Music for a While & Other Songs
Wieland Kuijken · William Christie · Alfred Deller · Richard Elliott
Music for a While & Other Songs (2008), CD, on harmonia mundi. Music by Henry Purcell, performed by Wieland Kuijken, William Christie, Alfred Deller, Richard Elliott; 14 tracks.
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 No. 40: "The plaint (O let me weep)"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "The Plaint: O let me weep, for ever weep!"
The Indian Queen, Z. 630 No. 17h: "I attempt from love's sickness to fly"
Henry Purcell - The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Act III: 17h. "I Attempt From Love's Sickness to Fly"
King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle"
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V, Scene II, 38. “Fairest Isle” (Venus)
Pausanius, Z. 585 No. 1: "Sweeter than roses"
Henry Purcell - Pausanias, the Betrayer of his Country, Z. 585
Not All My Torments Can Your Pity Move, Z. 400
Henry Purcell - Not All My Torments Can Your Pity Move, Z. 400
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 No. 39bc: "Thrice happy lovers"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Thrice Happy Lovers"
An Evening Hymn "Now that the sun hath veiled his light", Z. 193
Henry Purcell - An Evening Hymn, Z. 193 "Now that the sun hath veiled his light"
Don Quixote, Z. 578 No. 9: "From Rosy Bow'rs"
Henry Purcell - The Comical History of Don Quixote, Z. 578: Part III. "From rosy bow'rs"
Bonduca, Z. 574 No. 17: "O lead me to some peaceful gloom"
Henry Purcell - Bonduca, or the British Heroine, Z. 574: “Oh! Lead me to some peaceful gloom” (Bonvica)
The History of King Richard II, Z. 581 No. 1: "Retir'd from any mortal's sight"
Henry Purcell - The History of King Richard the Second, Z. 581: Retir'd from mortal's sight