Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629
Eiddwen Harrhy, Jennifer Smith, Judith Nelson, Elisabeth Priday, Timothy Penrose, Wynford Evans, Martyn Hill, Stephen Varcoe, David Thomas, Ashley Stafford
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
This disc highlights Gardiner's flair for drama. Airy dances and languishing sighs are but two of many effects that he calls forth. Pristine sound reproduction. — More…
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629
- Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Judith Nelson (soprano), David Thomas (bass (vocal)), Stephen Varcoe (bass (vocal)), Elisabeth Priday (soprano)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1981-06-26
- Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen
Prelude (I)
Hornpipe
Air
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629
- Wynford Evans (tenor), Judith Nelson (soprano), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Timothy Penrose (countertenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass (vocal)), Martyn Hill (tenor)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1981-06-26
- Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen
Prelude...Come, All Ye Songsters Of The Sky
Prelude (II)
Trio: "May the God of Wit inspire"
Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 3
- Timothy Penrose (countertenor), Wynford Evans (tenor), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Judith Nelson (soprano), David Thomas (bass (vocal)), Stephen Varcoe (bass (vocal))
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1981-06-26
- Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen
A Song In Two Parts And Chorus: "If Love's a Sweet Passion"
Overture: Symphony While The Swans Come Forward
Dance For The Fairies
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629
- Judith Nelson (soprano), Timothy Penrose (countertenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (bass (vocal)), Ashley Stafford (countertenor)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1981-06-26
- Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen
Symphony
Solo & Chorus "Now the night"
Duet: "Let the fifes, and the Clarions"
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629
- Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Wynford Evans (tenor), Elisabeth Priday (soprano), David Thomas (bass (vocal))
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1981-06-26
- Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen
Prelude (I)
Epithalamium - Thrice Happy Lovers
The Plaint