Title from disc label. Program notes by Andrew Pinnock and biographical notes on the performers in English, and texts (15 pages : portraits) inserted in container. Carolyn Sampson, soprano ; Laurence Cummings, harpsichord ; Elizabeth Kenny, lute ; Jonathan Manson, bass viol. Recorded live 2015 March 17 at Wigmore Hall, London.
Contents:
Come all ye songsters : (from The fairy queen, Z629, 1692) (1:56) ; Sing while we trip it : (from The fairy queen) (:41) ; A dance of fairies : (from The fairy queen) (:44) ; Ye gentle spirits of the air : (from The fairy queen) (5:47) ; Harpsichord suite no. 5 in C major (with jig) Z666 (1696) (5:59) ; The care of lovers : (from Timon of Athens, Z632, 1695) (1:59) ; Fly swift, ye hours : Z369 (1691) (5:31) ; Not all my torments : Z400 (1693) (2:47) / Henry Purcell -- An Italian ground / Giovanni Battista Draghi (3:12) -- Don Quizote : Z578, 1694-5. From rosy bow'rs (6:17) ; Let the dreadful engines of eternal will (6:52) ; Music from 'Princess Anne's lute book'. Mystery : (from The fairy queen) (:55) ; If love's a sweet passion : (from The fairy queen) (1:31) / Henry Purcell ; arr. anon ; Minuet / anonymous (:49) -- Aureng-Zebe : Z573, published 1692. I see she flies me (2:03) ; What a sad fate is mine : Z428a (?1693-4) (3:31) ; Pious Celinda goes to prayers : Z410 (1695) (1:10) -- Divisions on a ground : (from The division viol, 1695) / Christopher Simpson (4:16) -- 'Tis nature's voice : (from Hair, bright Cecilia, Z328, 1692) (4:33) ; Lucinda is bewitching fair : (from Abdelazar, or The moor's revenge, Z570, 1695) (3:16) ; Hark! The echoing air : (from The fairy queen) (2:13) / Henry Purcell -- Encores. Spoken introduction (Carolyn Sampson) (:06) ; I attempt from love's sickness to fly : (from The Indian queen, Z630, 1695) ; Spoken introduction (Carolyn Sampson) (:09) ; Fairest isle : (from King Arthur, Z628/38, c1691) (2:28).
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