Offer,Countertenor duets by Purcell & Blow
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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- Michael Chance (countertenor), James Bowman (countertenor)
- King's Consort
- Robert King
III. Sound the trumpet, 'til around
Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1692), Z328
- James Bowman (countertenor), Michael Chance (countertenor)
- King's Consort
- Robert King
X. In vain the Am'rous Flute and soft Guitar
Purcell: O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406
- James Bowman (countertenor)
- King's Consort
- Robert King
Purcell: Bonduca or The British Heroine - incidental music, Z574
- Michael Chance (countertenor), James Bowman (countertenor)
- King's Consort
- Robert King
Duet. Sing, sing ye druids
Purcell: O dive custos Auriacae domus 'An elegy upon the death of Queen Mary', Z514
- Michael Chance (countertenor), James Bowman (countertenor)
- King's Consort
- Robert King
Purcell: The Maid's Last Prayer, or Any rather than Fail, Z601
- James Bowman (countertenor), Michael Chance (countertenor)
- King's Consort
- Robert King
Duet. No, resistance is but vain
Excerpt,
- Michael Chance (countertenor), James Bowman (countertenor)
- King's Consort
- Robert King
Duet. Hark how the songsters
Purcell: Incassum Lesbia, incassum rogas ('The Queen's Epicedium'), Z383
- Michael Chance (countertenor)
- King's Consort
- Robert King
Blow: Ah, Heav'n! What is't I hear?
- Michael Chance (countertenor), James Bowman (countertenor)
- King's Consort
- Robert King
Blow: Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell
- Michael Chance (countertenor), James Bowman (countertenor)
- King's Consort
- Robert King