Purcell - Complete Ayres for the Theatre - Hyperion: CDS44381-3 - 3 CDs or download

All these works were published within 18 months of Purcell's death. The 13 suites of choice movements from plays and semi-operas, entitled A Collection of Ayres, compos'd for theTheatre, and... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 1st Sep 2009
Catalogue No: CDS44381-3
Label: Hyperion
Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

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Purcell: The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian Suite, Z627

Work length13:13

$9.00

$11.25

The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Suite. Movement 1. Overture

Track length4:01

$1.00

$1.25

Suite. Movement 2. Preludio

Track length2:12

$1.00

$1.25

Suite. Movement 3. Song Tune 'Let the soldiers rejoice'

Track length1:12

$1.00

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Suite. Movement 4. Trumpet Tune

Track length0:57

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Suite. Movement 5. Country Dance

Track length1:28

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Suite. Movement 6. Air

Track length0:56

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Suite. Movement 7. Hornpipe

Track length1:03

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Suite. Movement 8. Air. Trumpet Tune

Track length0:27

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Suite. Movement 9. Canaries

Track length0:57

$1.00

$1.25

Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy Suite, Z628

Work length19:52

$13.00

$16.25

The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Suite. Movement 01. Overture

Track length3:38

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Suite. Movement 02. Air

Track length1:05

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Suite. Movement 03. Air

Track length1:20

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Suite. Movement 04. Song Tune 'Fairest Isle'

Track length1:35

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Suite. Movement 05. Hornpipe

Track length0:42

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Suite. Movement 06. Hornpipe 'Come, shepherds'

Track length0:48

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Suite. Movement 07. Song Tune 'How blest are shepherds'

Track length1:29

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Suite. Movement 08. Air

Track length1:37

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Suite. Movement 09. Song Tune 'Round thy coasts'

Track length1:12

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Suite. Movement 10. Song Tune 'Come if you dare'

Track length1:12

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Suite. Movement 11. Trumpet Tune

Track length0:45

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Suite. Movement 12. Trumpet Tune

Track length1:04

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Suite. Movement 13. Chaconne

Track length3:25

$1.00

$1.25

Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629: excerpts

Work length27:46

$18.00

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The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Suite. Movement 01. Overture

Track length2:33

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Suite. Movement 02. Hornpipe

Track length0:58

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Suite. Movement 03. Air

Track length1:09

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Suite. Movement 04. Air

Track length0:53

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Suite. Movement 05. Rondeau

Track length1:52

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Suite. Movement 06. Preludio

Track length1:54

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Suite. Movement 07. Hornpipe

Track length1:03

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Suite. Movement 08. Overture. Symphony while the Swans Come Forward

Track length2:00

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Suite. Movement 09. Song Tune 'If love's a sweet passion'

Track length1:34

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Suite. Movement 10. Jig

Track length1:08

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Suite. Movement 11. Dance for the Fairies

Track length0:57

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Suite. Movement 12. Air 4 in 2. Dance for the Followers of Night

Track length2:15

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Suite. Movement 13. Song Tune 'Sing while we trip it'

Track length1:12

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Suite. Movement 14. Air

Track length1:26

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Suite. Movement 15. Air

Track length1:32

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Suite. Movement 16. Song Tune 'Thus happy and free'

Track length1:02

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Suite. Movement 17. Chaconne. Dance for the Chinese Man and Woman

Track length2:39

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Suite. Movement 18. Air

Track length1:39

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Purcell: The Indian Queen Suite, Z630

Work length12:59

$10.00

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The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Suite. Movement 01. Overture

Track length3:17

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Suite. Movement 02. Trumpet Tune

Track length0:36

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Suite. Movement 03. Trumpet Tune. I come to sing great Zempoalla's story

Track length1:14

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Suite. Movement 04. Air

Track length1:13

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Suite. Movement 05. Hornpipe

Track length0:50

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Suite. Movement 06. Air

Track length0:57

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Suite. Movement 07. Hornpipe

Track length1:00

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Suite. Movement 08. Air

Track length1:01

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Suite. Movement 09. Song Tune 'We the spirits of the air'

Track length1:02

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Suite. Movement 10. Rondeau

Track length1:49

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Purcell: The Married Beau, or The Curious Impertinent Suite, Z603

Work length12:05

$9.00

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The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Suite. Movement 1. Overture

Track length2:56

$1.00

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Suite. Movement 2. Slow Air

Track length0:58

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Suite. Movement 3. Hornpipe

Track length0:40

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Suite. Movement 4. Air

Track length1:21

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Suite. Movement 5. Hornpipe

Track length0:38

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Suite. Movement 6. Jig

Track length1:17

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Suite. Movement 7. Trumpet Air

Track length1:32

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Suite. Movement 8. March

Track length1:12

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Suite. Movement 9. Hornpipe on a Ground

Track length1:31

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Purcell: The Old Batchelor Suite, Z607

Work length10:06

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The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Suite. Movement 1. Overture

Track length3:25

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Suite. Movement 2. Hornpipe

Track length0:57

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Suite. Movement 3. Slow Air

Track length1:17

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Suite. Movement 4. Hornpipe

Track length0:38

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Suite. Movement 5. Rondeau

Track length0:43

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Suite. Movement 6. Minuet

Track length0:55

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Suite. Movement 7. Borry

Track length0:32

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Suite. Movement 8. March

Track length0:56

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Suite. Movement 9. Jig

Track length0:43

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Purcell: Amphitryon, or The Two Sosias Suite, Z572

Work length9:36

$8.00

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The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Suite. Movement 1. Overture

Track length3:35

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Suite. Movement 2. Saraband

Track length0:44

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Suite. Movement 3. Hornpipe

Track length1:03

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Suite. Movement 4. Scotch Tune

Track length0:55

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Suite. Movement 5. Air

Track length0:56

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Suite. Movement 6. Minuet

Track length0:52

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Suite. Movement 7. Hornpipe

Track length0:33

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Suite. Movement 8. Borry, or Gavotte

Track length0:58

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Purcell: The Double Dealer Suite, Z592

Work length11:51

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The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Suite. Movement 1. Overture

Track length3:37

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Suite. Movement 2. Hornpipe

Track length0:42

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Suite. Movement 3. Minuet

Track length0:54

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Suite. Movement 4. Air

Track length1:38

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Suite. Movement 5. Hornpipe

Track length0:42

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Suite. Movement 6. Minuet. Slow Air

Track length1:25

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Suite. Movement 7. Minuet

Track length0:41

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Suite. Movement 8. Air

Track length1:09

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Suite. Movement 9. Air

Track length1:03

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Purcell: Distress'd Innocence, or The Princess of Persia Suite, Z577

Work length9:45

$8.00

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The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Suite. Movement 1. Overture

Track length2:06

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Suite. Movement 2. Air

Track length0:57

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Suite. Movement 3. Slow Air

Track length1:38

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Suite. Movement 4. Air

Track length0:57

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Suite. Movement 5. Hornpipe, or Jig

Track length0:38

$1.00

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Suite. Movement 6. Rondeau

Track length1:34

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Suite. Movement 7. Air

Track length0:52

$1.00

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Suite. Movement 8. Minuet

Track length1:03

$1.00

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Purcell: The Gordion Knot Unty'd Suite, Z597

Work length11:54

$8.00

$10.00

The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Suite. Movement 1. Overture. Grave – Canzona

Track length3:40

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Suite. Movement 2. Air

Track length0:41

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Suite. Movement 3. Rondeau Minuet

Track length2:04

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Suite. Movement 4. Air

Track length0:51

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Suite. Movement 5. Jig 'Lilliburlero'

Track length0:40

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Suite. Movement 6. Chaconne

Track length1:56

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Suite. Movement 7. Air

Track length0:39

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Suite. Movement 8. Minuet

Track length1:23

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Purcell: Abdelazar, or The Moor's Revenge Suite, Z570

Work length12:19

$9.00

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The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Suite. Movement 1. Overture. Grave – Canzona

Track length3:06

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Suite. Movement 2. Rondeau. Hornpipe

Track length1:34

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Suite. Movement 3. Air

Track length1:20

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Suite. Movement 4. Air

Track length1:17

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Suite. Movement 5. Minuet

Track length0:54

$1.00

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Suite. Movement 6. Air

Track length1:12

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Suite. Movement 7. Jig

Track length0:35

$1.00

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Suite. Movement 8. Hornpipe

Track length0:41

$1.00

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Suite. Movement 9. Air

Track length1:40

$1.00

$1.25

Purcell: Bonduca, or The British Heroine Suite, Z574

Work length13:28

$9.00

$11.25

Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Suite. Movement 1. Overture. Grave – Canzona

Track length4:02

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Suite. Movement 2. Song Tune 'Britons, strike home'

Track length1:37

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Suite. Movement 3. Song Tune 'To arms, to arms'

Track length1:16

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Suite. Movement 4. Air

Track length1:43

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Suite. Movement 5. Hornpipe

Track length0:53

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Suite. Movement 6. Air

Track length0:45

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Suite. Movement 7. Hornpipe

Track length0:52

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Suite. Movement 8. Air

Track length1:00

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Suite. Movement 9. Minuet

Track length1:20

$1.00

$1.25

Purcell: The Virtuous Wife, or Good luck at last Suite, Z611

Work length12:55

$9.00

$11.25

The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Suite. Movement 1. Overture. Grave – Canzona

Track length2:43

$1.00

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Suite. Movement 2. Song Tune 'Ah, how sweet it is to love'

Track length2:41

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Suite. Movement 3. Slow Air

Track length1:40

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Suite. Movement 4. Air

Track length0:42

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Suite. Movement 5. Preludio

Track length1:34

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Suite. Movement 6. Hornpipe

Track length0:39

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Suite. Movement 7. Minuet

Track length1:01

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Suite. Movement 8. Minuet

Track length0:51

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Suite. Movement 9. Air 'La Furstenburg'

Track length1:04

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629: excerpts

Work length8:11

$4.00

$5.00

Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Stephen Keavy (trumpet)
The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Act IV Sonata 'while the sun rises'. Movement 1. [Allegro]

Track length1:06

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Act IV Sonata 'while the sun rises'. Movement 2. Canzona

Track length2:33

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Act IV Sonata 'while the sun rises'. Movement 3. [Adagio]

Track length1:40

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Act IV Sonata 'while the sun rises'. Movement 4. [Allegro] – [Adagio] – [Allegro]

Track length2:52

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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Suite, Z626

Work length3:15

$1.00

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The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Act 1 Scene 1 No 01. Overture in G minor

Track length3:15

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Purcell: Sir Anthony Love, or The Rambling Lady Suite, Z588

Work length3:48

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The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

I. Overture

Track length3:48

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Purcell: Timon of Athens Suite, Z632

Work length9:17

$2.00

$2.50

Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Suite. Movement 1. Overture. Grave – Canzona – Adagio – Canzona

Track length5:25

$1.00

$1.25

Suite. Movement 2. Curtain Tune on a Ground

Track length3:52

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Purcell: The Indian Queen Suite, Z630

Work length5:10

$1.00

$1.25

Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
The Parley of Instruments
Roy Goodman

Act III. Symphony

Track length5:10

$1.00

$1.25

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2010

All these works were published within 18 months of Purcell's death. The 13 suites of choice movements from plays and semi-operas, entitled A Collection of Ayres, compos'd for theTheatre, and upon other occasions, may well have been the editing work of Purcell's brother, Daniel.
Whoever it was had a rare combination of musical integrity and commercial flair: the pieces lifted from Purcell's interpolations to plays are often reordered and arranged with a deftness and charm which conveys the spirit of the theatre as well as heightening the loss and poignancy of Purcell's passing. How moving the Rondeau Minuet from The Gordian KnotUnty'd must have seemed to those who knew and loved Purcell.
As a major retrospective of Purcell's life in the theatre, the Ayres for the Theatre mainly comprise instrumental dances from their original sources, though there are several movements readapted from sung airs, such as 'Fairest isle' from King Arthur and 'If love's a sweet passion' from The Fairy Queen. The tunes are wonderful and varied, the inner part-writing skilful and the rhythmic imagination knows no bounds.
Even so, this isn't music where more than a suite at a time can be recommended for ultimate satisfaction: stop while you still want more. And more you'll most certainly want with Roy Goodman's alert and distinctive direction. If a few of the movements sound a touch mundane and lack dynamism as one follows on from another, the positive side is that the performances are never forced and rarely mannered. For the semi-opera 'suites', Goodman employs a full orchestra. What The Parley of Instruments has in abundance is a cordiality of expression which seems so absolutely right, especially in the slower airs.

Ayres for the Theatre is a wonderful collection of rich and varied, tuneful music and has been marvellously well recorded

2011 edition

The performances by Goodman and the authentic Parley of Instruments are thoroughly alive, stylish and responsive to the composer's ready invention. The recording is in every way pleasing, clear, yet full-bodied.

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