Bess of Bedlam / Henry Purcell (4:00) -- Must then a faithful lover go? / John Eccles (2:31) -- Reason, what art thou? / John Weldon (4:47) -- Oh! take him gently from the pile / John Eccles (3:31) -- Mad maudlin (3:53) -- From rosy bow'rs / Henry Purcell (5:58) -- Let all be gay (2:59) ; Restless in thought (4:24) ; I burn, my brain consumes to ashes (3:43) / John Eccles -- While I with wounding grief / Godfrey Finger (2:59) -- I'll sail upon the dog-star / Henry Purcell (1:32) -- Morpheus, thou gentle god / Daniel Purcell (5:22) -- Love's but the frailty of the mind / John Eccles (5:15) -- Tom of Bedlam (3:48) -- Let the dreadful engines / Henry Purcell (6:06) -- Cease of Cupid to complain / John Eccles (2:18) -- Not all my torments / Henry Purcell (2:29) -- Lysander I pursue in vain / John Blow (5:17).
Note
Sung in English.
Title
Mad songs / Purcell, Eccles, Blow.
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : Decca, [1993]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Catherine Bott, soprano ; David Roblou, harpsichord, organ ; Mark Levy, bass viol ; Anthony Pleeth, cello ; Paul Chateauneuf, archlute, guitar ; Tom Finucane, archlute.
Event
Recorded 1990 January and November Temple Church, London.