Music Of Henry Purcell (The Complete Alfred Deller Vanguard Recordings, Volume 2)

1. 1
   Fantasia upon a Ground in D Minor (3 violins and continuo), Z. 731
   5:45
2. 2
   Oedipus (1692), Z. 583): Song: Music for a while
   4:06
3. 3
   I love and I must, Z. 382
   2:59
4. 4
   The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part I (1694), Z. 578: Let the Dreadful Engines
   7:46
5. 5
   The Fairy Queen (1692), Z. 629, adapted from Shakespeare "A Midsummer Night's Dream": Thrice happy lovers (Epithalamium)
   3:08
6. 6
   Song: If music be the food of love (1st version, 1692), Z. 379A
   2:38
7. 7
   Tell Me, Some Pityng Angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), (1693), Z. 186
   7:52
8. 8
   Not All My Torments, Z. 400
   2:23
9. 9
   Close Thine Eyes and Sleep Secure (Upon a quiet conscience), (1688), Z. 184
   4:22
10. 10
    King Arthur (1691), Z. 628: Fairest Isle
    2:42
11. 11
    Pausanias (1695), Z. 585: Sweeter than roses
    3:36
12. 12
    The Fatal Hour Comes Apace, Z. 421
    4:23
13. 13
    Ode on Queen Mary's Birthday (1693), Z. 321: Crown the Altar
    2:51
14. 14
    The Indian Queen (1695), Z. 630: I attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly
    2:18
15. 15
    Bonduca (1695), Z. 574: O Lead Me to Some Peaceful Gloom
    3:11
16. 16
    The Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian (1690), Z. 627: What Shall I Do to Show All Much I Love Her ?
    3:54
17. 17
    Don Quixote, Part III, Z. 578: From Rosy Bowers
    7:18
18. 18
    The Faerie Queen: Secrecie's Song
    2:05
19. 19
    The Faerie Queen: Mystery's Song
    0:57
20. 20
    Cantata "If ever I more riches did desire: Here let my life
    2:53
21. 21
    Ode "Welcome to all pleasures: Here the Deities approve
    4:41
22. 22
    Dioclesian: Since from my dear Astrea's sight
    3:59
23. 23
    The Faerie Queen: The Plaint
    7:28
24. 24
    Ten Sonata in Four Parts (c. 1680): Sonata No. 9 in F (Golden Sonata), Z. 810: Allegro
    1:21
25. 25
    Ten Sonata in Four Parts (c. 1680): Sonata No. 9 in F (Golden Sonata), Z. 810: Adagio
    1:47
26. 26
    Ten Sonata in Four Parts (c. 1680): Sonata No. 9 in F (Golden Sonata), Z. 810: Canzona Allegro
    1:45
27. 27
    Ten Sonata in Four Parts (c. 1680): Sonata No. 9 in F (Golden Sonata), Z. 810: Grave
    1:22
28. 28
    Ten Sonata in Four Parts (c. 1680): Sonata No. 9 in F (Golden Sonata), Z. 810: Allegro
    1:25
29. 29
    Musick's Hand-made, Part II (1687): Music Lessons 1-6: Song Tune in C, Z. T694
    1:05
30. 30
    Musick's Hand-made, Part II (1687): Music Lessons 1-6: Con Spirito, Z. 647
    0:54
31. 31
    Musick's Hand-made, Part II (1687): Music Lessons 1-6: March in C, Z. 648
    0:58
32. 32
    Musick's Hand-made, Part II (1687): Music Lessons 1-6: New Minuet in D Minor, Z. T689
    1:23
33. 33
    Musick's Hand-made, Part II (1687): Music Lessons 1-6: Minuet in A Minor, Z. 649
    1:04
34. 34
    Musick's Hand-made, Part II (1687): Music Lessons 1-6: Minuet in A Minor, Z. 650
    0:54
35. 35
    Musick's Hand-made, Part II (1687): Music Lessons 7-12: A New Scotch Tune in G, Z. 655
    1:27
36. 36
    Musick's Hand-made, Part II (1687): Music Lessons 7-12: A New Ground in E Minor, Z. T682
    2:29
37. 37
    Musick's Hand-made, Part II (1687): Music Lessons 7-12: A New Irish Tune, Z. 646
    0:34
38. 38
    Musick's Hand-made, Part II (1687): Music Lessons 7-12: Rigadoon in C, Z. 653
    0:47
39. 39
    Musick's Hand-made, Part II (1687): Music Lessons 7-12: Sefauchi's Farewell, in D Minor, Z. 656
    2:06
40. 40
    Musick's Hand-made, Part II (1687): Music Lessons 7-12: Minuet in D Minor, Z. T688
    1:08
41. 41
    Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Continuo, Z. 780: Adagio-Moderato
    2:56
42. 42
    Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Continuo, Z. 780: Adagio con espressione
    1:46
43. 43
    Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Continuo, Z. 780: Vivace
    1:15
44. 44
    Suite in D for Harpsichord, Z. 667: Prelude
    0:24
45. 45
    Suite in D for Harpsichord, Z. 667: Almand
    2:41
46. 46
    Suite in D for Harpsichord, Z. 667: Hornpipe
    1:09
47. 47
    Dido and Aeneas: Overture
    2:47
48. 48
    Dido and Aeneas: Shake the cloud from off your brow (Belinda; Chorus)
    1:08
49. 49
    Dido and Aeneas: Ah! Belinda, I am press'd with torment (Dido)
    4:07
50. 50
    Dido and Aeneas: Grief increases by concealing ... (Belinda, Dido)
    0:36
51. 51
    Dido and Aeneas: When monarchs unite, how happy their state (Chorus)
    0:27
52. 52
    Dido and Aeneas: Whence could so much virtue spring (Dido, Belinda)
    2:02
53. 53
    Dido and Aeneas: Fear no danger to ensue (Belinda, Second Woman; Chorus)
    1:46
54. 54
    Dido and Aeneas: See, your royal guest appears (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido)
    0:58
55. 55
    Dido and Aeneas: Cupid only throws the dart (Cupid)
    0:45
56. 56
    Dido and Aeneas: If not for mine, for empire's sake (Aeneas)
    0:31
57. 57
    Dido and Aeneas: Pursue thy conquest, Love (Belinda)
    0:50
58. 58
    Dido and Aeneas: To the hills and the vales (Chorus)
    1:26
59. 59
    Dido and Aeneas: The Triumphing Dance
    1:17
60. 60
    Dido and Aeneas: Prelude for the Witches
    1:16
61. 61
    Dido and Aeneas: Wayward sisters, you that fright (Sorceress, First Witch)
    1:19
62. 62
    Dido and Aeneas: Harm's our delight and mischief all our skill (Chorus)
    0:22
63. 63
    Dido and Aeneas: The Queen of Carthage, whom we hate (Sorceress)
    0:55
64. 64
    Dido and Aeneas: Ha, ha, ha (Chorus)
    0:15
65. 65
    Dido and Aeneas: Ruin'd ere the set of sun (Witches, Sorceress)
    1:19
66. 66
    Dido and Aeneas: Ha, ha, ha (Chorus)
    0:12
67. 67
    Dido and Aeneas: But ere we this perform (Witches)
    1:26
68. 68
    Dido and Aeneas: In our deep vaulted cell (Chorus)
    1:00
69. 69
    Dido and Aeneas: Echo Dance of the Furies
    1:02
70. 70
    Dido and Aeneas: Ritornello
    0:37
71. 71
    Dido and Aeneas: Thanks to these lonesome vales (Belinda, Chorus)
    1:15
72. 72
    Dido and Aeneas: Oft she visits this lov'd mountain (Second Woman)
    2:10
73. 73
    Dido and Aeneas: Behold, upon my bending spear (Aeneas, Dido)
    0:35
74. 74
    Dido and Aeneas: Haste, haste to town (Belinda, Chorus)
    0:56
75. 75
    Dido and Aeneas: Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command (Spirit, Aeneas)
    3:08
76. 76
    Dido and Aeneas: Prelude for the sailors
    0:41
77. 77
    Dido and Aeneas: Come away, fellow sailors (First Sailor, Chorus)
    1:20
78. 78
    Dido and Aeneas: The Sailors' Dance
    0:52
79. 79
    Dido and Aeneas: See the flags and streamers curling (Sorceress; Witches)
    0:59
80. 80
    Dido and Aeneas: Our next motion (Sorceress)
    0:44
81. 81
    Dido and Aeneas: Destruction's our delight (Chorus)
    0:38
82. 82
    Dido and Aeneas: The Witches' Dance (Jack of the Lanthorn Dance)
    1:22
83. 83
    Dido and Aeneas: Your counsel all is urg'd in vain (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)
    4:21
84. 84
    Dido and Aeneas: Great minds against themselves conspire (Chorus)
    1:15
85. 85
    Dido and Aeneas: Thy hand, Belinda (Dido)
    0:54
86. 86
    Dido and Aeneas: When I am laid in earth (Dido)
    3:07
87. 87
    Dido and Aeneas: With drooping wings ye Cupids come (Chorus)
    2:34
88. 88
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day: Symphony
    10:43
89. 89
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day: Hail! Bright Cecilia
    4:51
90. 90
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day: Hark, each tree
    5:13
91. 91
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day: 'Tis nature voice
    4:20
92. 92
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day: Soul of the world
    3:21
93. 93
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day: Thou tun'st this world
    4:10
94. 94
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day: With that sublime celestial lay
    3:01
95. 95
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day: Wond'rous machine
    3:09
96. 96
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day: The airy violin
    1:47
97. 97
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day: In vain the am'rous flute
    5:14
98. 98
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day: The Fife and all the Harmony of war
    3:05
99. 99
    Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day: Let these among themselves contest
    3:22
100. 100
     Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day: Hail! Bright Cecilia
     5:01
101. 101
     Welcome to all the pleasures "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day", Z339: Ouverture (Sinfonia)
     3:18
102. 102
     Welcome to all the pleasures "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day", Z339: Welcome to All the Pleasures
     2:32
103. 103
     Welcome to all the pleasures "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day", Z339: Here the Deities approve (counter-tenor)
     4:07
104. 104
     Welcome to all the pleasures "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day", Z339: While Joys Celestial (trio)
     1:37
105. 105
     Welcome to all the pleasures "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day", Z339: Then Lift Up Your Voices (bass, chorus)
     2:05
106. 106
     Welcome to all the pleasures "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day", Z339: Adagio (harpsichord)
     1:54
107. 107
     Welcome to all the pleasures "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day", Z339: Beauty Thou Scene of Love (tenor)
     3:05
108. 108
     Welcome to all the pleasures "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day", Z339: In a Consort of Voices (tenor, chorus)
     1:28
109. 109
     The Masque in Dioclesian: I. Solo (soprano) & Chorus: Call the Nymphs and the Fauns from woods
     1:45
110. 110
     The Masque in Dioclesian: II. Air (soprano): Let the Graces and Pleasures repair
     0:56
111. 111
     The Masque in Dioclesian: III. Duet (basses): Come, come away, no delay
     1:08
112. 112
     The Masque in Dioclesian: IV. Chorus: Behold, O mighty'st of gods
     4:18
113. 113
     The Masque in Dioclesian: V. Paspe (passepied) - instr.
     0:53
114. 114
     The Masque in Dioclesian: VI. Duet (sopranos): Oh the sweet delights of love
     1:41
115. 115
     The Masque in Dioclesian: VII. Air (soprano) & Chorus: Let monarchs fight for power and fame
     1:54
116. 116
     The Masque in Dioclesian: VIII. Duet (tenor and baritone): Make room for the great God
     0:50
117. 117
     The Masque in Dioclesian: IX. Solo (Bacchus) Trio & Chorus: I'm here with my jolly crew
     2:27
118. 118
     The Masque in Dioclesian: X. Dance of Bacchanals - instr.
     1:30
119. 119
     The Masque in Dioclesian: XI. Air (soprano): Still I'm wishing, stil desiring
     1:52
120. 120
     The Masque in Dioclesian: (Ritornello - XII): Can Drusilla give no more ?
     3:12
121. 121
     The Masque in Dioclesian: XIII. Canaries - instr.
     0:32
122. 122
     The Masque in Dioclesian: XIV. Dialogue (soprano and baritone): Tell me why, my charming fair
     6:46
123. 123
     The Masque in Dioclesian: XV. Dance - instr.
     0:54
124. 124
     The Masque in Dioclesian: XVI. Air (tenor) & Chorus: All our days and our nights
     2:06
125. 125
     The Masque in Dioclesian: XVII. Dance - instr.
     0:50
126. 126
     The Masque in Dioclesian: XVIII. Trio & Chorus: Triumph victorious love
     5:19
127. 127
     Instrumental Music for the Play: First Music
     2:02
128. 128
     Instrumental Music for the Play: First Act Tune or Hornpipe
     0:42
129. 129
     Instrumental Music for the Play: Interlude
     0:43
130. 130
     Instrumental Music for the Play: Dance of the Furies
     2:39
131. 131
     Instrumental Music for the Play: Second Act Tune
     1:25
132. 132
     Instrumental Music for the Play: The Chair Dance
     1:25
133. 133
     Instrumental Music for the Play: Third Act Tune
     0:44
134. 134
     Instrumental Music for the Play: Interlude
     0:50
135. 135
     Instrumental Music for the Play: Butterfly Dance
     1:40
136. 136
     Instrumental Music for the Play: Country Dance
     1:06
137. 137
     Come, ye sons of art, Z323: Ouverture (Sinfonia)
     3:54
138. 138
     Come, ye sons of art, Z323: Come, come, ye Sons of Art (counter-tenor, chorus)
     2:14
139. 139
     Come, ye sons of art, Z323: Sound the trumpet till around (counter-tenors)
     2:41
140. 140
     Come, ye sons of art, Z323: Come, come, ye Sons of Art (chorus)
     1:30
141. 141
     Come, ye sons of art, Z323: Strike the viol (counter-tenor)
     5:13
142. 142
     Come, ye sons of art, Z323: The day that such a blessing gave (bass, chorus)
     3:13
143. 143
     Come, ye sons of art, Z323: Bid the Virtues (soprano, oboe)
     3:05
144. 144
     Come, ye sons of art, Z323: These are the sacred charms that shield (bass)
     1:44
145. 145
     Come, ye sons of art, Z323: See Nature, rejoicing (soprano, bass, chorus)
     2:51
146. 146
     Rejoice in the Lord Alway "The Bell Anthem", Z49
     9:30
147. 147
     My beloved spake, Z23: Ouverture (Sinfonia)
     1:04
148. 148
     My beloved spake, Z23: My Beloved Spake
     0:56
149. 149
     My beloved spake, Z23: For, lo, the Winter is Past
     1:48
150. 150
     My beloved spake, Z23: The Time of the Singing
     1:47
151. 151
     My beloved spake, Z23: And the Voice of the Turtle
     1:32
152. 152
     My beloved spake, Z23: The Fig Tree
     1:04
153. 153
     My beloved spake, Z23: Arise
     0:36
154. 154
     My beloved spake, Z23: My Beloved is mine
     3:07
155. 155
     Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell: Mark how the lark and linnet sing
     3:57
156. 156
     Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell: But in the close of the night
     4:55
157. 157
     Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell: So ceas'd the rival crew
     2:51
158. 158
     Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell: We beg not Hell
     2:06
159. 159
     Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell: The pow'r of harmony too well they knew
     2:47
160. 160
     Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell: The heav'nly choir
     3:39
161. 161
     Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell: Ye brethren of the lyre
     2:49

Musical Concepts

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