Purcell Miscellany (1995)

Track Listing

1. If music be the food of love, song, Z. 379 (3 settings)
2. Lord, what is man?, sacred song for soprano & continuo, Z. 192
3. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629: If love's a sweet passion
4. Thus the ever grateful spring (from "The Fairy Queen"), soprano aria, Z. 629/33: Thus the ever grateful Spring
5. See even Night herself is here (from "The Fairy Queen"), soprano aria, Z. 629/11: See, even Night herself is here

1. If music be the food of love, song, Z. 379 (3 settings)
2. Lord, what is man?, sacred song for soprano & continuo, Z. 192
3. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629: If love's a sweet passion
4. Thus the ever grateful spring (from "The Fairy Queen"), soprano aria, Z. 629/33: Thus the ever grateful Spring
5. See even Night herself is here (from "The Fairy Queen"), soprano aria, Z. 629/11: See, even Night herself is here
6. Hark how all things in one sound agree (from "The Fairy Queen"), aria, Z. 629/47: Hark how all things
7. A New Scotch Tune, for harpsichord in G major, Z. 655
8. A New Irish Tune ("Lilliburlero"), for harpsichord in G major, Z. 646
9. Sefauchi's Farewell, for harpsichord in D minor, Z. 656
10. Suite for harpsichord No. 6 in D major (from "A Choice Collection of Lessons"), Z. 667
11. Overture and Suite for 2 violins, viola & continuo in G major, Z. 770 (inner parts incomplete)
12. The Staircase Overture, Z. 614
13. Overture for 2 violins, 2 violas & continuo in G minor, Z. 772
14. Overture for 2 violins, viola & continuo in D minor, Z. 771
15. Swifter, Isis, swifter flow (Welcome Song for Charles II), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 336
16. Timon of Athens, semi-opera, Z. 632: Curtain Tune
17. Abdelazer, or, the Moor's Revenge, incidental music, Z. 570
18. Sonata for trumpet, 2 violins, viola & continuo in D major, Z. 850
19. Trumpet Tune ("Cibell") for harpsichord in C major, ZT 678
20. The Masque in Dioclesian (Act 5 from "Prophetess"), semi-opera, Z. 627/26-39