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Awards:

Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

The Echoing Air

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The Music of Henry Purcell

Sylvia McNair (soprano)

The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

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Awards:

Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

About

Label: Philips
Catalogue number: 4460812
Length: 62 minutes
Genres:
- Incidental Music,
- Opera Arias,
- Masques,
- Songs,
- Opera,
- Hymns,
- Overtures,
- Opera Excerpts

Contents and tracklist

Purcell: The Staircase Overture, Z614

Work length2:41

Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello)
Academy of Ancient Music
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Purcell: If music be the food of love, Z379

Work length3:15

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Purcell: Trumpet Tune "The Cebell"

Work length1:08

Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
Academy of Ancient Music
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Purcell: The Libertine or The Libertine Destroyed - incidental music, Z600

Work length2:52

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

To Arms, To Arms, Heroic Prince

Track length2:52

Purcell: To Arms, Z. 574, No. 15

Work length1:22

Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello)
Academy of Ancient Music
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Purcell: Tell me, some pitying angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), Z196

Work length7:04

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (organ)
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Purcell: Slow Air, Z. 603

Work length1:45

Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello)
Academy of Ancient Music
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630 / Act 2

Work length0:38

Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
Academy of Ancient Music
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

We Come to Sing

Track length0:38

Purcell: O lead me to some peaceful gloom (from Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574)

Work length2:48

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute)
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Purcell: O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406

Work length4:14

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 / Act 4

Work length2:24

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
Academy of Ancient Music
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Hark! Hark! the Echoing Air

Track length2:24

Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630 / Act 2

Work length0:40

Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
Academy of Ancient Music
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Trumpet Tune

Track length0:40

Purcell: Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585)

Work length3:05

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

ExcerptPurcell: King Arthur, Z628

Work length1:58

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello)
Christopher Hogwood
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Fairest Isle

Track length1:58

Purcell: She That Would Gain a Faithfull Lover, Z. 414

Work length2:59

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Purcell: Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z367

Work length2:18

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630 / Act 3

Work length1:35

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly

Track length1:35

ExcerptPurcell: Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge: incidental music, Z570

Work length1:05

Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello)
Academy of Ancient Music
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Jig

Track length1:05

ExcerptPurcell: Oedipus: incidental music, Z583

Work length3:12

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello)
Christopher Hogwood
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Music for a While

Track length3:12

Purcell: The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421

Work length3:40

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute)
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627 / The Masque

Work length1:34

Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello)
Academy of Ancient Music
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Hear, Mighty Love

Track length1:34

Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 / Act 5 / Epithalamium - Thrice happy Lovers

Work length5:51

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Simon Standage (violin), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (organ)
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Plainte: O, Let Me Weep

Track length5:51

Purcell: Chacony

Work length4:34

Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello)
Academy of Ancient Music
Recorded: 1994-08
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Awards and reviews

Grammy Awards

38th Awards (1995)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

The Echoing Air

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