
Hyperion CDA66730
Playing time: 76'28
Recorded on 28 September to 6 October 1993, March 28, 29 1994
www.hyperion-records.co.uk
| Henry Purcell: Secular Solo Songs - Volume 3 The King's Consort - Robert King
| 1. | She loves and she confesses too, Z413 | [2:23] | 2. | Amintas, to my grief I see, Z356 | [1:33] | 3. | Corinna is divinely fair, Z365 | [1:46] | 4. | Amintor, heedless of his flocks, Z357 | [2:24] | 5. | He himself courts his own ruin, Z372 | [1:10] | 6. | No, to what purpose should I speak?, Z468 | [4:21] | 7. | Sylvia, 'tis true you're fair, Z512 | [1:40] | 8. | Lovely Albina's come ashore, Z394 | [2:24] | 9. | Spite of the godhead, pow'rful love, Z417 | [0:58] | 10. | If music be the food of love, third version, Z379C | [3:45] | 11. | Phyllis, I can ne'er forgive it, Z408 | [0:36] | 12. | Bacchus is a pow'r divine, Z360 | [2:59] | 13. | From silent shades ('Bess of Bedlam') Z370 | [4:13] | 14. | Let formal lovers still pursue, Z391 | [1:07] | 15. | I came, I saw, and was undone, Z375 | [4:33] | 16. | Who can behold Florella's charms?, Z441 | [2:06] | 17. | Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z367 | [2:26] | 18. | If pray'rs and tears, Z380 | [7:36] | 19. | In Cloris all soft charms agree, Z384 | [2:29] | 20. | Let us, kind Lesbia, give away, Z466 | [1:25] | 21. | Love is now become a trade, Z393 | [1:06] | 22. | Ask me to love no more, Z358 | [1:35] | 23. | O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406 | [5:32] | 24. | Olinda in the shades unseen, Z404 | [1:02] | 25. | Pious Celinda goes to prayers, Z410 | [1:01] | 26. | When Strephon found his passion vain, Z435 | [1:07] | 27. | The fatal hour comes on apace, Z421 | [3:47] | 28. | Sawney is a bonny lad, Z412 | [1:50] | 29. | Young Thirsis' fate, Z473 | [5:49] |
BARBARA BONNEY soprano
SUSAN GRITTON soprano
JAMES BOWMAN countertenor
ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP tenor
CHARLES DANIELS tenor
MICHAEL GEORGE bass
MARK CAUDLE bass viol (tracks 3-12, 14-16, 19-26, 29)
SUSANNA PELL bass viol (tracks 1, 2, 13, 17, 18, 27, 28)
DAVID MILLER theorbo, archlute
ROBERT KING chamber organ, harpsichord
'Those who need all of Purcell's songs at their fingertips should invest in Hyperion's three-disk survey of secular songs, with outstanding performances by Barbara Bonney, Rogers Covey-Crump and James Bowman' (The New York Times)
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