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Purcell - King Arthur, Z628
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Purcell: King Arthur
RecommendedAnna Dennis, Mhairi Lawson, Rowan Pierce, Carolyn Sampson (sopranos), Jeremy Budd (high tenor), James Way (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone)
Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
Choruses are more vibrant, dance rhythms more percussive and solos more delicate than in any previous recording. Above all, McCreesh and his artists make us hear Purcell’s genius for word-setting…But... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Opera, February 2020, Disc of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Winner - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Recording of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Opera
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Special offer. Purcell: King Arthur, Z628
RecommendedVéronique Gens, Claron McFadden, Susannah Waters, Mark Padmore, Iain Paton & Jonathan Best
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
If the co-operation with John Dryden led to a unity of vision in terms of music's expressive role in the overall drama, Purcell was limited to a historical patriotic fantasy with little room... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Early Opera
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Building a Library, October 2018, Recommended Recording
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This King Arthur is a giddy triumph for its artists. Blazing their way through the score, the performers set a new benchmark, delivering a production that’s equally gutsy and gorgeous…Dance... —
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Record Review, 12th January 2019, Disc of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2019, Editor's Choice
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Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z630, etc.
RecommendedApril Cantelo (soprano), Wilfred Brown/Robert Tear/Iam Partridge (tenors), Christopher Keyte (bass), Elsie Morison/Heather Harper/Mary Thomas (sopranos), John Whitworth (countertenor), David Galliver/Wilfred Brown (tenors), John Cameron (baritone), Hervey Alan/Trevor Anthony (basses)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Purcell: King Arthur, Z628
Véronique Gens, Hanna Bayodi, Béatrice Jarrige, Cyril Auvity, Joseph Cornwell, Peter Harvey
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
…none of the spoken dialogue is included in this new recording of Purcell's music - brought to life with energy and a pleasing element of bucolic high spirits by Hervé Niquet's singers and instrumentalists.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2004, Editor's Choice
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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... —
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Purcell : King Arthur
Pieter Hendriks, Wendy Roobol, Derek Lee Ragin (counter-tenor), Mattijs Hoogendijk, Mijke Sekhuis, Ragnar van Linden van den Heuvell, Klaartje van Veldhoven, BarokOpera Amsterdam, Joost van Velzen, Wiebe-Pier Cnossen, Frédérique Chauvet, Bas Kuijlenburg, Gunther Vandeven
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Special offer. Purcell : Roi Arthur [Extraits]
Elisabeth Priday (soprano vocals), Stephen Varcoe (baritone vocals), Paul Elliott (tenor vocals), Monteverdi Choir (chorus), Ashley Stafford (counter-tenor vocals), Gillian Fisher (soprano vocals), Jennifer Smith (soprano vocals), Gill Ross (soprano vocals)
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot...
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Purcell: King Arthur, Z628
Elsie Morison (soprano), Trevor Anthony (bass), Hervey Alan (bass), Mary Thomas (soprano), Wilfred Brown (tenor), David Galliver (tenor), John Whitworth (counter-tenor), John Cameron (baritone), Heather Harper (soprano)
London Philomusica, St. Anthony Singers, Anthony Lewis
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