parts, Z790-801: Sonata no. 6 in C major: Sonnata - Canzona - Adagio - Largo - Allegro
    Henry Purcell
    7:01
  • 7
    12 Sonatas of Three Parts, Z790-801: Sonata no. 7 in E minor: Sonnata - Canzona - Largo - Grave - Canzona - Adagio
    Henry Purcell
    7:12
  • 8
    12 Sonatas of Three Parts, Z790-801: Sonata no. 8 in G major: Sonnata - Poco Largo - Allegro - Grace - Vivace
    Henry Purcell
    5:19
  • 9
    12 Sonatas of Three Parts, Z790-801: Sonata no. 9 in C minor: Sonnata - Largo - Canzona - Adagio - Allegro
    Henry Purcell
    7:01
  • 10
    12 Sonatas of Three Parts, Z790-801: Sonata no. 10 in A major: Sonnata - Largo - Grave - Presto
    Henry Purcell
    4:11
  • 11
    12 Sonatas of Three Parts, Z790-801: Sonata no. 11 in F minor: Sonnata - Canzona - Adagio - Lento
    Henry Purcell
    5:22
  • 12
    12 Sonatas of Three Parts, Z790-801: Sonata no. 12 in D major: Sonnata - Adagio - Canzona - Poco Largo - Grave - Presto - Allegro - Adagio
    Henry Purcell
    5:20
  • CD 12: 10 Sonatas in Four Parts, Z802-811
  • 1
    Sonatas in Four Parts, Z802-811: Sonata no. 1 in B minor: Adagio - Canzona (Allegro) - Largo - Vivace - Grave
    Henry Purcell
    5:11
  • 2
    Sonatas in Four Parts, Z802-811: Sonata no. 2 in E-flat major: Adagio - Canzona (Allegro) - Adagio - Largo - Allegro
    Henry Purcell
    6:12
  • 3
    Sonatas in Four Parts, Z802-811: Sonata no. 3 in A minor: Grave - Largo - Adagio - Canzona - Gigue - Grave
    Henry Purcell
    6:10
  • 4
    Sonatas in Four Parts, Z802-811: Sonata no. 4 in D minor: Adagio - Canzona - Adagio - Vivace - Largo
    Henry Purcell
    6:40
  • 5
    Sonatas in Four Parts, Z802-811: Sonata no. 5 in G minor: (Adagio) - Canzona - Largo - Adagio - Presto - Allegro - Adagio
    Henry Purcell
    6:42
  • 6
    Sonatas in Four Parts, Z802-811: Sonata no. 6 in G minor: Adagio
    Henry Purcell
    6:22
  • 7
    Sonatas in Four Parts, Z802-811: Sonata no. 7 in C major: Vivace - Largo - Grave - Canzona - Allegro - Adagio
    Henry Purcell
    6:15
  • 8
    Sonatas in Four Parts, Z802-811: Sonata no. 8 in G minor: Adagio - Canzona - Grave - Largo - Vivace
    Henry Purcell
    6:17
  • 9
    Sonatas in Four Parts, Z802-811: Sonata no. 9 in F major: (Allegro) - Adagio - Canzona (Allegro) - Grave - Allegro
    Henry Purcell
    6:22
  • 10
    Sonatas in Four Parts, Z802-811: Sonata no. 10 in D major: Adagio - Canzona (Allegro) - Grave - Allegro
    Henry Purcell
    5:18
  • CD 13: Eight Overtures
  • 1
    Overture no. 3 in G major
    Thomas Arne
    5:07
  • 2
    Overture no. 1 in E minor
    Thomas Arne
    8:05
  • 3
    Overture no. 2 in A major
    Thomas Arne
    6:18
  • 4
    Overture no. 4 in F major
    Thomas Arne
    7:11
  • 5
    Overture no. 5 in D major
    Thomas Arne
    7:08
  • 6
    Overture no. 6 in B-flat major
    Thomas Arne
    6:25
  • 7
    Overture no. 7 in D major
    Thomas Arne
    6:12
  • 8
    Overture no. 8 in G minor
    Thomas Arne
    9:05
  • CD 14: Eight Harpsichord Sonatas
  • 1
    Sonata no. 1 in F major: 1. Andante
    Thomas Arne
    3:15
  • 2
    Sonata no. 1 in F major: 2. Adagio
    Thomas Arne
    0:18
  • 3
    Sonata no. 1 in F major: 3. Allegro
    Thomas Arne
    3:21
  • 4
    Sonata no. 2 in E minor: 1. Andante
    Thomas Arne
    3:08
  • 5
    Sonata no. 2 in E minor: 2. Adagio
    Thomas Arne
    1:33
  • 6
    Sonata no. 2 in E minor: 3. Allegrissimo
    Thomas Arne
    1:42
  • 7
    Sonata no. 5 in B-flat major: 1. Poco largo
    Thomas Arne
    2:04
  • 8
    Sonata no. 5 in B-flat major: 2. Presto (Gavotta)
    Thomas Arne
    3:39
  • 9
    Sonata no. 6 in G minor: 1. Affetuoso
    Thomas Arne
    3:45
  • 10
    Sonata no. 6 in G minor: 2. Presto
    Thomas Arne
    2:02
  • 11
    Sonata no. 3 in G minor: 1. Prelude
    Thomas Arne
    1:06
  • 12
    Sonata no. 3 in G minor: 2. Allegro
    Thomas Arne
    3:21
  • 13
    Sonata no. 3 in G minor: 3. Minuet (and Two Variations)
    Thomas Arne
    3:47
  • 14
    Sonata no. 4 in D minor: 1. Andante
    Thomas Arne
    3:46
  • 15
    Sonata no. 4 in D minor: 2. Largo (Siciliano)
    Thomas Arne
    1:56
  • 16
    Sonata no. 4 in D minor: 3. Fuga (Allegro)
    Thomas Arne
    3:13
  • 17
    Sonata no. 4 in D minor: 4. Allegro (Jigg)
    Thomas Arne
    3:04
  • 18
    Sonata no. 7 in A major: 1. Presto
    Thomas Arne
    1:15
  • 19
    Sonata no. 7 in A major: 2. Andante
    Thomas Arne
    3:36
  • 20
    Sonata no. 7 in A major: 3. Allegro
    Thomas Arne
    1:55
  • 21
    Sonata no. 8 in G major: Minuet (and Four Variations)
    Thomas Arne
    7:09
  • CD 15: Symphonies, op. 2
  • 1
    Symphony no. 1 in B-flat major: I. Allegro
    William Boyce
    2:48
  • 2
    Symphony no. 1 in B-flat major: II. Moderato e dolce
    William Boyce
    2:18
  • 3
    Symphony no. 1 in B-flat major: III. Allegro
    William Boyce
    1:59
  • 4
    Symphony no. 2 in A minor: I. Allegro assai
    William Boyce
    3:33
  • 5
    Symphony no. 2 in A minor: II. Vivace
    William Boyce
    1:16
  • 6
    Symphony no. 2 in A minor: III. Presto Allegro
    William Boyce
    1:29
  • 7
    Symphony no. 3 in C major: I. Allegro
    William Boyce
    2:29
  • 8
    Symphony no. 3 in C major: II. Vivace
    William Boyce
    1:33
  • 9
    Symphony no. 3 in C major: III. Tempo di minuetto
    William Boyce
    1:19
  • 10
    Symphony no. 4 in F major: I. Allegro
    William Boyce
    3:09
  • 11
    Symphony no. 4 in F major: II. Vivace ma non troppo
    William Boyce
    1:42
  • 12
    Symphony no. 4 in F major: III. Gavot (Allegro)
    William Boyce
    2:06
  • 13
    Symphony no. 5 in D major: I. Allegro ma non troppo — Allegro assai
    William Boyce
    4:05
  • 14
    Symphony no. 5 in D major: II. Tempo di gavotta
    William Boyce
    1:39
  • 15
    Symphony no. 5 in D major: III. Tempo di minuetto
    William Boyce
    1:41
  • 16
    Symphony no. 6 in F major: I. Largo — Allegro
    William Boyce
    3:57
  • 17
    Symphony no. 6 in F major: II. Larghetto
    William Boyce
    2:42
  • 18
    Symphony no. 7 in B-flat major: I. Andante — Spirituoso
    William Boyce
    4:07
  • 19
    Symphony no. 7 in B-flat major: II. Moderato
    William Boyce
    2:48
  • 20
    Symphony no. 7 in B-flat major: III. Jigg (Allegro assai)
    William Boyce
    1:50
  • 21
    Symphony no. 8 in D minor: I. Pomposo — Allegro
    William Boyce
    5:17
  • 22
    Symphony no. 8 in D minor: II. Largo Andante
    William Boyce
    1:36
  • 23
    Symphony no. 8 in D minor: III. Tempo di gavotta
    William Boyce
    3:58
  • CD 16: My Ladye Nevells Booke I
  • 1
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: I. My Ladye Nevells Ground
    William Byrd
    5:21
  • 2
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: II. Qui Passe: for my ladye nevell
    William Byrd
    3:08
  • 3
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: III. The Marche Before the Battell
    William Byrd
    3:30
  • 4
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: IV. The Battell
    William Byrd
    10:52
  • 5
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: V. The Galliarde for the Victorie
    William Byrd
    1:52
  • 6
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: VI. The Barleye Breake
    William Byrd
    7:25
  • 7
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: VII. A Galliards Gygge
    William Byrd
    1:54
  • 8
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: VIII. The Huntes Upp
    William Byrd
    6:24
  • 9
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: IX. Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La
    William Byrd
    7:52
  • 10
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: X. The Firste Pavian
    William Byrd
    4:11
  • 11
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XI. The Galliarde to the Firste Pavian
    William Byrd
    1:35
  • 12
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XII. The Seconde Pavian
    William Byrd
    2:11
  • 13
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XIII. The Galliarde to the Seconde Pavian
    William Byrd
    1:42
  • 14
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XIV. The Third Pavian
    William Byrd
    4:25
  • 15
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XV. The Galliarde to the Third Pavian
    William Byrd
    1:34
  • 16
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XVI. The Fourth Pavian
    William Byrd
    2:22
  • 17
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XVII. The Galliarde to the Fourth Pavian
    William Byrd
    1:50
  • CD 17: My Ladye Nevells Booke II
  • 1
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XVIII. The Fifte Pavian
    William Byrd
    4:45
  • 2
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XIX. The Galliarde to the Fifte Pavian
    William Byrd
    1:40
  • 3
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XX. Pavana the Sixte: Kinbrugh Goodd
    William Byrd
    4:32
  • 4
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXI. The Galliarde to the Sixte Pavian
    William Byrd
    1:29
  • 5
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXII. The Seventh Pavian
    William Byrd
    4:28
  • 6
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXIII. The Eighte Pavian
    William Byrd
    4:30
  • 7
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXIV. The Passinge Mesures: The Nynthe Pavian
    William Byrd
    6:08
  • 8
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXV. The Galliarde to the Nynthe Pavian
    William Byrd
    4:51
  • 9
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXVI. A Voluntarie: for my ladye nevell
    William Byrd
    5:21
  • 10
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXVII. Will Yow Walke the Woods Soe Wylde
    William Byrd
    3:19
  • 11
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXVIII. The Maidens Songe
    William Byrd
    5:41
  • 12
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXIX. A Lesson of Voluntarie
    William Byrd
    7:36
  • 13
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXX. The Second Grownde
    William Byrd
    8:30
  • CD 18: My Ladye Nevells Booke III
  • 1
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXXI. Have With Yow to Walsingame
    William Byrd
    8:30
  • 2
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXXII. All in a Garden Grine
    William Byrd
    5:08
  • 3
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXXIII. Lord Willobies Welcome Home
    William Byrd
    2:31
  • 4
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXXIV. The Carmans Whistle
    William Byrd
    4:04
  • 5
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXXV. Hugh Ashtons Grownde
    William Byrd
    7:20
  • 6
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXXVI. A Fancie
    William Byrd
    5:00
  • 7
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXXVII. Sellingers Rownde
    William Byrd
    5:41
  • 8
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXXVIII. Munsers Almaine
    William Byrd
    6:29
  • 9
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XXXIX. The Tennthe Pavian: Mr. W. Peter
    William Byrd
    5:32
  • 10
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XL. The Galliarde to the Tennthe Pavian
    William Byrd
    2:07
  • 11
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XLI. A Fancie
    William Byrd
    4:48
  • 12
    My Ladye Nevells Booke: XLII. A Voluntarie
    William Byrd
    3:56
  • CD 19: The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Selected Pieces I
  • 1
    Fantasia
    Giles Farnaby
    3:26
  • 2
    The Flatt Pavan
    Giles Farnaby
    4:45
  • 3
    Can Shee/Alman/The Irishe Dumpe/Watkins Ale/A Gigg
    [anonymous], William Byrd
    5:24
  • 4
    The Leaves Bee Greene
    William Inglot
    3:36
  • 5
    Amarilli di Julio Romano
    Peter Philips
    3:56
  • 6
    Galiarda Passamezzo
    Peter Philips
    5:13
  • 7
    Alman/The Primerose/The Fall of the Leafe
    Martin Peerson
    4:54
  • 8
    Tower Hill/A Masque/A Toye
    Giles Farnaby
    5:09
  • 9
    Pavana
    Peter Philips
    3:47
  • 10
    Galliardo
    Peter Philips
    1:29
  • 11
    Robin
    John Mundy
    2:56
  • 12
    Nowel's Galliard
    [anonymous]
    1:14
  • 13
    Giles Farnaby's Dreame/His Rest/Farnabye's Conceit/His Humour
    Giles Farnaby
    6:34
  • CD 20: The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Selected Pieces II
  • 1
    Jhon Come Kisse Me Now
    William Byrd
    6:12
  • 2
    The Queenes Alman
    William Byrd
    3:11
  • 3
    In Nomine
    John Bull
    3:19
  • 4
    Fantasia
    John Bull
    4:50
  • 5
    Pavana "Pagget" and Galliarda
    Peter Philips
    9:01
  • 6
    Pavana Delight/Galiarda
    Edward Johnson
    6:35
  • 7
    La Volta/Alman/Wolseys Wilde/Callino Casturame/La Volta
    William Byrd
    7:35
  • 8
    Pavan "Clement Cotton"
    William Tisdale
    2:46
  • 9
    Loth To Depart
    Giles Farnaby
    4:04

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