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Britten - Purcell Realizations
Felicity Lott, Susan Gritton, Sarah Walker, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Ian Bostridge, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Richard Jackson, Simon Keenlyside & Graham Johnson
Two irresistible discs—typically painstakingly produced and documented—and would deserve four stars if only they were there to give —
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Special offer. Purcell: Anthems & Hymns
Tölzer Knabenchor, Period Instrument Ensemble, Gustav Leonhardt
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Special offer. Hymnos: Purcell Realizations and Canticles by Benjamin Britten
David Munderloh, Edward Rushton, Alex Potter, Olivier Picon
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Special offer. Henry Purcell: Ayres & Songs from Orpheus Britannicus
Harmonia Sacra & Complete Organ Music
Jill Feldman (soprano), Nigel North (archlute), Sarah Cunningham (bass viol)
Davitt Moroney
Instrumental contributions are exemplary, not least Davitt Moroney’s account of the organ works which interleave the sacred items. —
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A Quiet Conscience: Songs from the 17th Century
Connor Burrowes (treble), John Scott (organ), David Miller (theorbo)
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Special offer. Purcell: The Cares of Lovers
Rowan Pierce (soprano), William Carter (theorbo)
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr
Pierce’s voice is delicious: clear, strong, supple, with sparkling top notes and a warm, textured middle and low register. She’s mistress of her words, bending vowels and clipping consonants... —
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Special offer. O Sing Unto The Lord
Sacred Music by Henry Purcell
Frederick Teardo (organ) & John Scott (conductor/solo organ)
Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York, Concert Royal
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Purcell: Sweeter than Roses & Britten: Winter Words
Ian Partridge (tenor), George Malcolm (harpsichord), Jennifer Partridge (piano)
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Purcell - The Food of Love
Sacred & Secular Songs
Paul Agnew (tenor), Anne-Marie Lasla (bass viol), Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo, guitar) & Blandine Rannou (harpsichord)
Paul Agnew's long experience in the realm of French Baroque music makes him particularly sensitive to le goût français, his voice supple enough to realise with exquisite grace the intricate,... —
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Purcell: Britten
Songs by Henry Purcell, realised by Benjamin Britten
Robin Blaze (countertenor), Allan Clayton (tenor), Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano), Ruby Hughes (soprano), Benedict Nelson (baritone), Matthew Rose (bass), Joseph Middleton (piano)
The singers steer a convincing stylistic course, balancing the sometimes contradictory demands of the source material and the arrangement…Middleton’s playing is precisely coloured and characterised —
