Purcell - How pleasant ’tis to Love! | Alpha ALPHA192

Purcell - How pleasant ’tis to Love!

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Label: Alpha

Cat No: ALPHA192

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 22nd July 2013

Contents

Artists

Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)
Scherzi Musicali

Conductor

Nicolas Achten

Works

Purcell, Henry

Ah! How pleasant 'tis to love!, Z353
An Evening Hymn, Z193 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light'
A new Ground in E minor, ZT682
Come ye Sons of Art, Z323
» Sound the trumpet
» Strike the viol, touch the lute
Don Quixote, Z578
» From rosy bowers
Ground in D minor, Z222
Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z328
» In vain the am'rous flute
» Tis nature's voice
Hornpipe in E minor, ZT685
Music for a while, Z583
O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406
Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585
» Sweeter than Roses
Prelude in A minor
Round O, ZT684
Suite no.7 in D minor, Z668
» Almand
» Corant/Hornpipe
The Fairy Queen, Z629
» O, let me weep (Act 5)
The Indian Queen, Z630
» Ah! How happy are we
» Seek not to know
» They tell us that you mighty Powers above
The Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627
» Still I'm wishing

Artists

Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)
Scherzi Musicali

Conductor

Nicolas Achten

About

Few of the many recordings devoted to Henry Purcell have succeeded in capturing all the richness and diversity of musical instruments of the late 17th century.

Here well-known pieces by Purcell take on an entirely new and unexpected colouring, while also serving to highlight the theatricality of the vocal airs.

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