Purcell - Complete Secular Solo Songs Volume 3

Barbara Bonney (soprano), Susan Gritton (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Michael George (bass), Mark Caudle (bass viol), Susanna Pell (bass viol), David Miller (theorbo, archlute), Robert King (chamber organ, harpsichord)

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This third and last volume of Purcell's non- theatrical secular songs consummates a most rewarding survey of 87 songs with more of the same: a vocal palette of six singers who are by now so steeped... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: CDA66730
Label: Hyperion
Series: Purcell Complete Edition
Length: 76 minutes

Purcell: She loves and she confesses too, Z413

Work length2:24

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Susan Gritton (soprano)
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Purcell: Amintas, to my grief I see, Z356

Work length1:35

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Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
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Purcell: Corinna is divinely fair, Z365

Work length1:47

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Barbara Bonney (soprano)
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Purcell: Amintor, heedless of his flocks, Z357

Work length2:26

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Charles Daniels (tenor)
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Purcell: He himself courts his own ruin, Z372

Work length1:12

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James Bowman (countertenor)
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Purcell: No, to what purpose should I speak?, Z468

Work length4:25

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Susan Gritton (soprano), Michael George (bass)
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Purcell: Sylvia, 'tis true you're fair, Z512

Work length1:42

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Charles Daniels (tenor), Michael George (bass)
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Purcell: Lovely Albina's come ashore, Z394

Work length2:28

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Barbara Bonney (soprano)
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Purcell: Spite of the godhead, pow'rful love, Z417

Work length1:01

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Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
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Purcell: If Music be the Food of Love, Z. 379C

Work length3:51

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Barbara Bonney (soprano)
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Purcell: Phillis, I can ne'er forgive it, Z408

Work length0:37

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Charles Daniels (tenor)
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Purcell: Bacchus is a pow'r divine, Z360

Work length3:04

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Michael George (bass)
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Purcell: From silent shades ('Bess of Bedlam') Z370

Work length4:18

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Susan Gritton (soprano)
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Purcell: Let formal lovers still pursue, Z391

Work length1:10

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James Bowman (countertenor)
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Purcell: I came, I saw, and was undone, Z375

Work length4:38

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Barbara Bonney (soprano)
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Purcell: Who can behold Florella's charms?, Z441

Work length2:09

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Charles Daniels (tenor)
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Purcell: Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z367

Work length2:34

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Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
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Purcell: If pray'rs and tears, Z380

Work length7:44

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Susan Gritton (soprano)
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Purcell: In Cloris all soft charms agree, Z384

Work length2:31

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Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
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Purcell: Let us, kind Lesbia, give away, Z466

Work length1:26

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Barbara Bonney (soprano), Michael George (bass)
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Purcell: Love is now become a trade, Z393

Work length1:08

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Charles Daniels (tenor)
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Purcell: Ask me to love no more, Z358

Work length1:38

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James Bowman (countertenor)
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Purcell: O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406

Work length5:36

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Susan Gritton (soprano)
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Purcell: Olinda in the shades unseen, Z404

Work length1:05

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Barbara Bonney (soprano)
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Purcell: Pious Celinda goes to prayers, Z410

Work length1:02

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Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
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Purcell: When Strephon found his passion vain, Z435

Work length1:11

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Barbara Bonney (soprano), Michael George (bass)
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Purcell: The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421

Work length3:51

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Susan Gritton (soprano)
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Purcell: Sawney is a bonny lad, Z412

Work length1:54

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Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
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Purcell: Young Thirsis' fate, Z473

Work length5:49

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Susan Gritton (soprano), Michael George (bass)
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All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set Purcell: The complete secular solo songs.

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2010

This third and last volume of Purcell's non- theatrical secular songs consummates a most rewarding survey of 87 songs with more of the same: a vocal palette of six singers who are by now so steeped in the nuances of Purcell's strains that even the slightest offering sparkles with something memorable. The treasure is shared between Barbara Bonney and Susan Gritton who complement each other superbly.
Gritton, becoming more refined in characterisation and tonal colour by the day, is allotted the free-style and dramatic pieces while to Bonney's fluid and sensual melisma is designated the more strophic or cantabile settings. Lovely Albina's comeashore is one of the composer's most mature creations, tantalisingly hinting at a new, tautly designed and classically balanced type of song.
This work, If music be the food of love (the best of the three versions) and I came, I saw are striking examples of how exceptionally Bonney negotiates Purcell's skipping and curling contours and makes these songs sound even finer creations than we previously thought. From silent shades ('Bess of Bedlam') is Purcell's quintessential mad-song and Gritton has the measure of it all the way; packed full of incident, imagery and musical detail, her narration is clear and finely judged, reporting the tale with irony and change of colour. The CD is beautifully documented.

Purcell - Complete Secular Solo Songs Volume 3

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