Edition III: Odes, Anthems, and Ceremonial Music

Compilation by Purcell; Gardiner, Leonhardt, Tragicomedia, Chanticleer

Released 18 May 2009

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 Symphony
    Henry Purcell
    9:37
  • 2
    Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 Hail, bright Cecilia
    Henry Purcell
    4:42
  • 3
    Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 Hark! Hark! Each tree its silence breaks
    Henry Purcell
    3:59
  • 4
    Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 'Tis Nature's voice: thro' all the moving wood of creatures understood
    Henry Purcell
    4:12
  • 5
    Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 Soul of the world! inspir'd by thee the jarring seeds of matter did agree
    Henry Purcell
    2:32
  • 6
    Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 Thou tun'st this world below, the spheres above
    Henry Purcell
    5:13
  • 7
    Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 With that sublime celestial lay dare any eahtly songs compare?
    Henry Purcell
    3:06
  • 8
    Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 Wondrous machine! to thee the warbling lute, though us'd to conquest
    Henry Purcell
    2:16
  • 9
    Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 The airy violin and lofty viol quit the field
    Henry Purcell
    1:22
  • 10
    Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 In vain the am'rous flute and soft guitar jointly labour to inspire
    Henry Purcell
    6:17
  • 11
    Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 The fife and all the harmony of war in vain attempt the passions to alarm
    Henry Purcell
    3:01
  • 12
    Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 Let these among themselves contest which can discharge its single duty best
    Henry Purcell
    2:31
  • 13
    Hail, bright Cecilia, Z328 Hail, bright Cecilia
    Henry Purcell
    4:25
  • 14
    Come, ye sons of art, away, Z323 Ouverture
    Henry Purcell
    4:10
  • 15
    Come, ye sons of art, away, Z323 Come, ye sons of art, away
    Henry Purcell
    1:59
  • 16
    Come, ye sons of art, away, Z323 Sound the trumpet till around you make the listening shores rebound
    Henry Purcell
    2:27
  • 17
    Come, ye sons of art, away, Z323 Come, come, ye sons of art, come, come away
    Henry Purcell
    1:22
  • 18
    Come, ye sons orfart, away, Z323 Strike the viol, touch the lute
    Henry Purcell
    4:45
  • 19
    Come, ye sons of art, away, Z323 The day that such a blessing gave no common festival should be
    Henry Purcell
    2:32
  • 20
    Come, ye sons of art, away, Z323 Bid the virtues, bid the Graces to the sacred shrine repair
    Henry Purcell
    3:31
  • 21
    Come, ye sons of art, away, Z323 These are the sacred charms that shield her daring hero in the field
    Henry Purcell
    1:40
  • 22
    Come, ye sons of art, away, Z323 See Nature, rejoicing has shown us the way
    Henry Purcell
    2:59
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Welcome, viceregent of the mighty king, Z340
    Henry Purcell
    12:33
  • 2
    O dive custos Auriacae domus, Z504
    Henry Purcell
    6:34
  • 3
    Raise, raise the voice, Z334
    Henry Purcell
    12:34
  • 4
    Incassum, Lesbia, rogas, Z383
    Henry Purcell
    7:37
  • 5
    Young Thyrsis' fate, ye hills and groves, deplore, Z473
    Henry Purcell
    5:21
  • 6
    Why, why are all the Muses mute? Z343
    Henry Purcell
    23:52
  • CD 3
  • 1
    Rejoice in the Lord alway, Z49
    Henry Purcell
    8:55
  • 2
    Blow up the trumpet in Sion, Z10
    Henry Purcell
    7:47
  • 3
    O God, thou art my God, Z35
    Henry Purcell
    4:18
  • 4
    My heart is inditing, Z30
    Henry Purcell
    16:42
  • 5
    Remember not, Lord, our Offences, Z50
    Henry Purcell
    3:05
  • 6
    I was glad when they said unto me, Z19
    Henry Purcell
    4:00
  • 7
    O Lord, rebuke me not, Z40
    Henry Purcell
    9:27
  • 8
    Praise the Lord, o my soul, and all that is within me, Z47
    Henry Purcell
    10:59
  • 9
    Now that the sun has veiled his light (An Evening Hymn on a Ground), Z193
    Henry Purcell
    5:00
  • CD 4
  • 1
    Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei!, Z135
    Henry Purcell
    6:43
  • 2
    My beloved spake, Z28
    Henry Purcell
    10:15
  • 3
    O God, thou hast cast us out and scatter'd us abroad, Z36
    Henry Purcell
    4:05
  • 4
    Hear my prayer, o Lord, and let my crying come to thee, Z15
    Henry Purcell
    2:22
  • 5
    Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, March
    Henry Purcell
    2:17
  • 6
    Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live (first sentence)
    Henry Purcell
    3:48
  • 7
    Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Canzona
    Henry Purcell
    1:44
  • 8
    Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, In the midst of life we are in death (second sentence)
    Henry Purcell
    5:55
  • 9
    Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Canzona
    Henry Purcell
    0:52
  • 10
    Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (third sentence)
    Henry Purcell
    2:22
  • 11
    Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, March
    Henry Purcell
    2:22
  • 12
    In guilty night, Z134
    Henry Purcell
    10:19
  • 13
    Close thine eyes and sleep secure, Z184
    Henry Purcell
    3:55
  • 14
    Lord, what is man, lost man, that thou shouldst be so mindful of him, Z192
    Henry Purcell
    5:37
  • 15
    Tell me some pitying angel, quickly say (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), Z196
    Henry Purcell
    7:38

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