Building a Library, Purcell (composer)
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English Royal Funeral Music
RecommendedLes Trompettes des Plaisirs, Lingua Franca & Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
one might call it a classically 'English' choral sound - but any suspicions of coolness are easily dispelled by the commitment shown to the meaning of both music and text...Once again, Vox Luminis... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2013, Editor's Choice
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Victorious Love - Songs by Henry Purcell RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord & spinet), Elizabeth Kenny (archlute / theorbo), Anne-Marie Lasla (bass viol), Sarah Sexton (violin I), Andrea Morris (violin II) & Jane Rogers (viola)
Her tone is extraordinarily beautiful: natural, warm and unforced, with almost superhuman vocal athleticism — More…
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Building a Library, February 2014, Top Recital Recommendation
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Very Best of English Song RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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Purcell - Funeral Sentences
RecommendedTessa Bonner & Patrizia Kwella
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
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Building a Library, October 2017, Recommended Recording
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
RecommendedKirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak, Thomas Hemsley & David Lloyd
The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones
[On the original release in January 1953] At last we have a really satisfactory recording of Dido. — More…
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Purcell - Verse Anthems
RecommendedThe Band of Instruments & The Choir of New College, Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
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Building a Library, October 2017, Also Recommended
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Purcell, Handel & Haydn - Odes to St Cecilia
RecommendedTaverner Consort & Players, Choir Of King's College, Cambridge & English Chamber Orchestra, Chœurs et orchestre de la Fondation Gulbekian, Andrew Parrott, Philip Ledger, Michel Corboz
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Building a Library, November 2014, First Choice
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Purcell - The Complete Sacred Music (The Complete Anthems and Services)
RecommendedLynne Dawson, Susan Gritton (sopranos), James Bowman, Nigel Short (countertenors), Paul Agnew, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Mark Milhofer, Mark Padmore (tenors), Colin Campbell, Robert Evans, Micahel George, Stephen Varcoe (basses)
Choir of New College Oxford, King's Consort Choir,...
This CD is made up predominantly of anthems, devotional songs and a morning service (a functional, though not perfunctory, setting of the TeDeum and Jubilate) most of which disclose the range... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2014, Large Box Set Recommendation
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We are lucky that Anthony Rolfe Johnson left such a legacy of recordings, but new additions are still welcome. This live recital from the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie dates from 1996, placing... — More…
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Il Giardino Armonico’s performances burst with freshness and prove how exciting original instruments can be. — More…
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Building a Library, May 2007, First Choice
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