Research Catalog

Title

Songs from Orpheus Britannicus [sound recording] / Henry Purcell.

Author

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.

Publication

[France] : Astrée : Auvidis distribution, p1993.

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Additional Authors

• Mellon, Agnès.
• Rousset, Christophe
• Kuijken, Wieland

Description

1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Works. Selections

Alternative Title

• Works.
• Orpheus Britannicus.

Subjects

• Songs (High voice) with continuo
• Incidental music > Excerpts
• Operas > Excerpts

Note

• The 4th, 8th, 14th, and 19th works for harpsichord; the remainder, songs with continuo acc.; in part from operas and incidental music.
• Program notes by Peter Holman and texts in English, French, German, and Spanish (47 p.) in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded June 1992, Eglise de Saint Hippolyte, Tarn, France.

Contents

Celia has a thousand charms (2:12) -- Fly swift ye hours (5:45) -- Gentle shepherds, you that know : (a pastoral elegy upon the death of Mr. John Playford) (5:50) -- A new ground en mi mineur (2:28) -- I see she fly's me (2:05) -- Sweeter than roses (3:18) -- I came, I saw, and was undone : (The thraldom) (4:30) -- Ground en ré mineur (1:44) -- If musick be the food of love (3:30) -- From silent shades and the Elizium groves : (Bess of Bedlam) (4:37) -- Love in their little veins inspires (1:18) -- From rosie bow'rs (6:59) -- Fairest isle of isles excelling (2:22) -- Round O en ré mineur (1:30) -- Ah! how sweet it is to love (2:00) -- The fatal hour comes on apace (3:39) -- Oh solitude! my sweetest choice (5:49) -- Since from my dear Astrea's sight (3:24) -- Chaconne en sol mineur (2:39) -- Oh! lead me to some peaceful gloom (2:43) -- Thrice happy lovers (3:00).

Call Number

*LDC 8341 (F)

OCLC

30388329

Author

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.

Title

Songs from Orpheus Britannicus [sound recording] / Henry Purcell.

Imprint

[France] : Astrée : Auvidis distribution, p1993.

Performer

Agnès Mellon, soprano ; Christophe Rousset, harpsichord ; Wieland Kuijken, viola da gamba.

Event

Recorded June 1992, Eglise de Saint Hippolyte, Tarn, France.

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Added Author

Mellon, Agnès. voc

Rousset, Christophe. Instrumentalist

Kuijken, Wieland. Instrumentalist

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Rival sisters. Celia has a thousand charms.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fly swift, ye hours.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Gentle shepherds, you that know; arranged.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Welcome to all the pleasures. Here the deities approve; arranged.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. I see she flies me.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Pausanias, the betrayer of his country. Sweeter than roses.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. I came, I saw, and was undone.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Grounds, harpsichord, Z. D222, D minor.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. If music be the food of love, Z. 379C.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Bess of Bedlam.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Timon of Athens. Love in their little veins.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Don Quixote. From rosy bow'rs.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. Fairest isle.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Abdelazer. Rondeau; arranged.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Tyrannic love. Ah! how sweet it is to love.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fatal hour comes on apace.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. O solitude, my sweetest choice.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dioclesian. Since from my dear Astrea's sight.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Timon of Athens. Curtain tune; arranged.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Bonduca. O lead me to some peaceful gloom.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen. Thrice happy lovers.

Added Title

Orpheus Britannicus.

Publisher No.

E 8757 Astrée

Research Call Number

*LDC 8341 (F) Program notes and texts on file.