(24-96) Purcell - Songs & Dances - Tim Mead

Label : Alpha
Format : Flac track
Cover : Yes

Tracklist :

Henry Purcell (1659-95)
1. Amphitryon, Z.572: Minuet – Hornpipe – Boree 03:45
2. Come Ye Sons of Art (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), Z.323/5: “Strike the Viol, Touch the Lute” 03:40
3. “O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice”, Z.406 05:21
4. Pavan in G Minor, Z.752 04:39
5. Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, Z.339: “Here the Deities Approve” 04:23
6. The Old Bachelor, Z.607: Hornpipe 02:17
7. Love’s Goddess Sure Was Blind (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), Z.331: May Her Blest Example Chase – Jig [Tune: “Hey Boys, up Go We”] & Suite for Strings in G Major, Z.770: Borry 03:11
8. King Arthur, Z.628: “Fairest Isle” 04:19
9. King Arthur, Z.628: “What Power Art Thou” 02:46
10. The Virtuous Wife, Z.611: Aire 01:10
11. “‘Twas Within a Furlong of Edinboro’ Town” (Scots Song), Z.605/2 03:14
12. Amphitryon, Z.572: Scotch Tune 02:06
13. If Ever I More Riches Did Desire, Cantata, Z.544: “Here Let My Life With as Much Silence Slide” 03:05
14. Fantazia Upon a Ground, Z.731 04:47
15. Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, Z.328: “‘Tis Nature’s Voice” 04:49
16. The Married Beau, Z.603: March 01:30
17. Timon of Athen, Z.632: Curtain Tune 04:19
18. The Indian Queen, Z.630 “We the Spirits of the Air”: Song Tune 01:43
19. The Fairy Queen, Z.629: “One Charming Night” 02:15
20. The Fairy Queen, Z.629: Chaconne 02:49

Tim Mead, counter-tenor
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Francois Lazarevitch