Henry Purcell (Composer)
Born: 10th September 1659, London
Died: 21st November 1695, London
Nationality: English
Henry Purcell was an English composer. Although it incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements, Purcell's was a uniquely English form of Baroque music. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers; no later native-born English composer approached his fame until Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, William Walton and Benjamin Britten in the 20th century.
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Recording of the Week,
Purcell's Fairy Queen from Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli
A glorious return to the Restoration stage, with a semi-opera if anything even more vivid than King Arthur - featuring a cast of gods, fairies, peasants, poets and... monkeys?
Interview,
James Hall on Elegy
The young British countertenor talks to Katherine about his career to date and his recent album of duets by Purcell and Blow with Iestyn Davies and The King's Consort.
Popular Genres: Purcell
Popular Works: Purcell
- A New Ground in E minor, Z. T682 (51)
- A New Irish Tune Z646 (25)
- An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 (98)
- Chacony (34)
- Chacony in G minor - for Two Violins, Viola and Bass Z730 (48)
- Come ye sons of art (Ode for Queen Mary's birthday, 1694), Z 323 (24)
- Dido and Aeneas (58)
- Fairest Isle (from King Arthur) (57)
- Fantasia Upon One Note in F major, Z745 (29)
- From silent shades ('Bess of Bedlam') Z370 (27)
- Ground in C minor, ZD221 (37)
- Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1692), Z328 (26)
- Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15 (74)
- I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain (from The Indian Queen) (32)
- If music be the food of love Z379A (35)
- If music be the food of love, Z379 (51)
- Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei, Z135 (36)
- King Arthur, Z628 (28)
- Lord, what is man?, Z192 (33)
- Music for a while, Z583 (98)
- Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, 1695 (30)
- My beloved spake, Z28 (28)
- My heart is inditing, Z30 (25)
- Not all my torments can your pity move, Z400 (26)
- O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406 (50)
- Plainte - O, Let Me Weep (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) (26)
- Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627 (32)
- Rejoice in the Lord alway ('The Bell Anthem'), Z49 (32)
- Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50 (44)
- Rondeau from Abdelazer (46)
- Sonata for Trumpet and Strings in D major, Z850 (32)
- Sound the trumpet (from Come Ye Sons of Art, Z323) (27)
- Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585) (56)
- Tell me, some pitying angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), Z196 (36)
- The Fairy Queen, Z629 (29)
- Three Parts upon a Ground in D major - Z731 (22)
- Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth (from Dido & Aeneas) (23)
- Trumpet Tune (30)
- Voluntary in G major, Z720 (24)
- When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas) (106)
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