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Recent Recordings
| Henry Purcell. Fantasias for Viol, 1680.
Alia Vox (1 CD, April 2008). Jordi Savall, Hesperion XX.
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| Henry Purcell. Cease, Anxious World - Songs
and Chamber Music. Mirare (1 CD, April 2008). Benjamin
Perrot, theorbo & director, Ensemble La Rêveuse. Julie Hassler,
soprano; Stéphan Dudermel, violon; Florence Bolton, treble &
bass viol; Angélique Mauillon, harp; Bertrand Cuiller,
harpsichord & organ.
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| Henry Purcell. Theatre Music - 1. Naxos
8.570149 (1 CD, March 2008). Kevin Mallon, Aradia Ensemble.
Amphitryon or the Two Sosias Z. 572, Sir Barnaby Whigg Z. 589,
The Gordian Knot Unty'd Z. 597, Circe Z. 575.
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| Henry Purcell. Complete Chamber Music.
Brilliant Classics 93647 (7 CDs, April 2008). Pieter-Jan Belder,
Musica Amphion.
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| J.S. Bach, J. Ludwig Bach, Henry Purcell.
Motetten & Kantaten. dhm 82876 58792 2 (1 CD, October 2007).
Thomas Hengelbrock, Balthasar Neumann Chor & Ensemble.
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| Purcell. Victorious Love - Songs. BIS
SACD 1536 (1 CD, October 2007).
Details. Carolyn Sampson, soprano. Laurence Cummings,
harpsichord; Elizabeth Kenny, lute; Anne-Marie Lasla, bass viol.
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| Henry Purcell, John Blow, Pelham Humfrey &
William Croft. Divine Hymns. EMI Classics 7492980 (1 CD,
September 2007). William Christie, Les Arts Florissants.
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| Purcell, Locke, Humphrey, Hart, et al. The
Theater of Musick. Music for the London stage. K617194 (1
CD, February 2007).
Details. Benjamin Perrot, theorbo & direction. La Rêveuse.
Julie Hassler, soprano.
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| Purcell, Blow, Lawes, Tallis, Turner, Child.
Music for the Coronation of James II, 1685. Signum SIGCD 094
(1 CD, February 2007). Andrew Gant, Choir of the Chapel Royal.
James Bowman, countertenor; Andrew Tortise, tenor.
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| Calliope - Beautiful Voice, Volume the
First. English Songbooks of the 1700s. Avie 2102 (2 CDs,
June 2006).
Details. Emma Curtis, contralto & The Frolick. Includes
songs by Henry Purcell, Henry Carey, Handel, Lampe, Greene, &
many others.
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| Henry Purcell. Fantazias. Mirare MIR 012
(1 CD, October 2006). Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort.
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| Henry Purcell. The Fairy Queen (excerpts).
Deux-Elles DXL 1120 (1 CD, September 2006). Christopher Monks,
Armonico Consort, Orchestra of the Baroque.
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| Henry Purcell. Music for Queen Mary. EMI
3444382 (1 CD, March 2006). Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's
College Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music.
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| Henry Purcell. Reissue of Trevor Pinnock's
recordings of King Arthur, Dido & Aeneas, Dioclesian & Timon
of Athens. DG-Archiv 4746722 (5 CDs 2003).
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 Henry
Purcell. King Arthur. Glossa GCD 921608 (1 CD, July
2004).
CD booklet (pdf). Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel.
Véronique Gens, soprano; Hanna Bayodi, soprano; Béatrice Jarrige,
alto; Cyril Auvity, haute-contre; Joseph Cornwell, tenor; Peter
Harvey, bass.
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 Henry
Purcell. The Fairy Queen. Arts 47679-2 (2 CDs 2003).
Ottavio Dantone, Accademia Bizantina, New English Voices.
Gillian Keith, Rebecca Outram, Carolyn Sampson, sopranos;
William Towers, coutertenor; Andrew Carwood, Robert Murray,
tenors; Michael Bundy, bass.
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Henry Purcell. Dido & Aeneas. Virgin
Veritas 545 605-2 (1 CD 2003) & 545 604-2 (1 CCCD)? Emmanuelle
Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée. Dido: Susan Graham; Aeneas: Ian
Bostridge; Belinda: Camilla Tilling; Sorceress: Felicity Palmer;
Spirit, a false messenger: David Daniels; Second Woman: Cécile
de Boever; A Sailor: Paul Agnew.
5456052 (Apparently real CD)
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5456042 (Apparently CCCD)
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Recommended Recordings
| Henry Purcell. The Complete Odes and Welcome
Songs. Hyperion CDS 440318 (8 CDs). Robert King. The King's
Consort.
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| Henry Purcell. The Complete Sacred Works.
Hyperion CDS 4414151 (11 CDs). Robert King. The King's Consort.
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| Henry Purcell. The Fairy Queen. EMI 7243
5 55234 2 6 (2 CDs 1994). Roger Norrington, London Classical
Players. Catherine Pierard, Lorraine Hunt, Susan Bickley, Howard
Crook, Mark Padmore, Richard Wistreich, David Wilson-Johnson.
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JP Reissued on Virgin VMD 5619552 (2002).
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| Henry Purcell. King Arthur. Erato
4509-98535-2 (2 CDs 1995). William Christie, Les Arts
Florissants. Véronique Gens, Claron McFadden, Sandrine Piau,
Mhairi Lawson, Susannah Waters, Petteri Salomaa, Mark Padmore,
Iain Paton, François Bazola, Jonathan Best.
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| Henry Purcell. Dido & Aeneas / Pavanne in g,
Z. 752. Sony SK 62993 (1 CD) (Reissue of BBC MM129, 1994).
Andrew Parrott, The Taverner Consort. Dido: Emily van Evera,
Belinda: Janet Lax, Sorceress: Haden Andrews, Second Woman:
Hanne Mari Orbaek, Aeneas: Ben Parry, Kate Eckersley, Lucie
Skeaping, Sara Stowe, Douglas Wootton. Parrott's
1981 recording on Chandos with Emma Kirkby as Dido is a
classic and well worth having for Emma's performance alone, but
great strides in early music performance and Purcell scholarship
are reflected in Parrott's second recording.
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 Henry
Purcell. Dido & Aeneas. L'Oiseau-Lyre 436 992-2 (1 CD
1994). Christopher Hogwood. The Academy of Ancient Music. Dido:
Catherine Bott, Belinda: Emma Kirkby, Aeneas: John Mark Ainsley,
Sorceress: David Thomas, Spirit: Michael Chance, Second Woman:
Julianne Baird, Elisabeth Priday, Sara Stowe, Daniel Lochmann. A
worthy alternative to Parrott II.
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JPReissued on Decca 4757195 (January 2006).
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 Henry
Purcell. The Indian Queen. L'Oiseau-Lyre 444 339-2 (1 CD
1995). Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music. Emma
Kirkby, Catherine Bott, John Mark Ainsley, David Thomas, Gerald
Finley, Tommy Williams, Julian Podger, Libby Crabtree, Helen
Parker.
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JPReissued on Decca 475 052-2 (The British Music
Collection 2003).
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| Henry Purcell. Dioclesian & Timon of Athens.
Chandos CHAN 0569/70 (2 CDs 1995). Richard Hickox, Collegium
Musicum 90. Catherine Pierard, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley,
Michael George.
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| Henry Purcell, John Blow, Thomas Tollet, James
Paisible & Thomas Morley. Music for Queen Mary: A celebration
of the life and death of Queen Mary. Sony (Arc of Light) SK
66243 (1 CD 1995). Martin Neary, Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb,
Michael Chance, Ian Bostridge, Stephen Richardson, Simon
Birchall, New London Consort, Westminster Abbey Choir. Complete
music for Queen Mary's funeral. For the first time since 1695,
the funeral march is performed with military drums.
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| Henry Purcell. The Gresham Autograph.
ASV Gaudeamus GAU 194 (1 CD, 1999). Gary Cooper, New Chamber
Opera Ensemble. Libby Crabtree, Rachel Elliott, Deborah York.
Songs from Purcell's great works of 1692-93 for solo soprano,
some rearranged, plus keyboard pieces played on an historic
chamber organ and spinet.
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| Henry Purcell, Giovanni Battista Draghi,
Orlando Gibbons. The Purcell Manuscript. Virgin VC
5451662 (1 CD) (1995). Davitt Moroney, harpsichord, virginals,
organ.
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Recommended Books
| Bruce Wood & Andrew Pinnock. The Operas of
Henry Purcell.
Details. Cambridge University Press 2009. ISBN: 052145171X. |
| Michael Burden (ed.) Henry Purcell's Operas:
The Complete Texts. Hardcover. 528 pages. Provides complete,
annotated texts of the plays: King Arthur, The Prophetess or the
History of Dioclesian, The Fairy-Queen, The Indian Queen, Dido &
Aeneas, and The Loves of Dido & Aeneas in Measure for Measure,
plus Purcell's song texts. Contributions by Andrew Pinnock,
Irena Cholij, Julia Muller, H. Neville Davies, Roger Savage,
Julia Wood & Timothy Morris. Oxford University Press 2000.
Highly recommended!
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| Franklin B. Zimmerman. Henry Purcell
1659-1695: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music. Hardcover.
575 pages. Macmillan and St. Martin's Press, 1963. Essential
guide to Purcell's music, with incipits, sources and commentary.
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| Michael Burden (ed.) Performing the Music of
Henry Purcell. Hardcover. 302 pages, 28 b/w plates.
Contributions by 17 leading Purcell scholars. Oxford University
Press 1996. Highly recommended!
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| Michael Burden (ed.) The Purcell Companion.
514 pages. Contributions by 11 leading Purcell scholars. Faber &
Faber and Amadeus Press 1994. Essential reference.
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| Peter Holman. Purcell. Softcover. 250
pages. Oxford University Press 1994.
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| Robert King. Henry Purcell. Hardcover.
256 pages. 113 illustrations, 13 in color. Thames & Hudson 1994.
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Music
| Henry Purcell. Twenty Keyboard Pieces and
one by Orlando Gibbons. Davitt Moroney (ed.) 48 pages
including 5 facsimile pages.
ABRSM. First publication of the Purcell Manuscript
discovered in 1993. |
Related Composers
 John
Blow (1649-1708). An Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell.
Virgin 7243 5 45342 2 5 (1 CD 2000). Gérard Lesne & Steve
Dugardin, countertenors. La Canzona.
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Battista Draghi (c.1640-1708) & John Blow. Odes to Saint
Cecilia. Hyperion CDA 66770 (1 CD 1995).
Details. Peter Holman & Richard Wistreich, The Parley of
Instruments & The Playford Consort. Suzie Le Blanc, soprano;
Michael Chance, countertenor; Joseph Cornwell, tenor; Richard
Wistreich, bass (Draghi); Jozic Koc, bass (Blow). An essential
recording for Draghi's 1687 ode, the only major work composed in
England during Purcell's life that is comparable in quality to
Purcell's finest compositions. It clearly influenced Purcell's
subsequent work. Holman writes in the sleeve notes "Purcell and
Blow used Draghi's five-part string-writing in the court odes
they wrote in 1689-90, and began to introduce trumpets into
their orchestra at the same time. Similarly, Draghi's
astonishing setting of 'What passion cannot Musick raise and
quell!' left its mark on pieces such as 'Tis Nature's voice' in
Hail, bright Cecilia, just as his grand Italianate
choruses inspired Purcell to abandon the light dance-like
choral-writing of his earlier odes."
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JPReissued on Helios CDH 55257 (2007).
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 John
Blow (1649-1708). Venus & Adonis. L'Oiseau-Lyre 440 220-2
(1 CD 1994). Philip Pickett, New London Consort, Choristers of
Westminster Abbey Choir. Venus: Catherine Bott, soprano; Adonis:
Michael George, bass; Libby Crabtree, soprano.
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JPReissued in the Decca British Music Collection
(2003).
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Reissued in 2008 on L'Oiseau-Lyre 478 001-9.
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 Jeremiah
Clarke, Henry Hall, John Blow, Thomas Morgan & Godfrey Finger.
Odes on the Death of Henry Purcell. Hyperion CDA 66578 (1
CD 1992).
Details. Roy Goodman & Peter Holman, The Parley of
Instruments Baroque Orchestra & Choir. Ruth Holton, soprano;
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor; Charles Daniels, tenor; Simon
Birchall, bass.
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Recent Books on British
History
www.newolde.com/purcell.htm
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Henry
Purcell. King Arthur. Glossa GCD 921608 (1 CD, July
2004).
CD booklet (pdf). Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel.
Véronique Gens, soprano; Hanna Bayodi, soprano; Béatrice Jarrige,
alto; Cyril Auvity, haute-contre; Joseph Cornwell, tenor; Peter
Harvey, bass.
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JP
Henry
Purcell. The Fairy Queen. Arts 47679-2 (2 CDs 2003).
Ottavio Dantone, Accademia Bizantina, New English Voices.
Gillian Keith, Rebecca Outram, Carolyn Sampson, sopranos;
William Towers, coutertenor; Andrew Carwood, Robert Murray,
tenors; Michael Bundy, bass.
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CA
Henry
Purcell. Dido & Aeneas. L'Oiseau-Lyre 436 992-2 (1 CD
1994). Christopher Hogwood. The Academy of Ancient Music. Dido:
Catherine Bott, Belinda: Emma Kirkby, Aeneas: John Mark Ainsley,
Sorceress: David Thomas, Spirit: Michael Chance, Second Woman:
Julianne Baird, Elisabeth Priday, Sara Stowe, Daniel Lochmann. A
worthy alternative to Parrott II.
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JP
Henry
Purcell. The Indian Queen. L'Oiseau-Lyre 444 339-2 (1 CD
1995). Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music. Emma
Kirkby, Catherine Bott, John Mark Ainsley, David Thomas, Gerald
Finley, Tommy Williams, Julian Podger, Libby Crabtree, Helen
Parker.
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John
Blow (1649-1708). An Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell.
Virgin 7243 5 45342 2 5 (1 CD 2000). Gérard Lesne & Steve
Dugardin, countertenors. La Canzona.
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Giovanni
Battista Draghi (c.1640-1708) & John Blow. Odes to Saint
Cecilia. Hyperion CDA 66770 (1 CD 1995).
Details. Peter Holman & Richard Wistreich, The Parley of
Instruments & The Playford Consort. Suzie Le Blanc, soprano;
Michael Chance, countertenor; Joseph Cornwell, tenor; Richard
Wistreich, bass (Draghi); Jozic Koc, bass (Blow). An essential
recording for Draghi's 1687 ode, the only major work composed in
England during Purcell's life that is comparable in quality to
Purcell's finest compositions. It clearly influenced Purcell's
subsequent work. Holman writes in the sleeve notes "Purcell and
Blow used Draghi's five-part string-writing in the court odes
they wrote in 1689-90, and began to introduce trumpets into
their orchestra at the same time. Similarly, Draghi's
astonishing setting of 'What passion cannot Musick raise and
quell!' left its mark on pieces such as 'Tis Nature's voice' in
Hail, bright Cecilia, just as his grand Italianate
choruses inspired Purcell to abandon the light dance-like
choral-writing of his earlier odes."
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UK |
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FR |
CA |
JP
John
Blow (1649-1708). Venus & Adonis. L'Oiseau-Lyre 440 220-2
(1 CD 1994). Philip Pickett, New London Consort, Choristers of
Westminster Abbey Choir. Venus: Catherine Bott, soprano; Adonis:
Michael George, bass; Libby Crabtree, soprano.
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Jeremiah
Clarke, Henry Hall, John Blow, Thomas Morgan & Godfrey Finger.
Odes on the Death of Henry Purcell. Hyperion CDA 66578 (1
CD 1992).
Details. Roy Goodman & Peter Holman, The Parley of
Instruments Baroque Orchestra & Choir. Ruth Holton, soprano;
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor; Charles Daniels, tenor; Simon
Birchall, bass.
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