Airs and Instrumental Music

~ Release by Henry Purcell; Howard Crook, Capriccio Stravagante, Skip Sempé (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Prelude & Symphony
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
Henry Purcell4:07
2If Music Be the Food of Love
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
tenor vocals:
Howard Crook (tenor)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
Henry Purcell3:41
3Hark! The Echoing Air
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
tenor vocals:
Howard Crook (tenor)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
recording of:
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Hark! hark! the echoing air"
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1692)
part of:
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Britten-Pears-Holst concert version)
Henry Purcell2:27
4Three Parts Upon a Ground
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
recording of:
Fantasia, 3 parts on a Ground for three recorders, Z. 731
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 731)
Henry Purcell4:54
5'Tis Nature's Voice
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
tenor vocals:
Howard Crook (tenor)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
recording of:
“Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328: IV. “’Tis nature’s voice”
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
librettist:
Nicholas Brady (Irish poet, 1659–1726)
part of:
“Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328
Henry Purcell5:01
6Round-O
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
tenor vocals:
Howard Crook (tenor)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
recording of:
Round O, ZT. 684
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: ZT. 684)
Henry Purcell1:55
7Overture in G Minor
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
Henry Purcell3:57
8A Divine Hymn: Lord, What Is Man
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
tenor vocals:
Howard Crook (tenor)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
recording of:
Lord, what is Man?, Z. 192
lyricist:
Dr. William Fuller
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 192)
Henry Purcell5:58
9Chacony
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
Henry Purcell4:37
10Music for a While
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
tenor vocals:
Howard Crook (tenor)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
recording of:
Oedipus, King of Thebes, Z. 583: II. "Music for a While"
lyricist:
John Dryden (English poet)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Oedipus, King of Thebes, Z. 583
Henry Purcell4:00
11Lovely Albina's Come Ashore
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
tenor vocals:
Howard Crook (tenor)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
Henry Purcell2:20
12Fantazia 5
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
Henry Purcell3:26
13Ground & Two in One Upon a Ground
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
Henry Purcell5:03
14Thrice Happy Lovers
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
tenor vocals:
Howard Crook (tenor)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
Henry Purcell2:26
15Pavan in B Flat
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
recording of:
Pavan for 2 violins and basso continuo in B-flat major, Z. 750
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 750)
Henry Purcell3:48
16An Evening Hymn
instruments:
Capriccio Stravagante (French baroque ensemble)
tenor vocals:
Howard Crook (tenor)
conductor:
Skip Sempé
Henry Purcell5:54

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Release

part of:Baroque Esprit (number: 20) (order: 9)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2236900 [info]