Countertenor Duets by Purcell and Blow (1988)

Track Listing

1. Sound the trumpet, beat the drum (Welcome Ode for James II), for 2 altos, tenors, basses, chorus, strings & continuo, Z. 335: Sound the Trumpet
2. Hail, bright Cecilia (Ode for St. Cecilia's Day), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 328: In Vain The Am'rous Flute, Z328
3. O solitude, my sweetest choice, song, Z. 406
4. Sing, sing, ye druids (from "Bonduca"), song, Z. 574/13: Sing Sing Ye Druids
5. O dive custos Auriacae domus ("On the death of Queen Mary"), song for 2 sopranos & continuo, Z. 504

1. Sound the trumpet, beat the drum (Welcome Ode for James II), for 2 altos, tenors, basses, chorus, strings & continuo, Z. 335: Sound the Trumpet
2. Hail, bright Cecilia (Ode for St. Cecilia's Day), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 328: In Vain The Am'rous Flute, Z328
3. O solitude, my sweetest choice, song, Z. 406
4. Sing, sing, ye druids (from "Bonduca"), song, Z. 574/13: Sing Sing Ye Druids
5. O dive custos Auriacae domus ("On the death of Queen Mary"), song for 2 sopranos & continuo, Z. 504
6. No, resistance is but vain (from "Maid's Last Prayer"), song, Z. 601/2: "No, Resistance Is But Vain"
7. Hark! how the songsters in the grove (from "Timon of Athens"), duet for 2 sopranos, Z. 632/2: "Hark, How the So
8. Incassum, Lesbia, incassum rogas (The Queen's Epicedium), song, Z. 383
9. Ah, Heav'n! What Is't I Hear?
10. Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell, for 2 male altos, 2 recorders, viol & continuo