Staircase overture (2:41) -- If music be the food of love, Z397C (3:15) -- Cebell (1:09) -- The Libertine destroyed (1695) : To arms, to arms, heroic prince, Z600/3b (2:52) -- To arms (1:22) -- Tell me, some pitying angel, Z196 (7:04) -- Slow air (1:45) -- We come to sing (:38) -- Bonduca (1695) : Oh! Lead me to some peaceful gloom, Z574/17a (2:48) -- O solitude, Z406 (4:14) -- The Fairy Queen (1692) : Hark! hark! the echoing air, Z629/48bc (2:24) -- Trumpet tune (:41) -- Pausanias (1695) : Sweeter than roses, Z585/1 (3:05) -- King Arthur (1691) : Fairest isle, Z628/38 (1:58) -- She that would gain a faithful lover, Z414 (2:59) -- Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z367 (2:18) -- Indian Queen (1695) : I attempt from love's sickness to fly, Z630/17h (1:36) -- Jig (1:04) -- Oedipus (1692) : Music for a while, Z583 (3:12) -- The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421 (3:40) -- Hear, mighty Love (1:34) -- The Fairy Queen (1692) : Plainte : O let me weep, Z629/40ab (5:51) -- Chacony in G minor, Z730 (4:34).
Author
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, composer.
Title
The echoing air : the music of Henry Purcell.
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : Decca, [1995]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Sylvia McNair, soprano ; Crispian Steele Perkins, trumpet ; Simon Standage, violin ; Christopher Hogwood, organ ; Paul O'Dette, archlute ; Laurence Dreyfus, cello ; The Academy of Ancient Music.
Event
Recorded 1994 August St. John's, Smith Square, London.