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Author Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, composer.

Title Music for a while / Henry Purcell
Published [Saint-Michel de Provence] : Harmonia Mundi, [1986?]
℗1979

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Contents The plaint (7:26) -- If music be the food of love (2:19) -- I attempt from love's sickness (2:01) --Fairest isle (2:44) -- Sweeter than roses (3:17) -- Not all my torments (1:58) -- Thrice happy lovers (2:49) -- An evening hymn (5:01) -- From rosy bow'rs (7:09) -- O lead me to some peaceful gloom (2:51) -- Retired from any mortal's sight (2:51) -- Music for a while (4:00) -- Since from my dear Astrea's sight (3:51) -- O solitude (5:53)
Notes In part excerpts from dramatic works
Performer Alfred Deller, countertenor ; Wieland Kuijken, bass viola ; William Christie, clavecin ; Roderick Skeaping, baroque violin (1st work) ; Robert Elliott, organ (14th work) ; Jane Ryan, bass viola (14th work)
Event Recorded 1979 April
Notes Hard copy version record
Subject Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
Operas -- Excerpts.
Incidental music -- Excerpts.
Incidental music -- Excerpts.
Operas -- Excerpts.
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
Genre/Form Streaming audio
Form Streaming audio
Author Deller, Alfred, singer.
Kuijken, Wieland, instrumentalist.
Christie, William (William Lincoln), instrumentalist.
Skeaping, Roddy, instrumentalist.
Elliott, Robert, 1932-2002, instrumentalist.
Ryan, Jane (Viol player), instrumentalist.
Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen. Plaint.
Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. If music be the food of love, Z. 379A.
Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Indian queen. I attempt from Love's sickness to fly.
Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. Fairest isle.
Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Pausanias, the betrayer of his country. Sweeter than roses.
Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Not all my torments can your pity move.
Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen. Thrice happy lovers.
Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Now that the sun hath veiled his light
Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Don Quixote. From rosy bow'rs.
Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Bonduca. O lead me to some peaceful gloom.
Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Retir'd from any mortal's sight.
Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Oedipus. Music for a while.
Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dioclesian. Since from my dear Astrea's sight.
Container of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. O solitude, my sweetest choice.
Other Titles Vocal music. Selections