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Purcell - Fairest Isle (from King Arthur)
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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 —
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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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Andreas Scholl: Purcell - O Solitude
RecommendedAndreas Scholl (countertenor), with Christophe Dumaux (countertenor)
Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari
Ethereal yet visceral, Scholl's voice is the dream vehicle for Purcell...Stefano Montanari coaxes thrilling playing from Accademia Bizantina, who dance and swagger, throb and pulsate with true... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Vocal Award Winner
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Purcell: Songs & Dances
Tim Mead (countertenor)
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch (flute/director)
Mead began as a choral scholar in England and is known for his clear diction and vocal poise, while Lazarevitch studied in Paris and Brussels, and has an eclectic approach to instrumental performance,... —
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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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Patricia Petibon: Nouveau Monde
Baroque Arias & Songs
Patricia Petibon (soprano)
La Cetra Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon
Conquest is one theme, confession another; the whole a breakneck A-Z of Baroque song from airs de cours to zarzuela. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Barbara Bonney - Fairest Isle
Barbara Bonney, Jacob Heringham, lute. Phantasm viol quartet
Academy of Ancient Music
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2001, Editor's Choice
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Their playing is clean, polished, razor sharp, yet there’s nothing sterile about these performances, which bristle with energy, dynamic contrasts and dramatic gestures… Above all, there’s a... —
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Diapason d’Or, March 2020, Découverte
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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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Calcutta 1789 - At the Crossroads Between Europe and India
Notturna (chamber ensemble), Christopher Palameta
