Purcell - I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain (from The Indian Queen)
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Victorious Love - Songs by Henry Purcell
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord & spinet), Elizabeth Kenny (archlute / theorbo), Anne-Marie Lasla (bass viol), Sarah Sexton (violin I), Andrea Morris (violin II) & Jane Rogers (viola)
Her tone is extraordinarily beautiful: natural, warm and unforced, with almost superhuman vocal athleticism — More…
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Building a Library, February 2014, Top Recital Recommendation
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Very Best of English Song
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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The Echoing Air
RecommendedThe Music of Henry Purcell
Sylvia McNair (soprano)
The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Special offer. Purcell: Symphony While The Swans Come Forward
Johannette Zomer (soprano)
La Sfera Armoniosa, Mike Fentross
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2001, Disc of the Month
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Remember Your Lovers
Songs by Tippett, Britten, Purcell & Pelham Humfrey
John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Iain Burnside (piano)
John Mark Ainsley brings the full range of his formidable musicianship to these hard-wrought but haunting masterpieces. His ringing high register and almost miraculously expressive pianissimo... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2006, Editor's Choice
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Sabadus - Oehms Recordings
Valer Sabadus (countertenor), Olga Watts (harpsichord), Axel Wolf (lute), Pavel Serbin (baroque cello), Terry Wey (countertenor)
Hofkapelle München, Großes Orchester Graz, Neumeyer Consort & Ensemble Barock Vokal Mainz, Michael Hofstetter
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