Henry Purcell (10th September 1659 – 21st November 1695), was an English co… Read Full Bio ↴Henry Purcell (10th September 1659 – 21st November 1695), was an English composer of the Baroque period.
He is generally considered to be one of England's greatest composers — indeed, he has often been called England's finest native composer. Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements, but devised a peculiarly English style of Baroque music.
He is generally considered to be one of England's greatest composers — indeed, he has often been called England's finest native composer. Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements, but devised a peculiarly English style of Baroque music.
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02Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act I "Shake the cloud from off your brow" [Belinda, Chorus]1:03William Christie
03Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act I "Ah Belinda, I am press'd with torment" [Dido]3:38William Christie
04Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act I "Grief increases by concealing" [Belinda, Dido] "When monarchs unite, how happy their state" [Chorus]0:42William Christie
05Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act I "Whence could so much virtue spring?" [Dido, Belinda]1:54William Christie
07Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act I "See our royal guest appears" [Belinda, Aeneas] "Cupid only throws the dart" [Chorus]1:10William Christie
08Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act I "If not for mine, for Empire's sake" [Aeneas] "Pursue thy conquest, Love" [Belinda] "To the hills and the vales" [Chorus]2:14William Christie
10Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act 2 Prelude for the Witches "Wayward sisters, you that fright" [Sorceress] "Harm's our delight" [Chorus]2:14William Christie
11Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act 2 "The Queen of Carthage" ... "Ho! ho! ho!" [Sorceress, First Witch, Chorus]1:53William Christie
12Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act 2 "But ere we this perform" [First Witch, Second Witch]1:11William Christie
13Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act 1 "In our deep vaulted cell... Echo Dance of Furies" [Chorus]2:22William Christie
14Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act 2 "Ritornelle" "Thanks to these lonesome vales" [Belinda, Chorus]3:36William Christie
15Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act 2 "Oft she visits this lone mountain" [Second Woman]1:56William Christie
16Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act 2 "Behold upon my bending spear" [Aeneas, Dido] "Haste, haste to town" [Belinda, Chorus]1:13William Christie
18Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act 2 "Then since our chorus have sped" [Chorus] "The Grove's Dance"1:24William Christie
19Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act 3 "Come away" [Sailor, Chorus] "The Sailors' Dance"2:23William Christie
20Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act 3 "See, see the flags" [Sorceress, First Witch] "Our next motion" [Sorceress]1:41William Christie
23Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act 3 "Your counsel all is urged in vain" [Dido, Belinda, Aeneas]3:35William Christie
24Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act 3 "Great minds against themselves conspire" [Chorus] "Thy hand, Belinda" [Dido]2:02William Christie
30Purcell : King Arthur : Act 1 "The white horse neigh'd aloud" [Bass, Tenor, Chorus]1:22William Christie
33Purcell : King Arthur : Act 1 "I call you all to Woden's Hall" [Tenor, Chorus]2:05William Christie
35Purcell : King Arthur : Act 2 "Hither, this way, this way bend" [Soprano, Chorus]2:09William Christie
36Purcell : King Arthur : Act 2 "Let not a moonborn elf mislead ye" [Bass] "Hither this way, this way bend" [Chorus]1:53William Christie
40Purcell : King Arthur : Act 2 "Come, shepherds, lead up a lively measure" [Chorus] Hornpipe1:38William Christie
50Purcell : King Arthur : Act 3 "Tis I that have warm'd ye" [Soprano] "Tis love that has warm'd us" [Chorus]1:59William Christie
51Purcell : King Arthur : Act 3 "Sound a parley" [Soprano, Bass] "Tis Love that has warm'd us" [Chorus]3:59William Christie
53Purcell : King Arthur : Act 4 "Two daughters of this aged stream are we" [Sopranos]2:32William Christie
54Purcell : King Arthur : Act 4 "How happy the lover" [Tenor, Chorus] Ritornello "For love every creature" [Soprano, Bass, Chorus] "In vain are our graces" [Chorus]7:15William Christie
60Purcell : King Arthur : Act 5 "For folded flocks, and fruitful plains" [Tenors, Bass]2:00William Christie
71Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 1 "Come, let us leave the town" [Soprano, Bass]1:14Concentus Musicus Wien
72Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 1 "Scene of the Drunken Poet" [First Fairy, Second Fairy, Drunken Poet, Chorus]6:06Concentus Musicus Wien
74Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 2 "Come all ye songsters of the sky" [Tenor]2:13Concentus Musicus Wien
75Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 2 "May the God of Wit inspire" [Counter-Tenor, Tenor, Bass]2:47Concentus Musicus Wien
76Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 2 "Now join your warbling voices all" [Chorus]0:36Concentus Musicus Wien
77Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 2 "Sing while we trip it" [Chorus, Soprano]3:57Concentus Musicus Wien
78Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 2 "See, even Night herself is here" [Night] "I am come to lock all fast" [Mystery] "One charming night" [Secrecy] "Hush, no more" [Sleep, Chorus]11:35Concentus Musicus Wien
80Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 3 "If love's a sweet passion" [Dryad, Chorus]1:55Concentus Musicus Wien
84Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 3 "Ye gentle spirits of the air" [Soprano]4:47Concentus Musicus Wien
85Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 3 "Now the maids and the men" [Coridon, Mopsa] Dance for the Haymakers4:38Concentus Musicus Wien
87Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 3 "A thousand, thousand ways" [Chorus, Counter-Tenor]2:31Concentus Musicus Wien
90Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 4 "Now the night is chased away" [Attendant, Chorus]2:08Concentus Musicus Wien
91Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 4 "Let the fifes and the clarions" [Tenor, Counter-Tenor]1:14Concentus Musicus Wien
93Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 4 "Hail! Great parent of us all" [Chorus]10:43Concentus Musicus Wien
96Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 5 "Thus the gloomy world" [Chinese Man] "Thus happy and free" [Chinese Woman, Chorus] "Yes, Daphne" [Chinese Man]9:27Concentus Musicus Wien
98Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 5 "Hark! How all things" [First Woman] "Hark! the echoing air" [Second Woman, Chorus]4:27Concentus Musicus Wien
99Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 5 "Sure the dull God of Marriage" [First Woman, Second Woman, Chorus] Prelude "See, I obey" [Hymen] "Turn then thine eyes" [First Woman, Second Woman] "My torch indeed" [Hymen]5:21Concentus Musicus Wien
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Purcell Edition Volume 1 : Dido & Aeneas, King Arthur & The Fairy Queen
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