Purcell - On the brow of Richmond Hill Z405
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Special offer. Songs for Courtiers and Cavaliers
Helen Watts (contralto), Thurston Dart (harpsichord)
Philomusica of London
An intriguing record of the roots of historically-informed performance, Helen Watts and Desmond Dupré give passionate but (by today’s standards) heavy-handed accounts. — More…
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Collectionneur
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Purcell - Complete Secular Solo Songs
RecommendedBarbara Bonney (soprano), Susan Gritton (soprano), James Bowman (counter-tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Michael George (bass)
The King's Consort, Robert King (chamber organ, harpsichord)
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Building a Library, February 2014, Large Box Set Recommendation
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Special offer. Sweeter Than Roses
Songs by Henry Purcell
Anna Dennis (soprano)
Ensemble Sounds Baroque, Julian Perkins
Anna Dennis sings Purcell with chaste beauty, dignified and cool as marble. — More…
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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,... — More…
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Various: English Song Album
Songs by Purcell, Arne etc.
Astra Desmond (contralto), John Heddle Nash (baritone), Ernest Lush (piano), Richard Lewis (tenor), John Cameron (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano), Gwen Catley (soprano), Alfred Piccaver (tenor), Walter Midgley (baritone), Owen Brannigan (bass)
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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 — More…
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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 — More…
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