Extraits/Excerpts: Grands Compositeurs Baroques/Great Baroque Masters

Compilation by Henry Purcell

Released 1991

Tracklist

  • 1
    The Fairy Queen: First Musick, Prelude / Hornpipe
    2:24
  • 2
    The Fairy Queen: Acte II. Choeur "May the god of Wit inspire" / Echo
    2:25
  • 3
    The Fairy Queen: Acte II. Choeur "Now join your warbling voices all" / "Sing while we trip it" / Danse des Fées
    2:52
  • 4
    The Fairy Queen: Acte III. Dialogue entre Coridon et Mopsa
    3:33
  • 5
    King Arthur: Acte III. Scène 2
    10:56
  • 6
    Dido & Aeneas: Acte III. Monologue et mort de Didon
    8:15
  • 7
    Sonate VII en mi mineur, Z.796: Adagio
    1:35
  • 8
    Sonate VII en mi mineur, Z.796: Canzona
    1:28
  • 9
    Sonate VII en mi mineur, Z.796: Largo
    1:27
  • 10
    Sonate VII en mi mineur, Z.796: Grave
    1:08
  • 11
    Chacony a 4 en sol mineur, Z.730
    4:21
  • 12
    Oedipus, Z. 583 No. 2: "Music for awhile"
    4:01
  • 13
    King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle"
    2:45
  • 14
    O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice, Z.406 (Poème Katherine Philips)
    5:54
  • 15
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day (1683), Z.339: Ouverture
    2:22
  • 16
    Ode on St. Cecilia's Day (1683), Z.339: Choeur "Welcome to all the pleasures"
    2:12
  • 17
    Ode on Queen Mary's Birthday (1692), Z.331: Ouverture
    4:00
  • 18
    Ode on Queen Mary's Birthday (1692), Z.331: "Love's Goddess sure was blind" (alto solo)
    4:22
  • 19
    Ode on Queen Mary's Birthday (1692), Z.331: "Sweetness of nature" (duo altos)
    3:20
  • 20
    Ode on Queen Mary's Birthday (1692), Z.331: "Long may she reigne" (soprano, choeur)
    1:44
  • 21
    Ode on Queen Mary's Birthday (1692), Z.331: "May the blest example chase" (alto solo)
    1:36
  • 22
    Ode on Queen Mary's Birthday (1692), Z.331: "May such days" (duo altos)
    2:55
  • 23
    Ode on Queen Mary's Birthday (1692), Z.331: "May she to heaven late return" (choeur)
    2:47

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