EMI ASD 3166 [LP]
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, June 1975
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Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary
Come Ye Sons of Art (1694) & Love's Goddess Sure Come (1692)
The Early Music Consort of London - David Munrow
Contents:
| Ode on the Birthday of Queen Mary II, Z323 (1694): Come, Ye Sons of Art | ||
| 1. | Symphony: Largo - Allegro - Adagio | [3:36] |
| 2. | Ritornello, Verse & Chorus: Come Ye sons of Art | [2:09] |
| 3. | Verse: Sound the Trumpet | [2:45] |
| 4. | Ritornello & Chorus: Come Ye sons of Art | [1:33] |
| 5. | Verse & Ritornello: Strike the Viol | [4:49] |
| 6. | Verse & Chorus: The Day That Such A Blessing | [3:12] |
| 7. | Verse: Bid The Virtues | [3:05] |
| 8. | Verse: These Are The Sacred Charms | [1:49] |
| 9. | Verse & Chorus: See Nature, Rejoicing | [3:10] |
| Ode on the Birthday of Queen Mary II, Z331 (1692): Love's Goddess Sure | ||
| 10. | Symphony | [3:52] |
| 11. | Verse & Ritornello: Love's Goddess Sure | [3:12] |
| 12. | Verse: Those Eyes That Form | [1:36] |
| 13. | Verse: Sweetness Of Nature | [3:06] |
| 14. | Verse & Chorus: Long May She Reign | [2:19] |
| 15. | Verse & Ritornello: May Her Blest Example | [1:47] |
| 16. | Verse & Ritornello: Many Such Days | [3:29] |
| 17. | Chorus: May She To Heaven | [1:54] |
| 18. | Verse & Chorus: As Much As We (Mary Beverly, soprano; John York Skinner, countertenor; Martyn Hill, tenor; Geoffrey Shaw, baritone) | [2:00] |
Performers:
Norma Burrowes, soprano
James Bowman, countertenor
Robert Lloyd, bass
Charles Brett, countertenor
Choir:
Mary Beverly, Sally Dunkley, Rosemary Hardy, Christine Pound, sopranos
David James, Andrew Giles, John York Skinner, countertenors
Rogers Covey-Crump, Paul Elliott, Martyn Hill, tenors
Nigel Beavan, Maurice Bevan, Geoffrey Shaw, basses
Christopher Hogwood, harpsichord and organ continuo
Oliver Brookes, viola da gamba
The Early Music Consort of London
conducted by David Munrow