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Browse: Purcell - No, resistance is but vain (from The Maid's Last Prayer or Any Rather Than Fail, Z601)

Composer: Henry Purcell (1659–95)
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Showing 1 - 7 of 7 results
  • Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Joseph Middleton (piano)

    The art of vocal duetting is exemplified at its best in this recital by two of today’s finest British singers, working with an accompanist of equal merit…each singer has solo items…Yet the most... More…

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  • James Bowman (countertenor) & Michael Chance (countertenor)

    The King’s Consort, Robert King

    Such complementary voices, Chance fine-drawn, Bowman a touch richer, more coloured, are ideal in this selection of inventive duets. Blow's Ode on Purcell's death is particularly fine, intensely... More…

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  • 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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  • Purcell and his contemporaries

    Ryland Angel (counter-tenor), Mark Chambers (counter-tenor), Laurence Cummings (h'chord, organ), Taro Takeuchi (lute, theorbo, baroque guitar), Reiko Ichise (bass viol), Becky Davies & Laura Hird (recorder), Rodolfo Richter and Claire Duff (violin) and Emma Alter (viola)

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  • Carlos Mena & Damien Guillon (countertenors) & Philippe Pierlot (bass viol, direction)

    Ricercar Consort

    Mena and Guillon both sound entirely at ease with Dryden's eloquent English and the musical moods to illustrate literary illusions are captured poignantly...the recorders blend sensitively with... More…

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  • 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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    $19.50

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  • Songs from the English Restoration

    Ceruleo

    Sopranos Emily Owen and Jenni Harper are at their best in the duet from Dioclesian, ‘O the sweet delights of love’, where they control the waves of ecstasy with technical aplomb and conviction,... More…

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