Offer,Purcell Essentials
Olivier Baumont (harpsichord), Chanticleer (vocal ensemble), Lynne Dawson (soprano vocals), David Blackadder (trumpet), Michael Chance (counter-tenor vocals), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano vocals), Sumi Jo (soprano vocals), Henk Rubingh (leader), Suzie Le Blanc (soprano vocals), Stephen Stubbs (director),...
Contents
Purcell: Rondeau from Abdelazer
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, 1695
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
"Man that is born of a woman"
March
Canzona
"In the midst of life we are in death"
"Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts"
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: "Fairest Isle" (Venus)
- Lynne Dawson (soprano)
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Purcell: Sonata for Trumpet and Strings in D major, Z850
- David Blackadder (trumpet)
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro
Excerpt,
- James Bowman (countertenor), Michael Chance (countertenor)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
II. Ritornello & Chorus
III. Sound the Trumpet
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: "Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth" (Dido)
- Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Purcell: Music for a while, Z583
- Sumi Jo (soprano)
- Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
- Henk Rubingh
Purcell: O dive custos Auriacae domus, Z504
- Barbara Borden (soprano), Suzie LeBlanc (soprano)
- Tragicomedia
- Erin Headley, Stephen Stubbs
Excerpt,
- Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Elisabeth Priday (soprano)
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Act 2 Air
Act 3 Prelude "What ho! thou genius of this isle" [Cupid]
Act 3 "What power art thou" [Cold Genius]
Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia Z328 : XIV "Hail! Bright Cecilia" [Altos, Tenor, Bass, Chorus]
- Ashley Stafford (contralto), Brian Gordon (contralto), David Thomas (bass), Paul Elliott (tenor)
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner