Purcell: Odes
Jennifer Smith (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Timothy Wilson (countertenor), Stephen Richardson (bass), Paul Goodwin (oboe), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass), Stephen Keavy & Michael Harrison (trumpets)
The English Concert Choir, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
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Purcell: Come ye sons of art (Ode for Queen Mary's birthday, 1694), Z 323
- Jennifer Smith (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Stephen Richardson (bass (vocal)), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Timothy Wilson (countertenor)
- The English Concert, The English Concert Choir
- Trevor Pinnock
- Recorded: 1988-07-23
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Overture
Come, ye sons of art, away
III. Sound The Trumpet, Sound
Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures (1683) Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
- Kym Amps (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Michael George (bass (vocal)), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Elisabeth Priday (soprano)
- The English Concert, The English Concert Choir
- Trevor Pinnock
- Recorded: 1988-11-02
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Overture
Welcome to all the pleasures
"Here the deities approve" - "While joys celestial"
"Then lift up your voices" - "The pow'r shall divert us a pleasanter way"
Beauty, thou scene of love
In a consort of voices
Purcell: Of old, when heroes thought it base (The Yorkshire Feast Song, 1690)
- Michael George (bass (vocal)), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael Chance (countertenor), Stephen Richardson (bass (vocal))
- The English Concert, The English Concert Choir
- Trevor Pinnock
- Recorded: 1988-11-02
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Symphony
"Of old, when heroes thought it base" - "Brigantium, honour'd with a race divine"
The bashful Thames, for beauty so renowned