Purcell: Airs & Duets (1996)

Track Listing

1. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629: Let the Fifes and the Clarions
2. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629: Hark! The Ech'ing Air
3. Welcome to all the pleasures (An Ode for St. Cecilia's Day), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 339: Beauty, Thou Scene of Love
4. Hail, bright Cecilia (Ode for St. Cecilia's Day), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 328: In Vain the Am'rous Flute
5. Saccharissa's grown old, song for soprano, bass & continuo, Z. 507

1. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629: Let the Fifes and the Clarions
2. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629: Hark! The Ech'ing Air
3. Welcome to all the pleasures (An Ode for St. Cecilia's Day), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 339: Beauty, Thou Scene of Love
4. Hail, bright Cecilia (Ode for St. Cecilia's Day), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 328: In Vain the Am'rous Flute
5. Saccharissa's grown old, song for soprano, bass & continuo, Z. 507
6. Come ye sons of art away (Birthday ode for Queen Mary), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 323: Sound the Trumpet
7. Lord, what is man?, sacred song for soprano & continuo, Z. 192
8. Love's goddess sure was blind (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), for soloists, chorus, 2 recorders & continuo, Z. 331: Sweetness of Nature
9. Fly, bold rebellion (Welcome Ode for Charles II), for soloists, double chorus, strings & continuo, Z. 324: Be Welcome, Then, Great Sir
10. Lovely Albina's come ashore, song, Z. 394
11. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629: One Charming Night
12. If ever I more riches did desire, song for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, 2 violins & continuo, Z. 544: Here Let My Life
13. Love's goddess sure was blind (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), for soloists, chorus, 2 recorders & continuo, Z. 331: Many, Many Such Days
14. If music be the food of love, song, Z. 379 (3 settings)
15. If ever I more riches did desire, song for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, 2 violins & continuo, Z. 544: Me, O Ye Gods
16. Arise, my muse (Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 320: Hail, Gracious Glorianna, Hail!
17. Cantiga de Santa María 36, Muit' amar devemos en nossas voontades
18. Missa (sine nomine), for 5 voices (Kyrie, Gloria & Credo only): Kyrie
19. Salterello II and Trotto
20. Missa de Sancta Anna: Sanctus
21. Credo, for 3 voices
22. Kyrie Jhesu dulcissime for 4 voices in A
23. Weep you no more, sad fountains, for 4 voices & lute (Third Book of Songs)
24. Who Made Thee, Hob, Forsake the Plough?, dialogue for 2 voices & 4 viols
25. What pleasure have great princes?, madrigal for 5 voices (SATBB)
26. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Toccata
27. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: La ciate i monti
28. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Rosa del Ciel
29. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Ritornello-Vi Ricorda
30. Volta
31. Hark! now the echoing air (from "The Fairy Queen"), soprano aria and chorus, Z. 629/48
32. Mensa Sonora seu Musica Instrumentalis, suites (6) for violin, 2 violas & continuo, C. 69-74: Ciacona
33. Duet, sonata for 2 flutes No. 1 in B flat major, TWV 40:130 (Sei duetti No. 1): Moderato