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The Echoing Air

The Music of Henry Purcell

Sylvia McNair (soprano)

The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

  • Catalogue No: 4460812
  • Label: Philips
  • Length: 62 minutes

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Contents

Purcell: The Staircase Overture, Z614

Work length2:41
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  • Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo), 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
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  • Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo)
  • Recorded: 1994-08
  • Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Purcell: Trumpet Tune "The Cebell"

Work length1:08
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  • Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo)
  • 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
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  • Sylvia McNair (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo)
  • Recorded: 1994-08
  • Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

To Arms, To Arms, Heroic Prince

Track length2:52
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Purcell: To Arms, Z. 574, No. 15

Work length1:22
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  • Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo), 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
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  • 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
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  • Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo), 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
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  • Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo)
  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Recorded: 1994-08
  • Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

We Come to Sing

Track length0:38
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Purcell: O lead me to some peaceful gloom (from Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574)

Work length2:48
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  • 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
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  • Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo)
  • Recorded: 1994-08
  • Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

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

Work length2:24
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  • Sylvia McNair (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo)
  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Recorded: 1994-08
  • Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Hark! Hark! the Echoing Air

Track length2:24
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Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630 / Act 2

Work length0:40
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  • Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo)
  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Recorded: 1994-08
  • Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Trumpet Tune

Track length0:40
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Purcell: Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585)

Work length3:05
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  • Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo)
  • Recorded: 1994-08
  • Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Excerpt, Purcell: King Arthur, Z628

Work length1:58
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  • 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
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Purcell: She That Would Gain a Faithfull Lover, Z. 414

Work length2:59
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  • Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo)
  • Recorded: 1994-08
  • Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Purcell: Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z367

Work length2:18
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  • Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo)
  • Recorded: 1994-08
  • Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

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

Work length1:35
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  • Sylvia McNair (soprano), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo)
  • Recorded: 1994-08
  • Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly

Track length1:35
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Excerpt, Purcell: Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge: incidental music, Z570

Work length1:05
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  • Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo), 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
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Excerpt, Purcell: Oedipus: incidental music, Z583

Work length3:12
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  • 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
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Purcell: The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421

Work length3:40
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  • 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
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  • Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo), 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
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 / Act 5 / Epithalamium - Thrice happy Lovers

Work length5:51
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  • 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
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Purcell: Chacony

Work length4:34
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  • Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord continuo), Paul O'Dette (archlute), Laurence Dreyfus (cello)
  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Recorded: 1994-08
  • Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square
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