L'Oiseau Lyre "Florilegium" 414 173-1 [LP]
Playing time: 44'51
Recorded:
April 1976, All Saints' Church, Petersham (tracks 1, 5);
December 1980, St George the Martyr, London (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 13);
November 1983, Kingsway Hall, London (tracks 7, 10, 11, 12)
Released: 1985
CD reissue:
Decca 475 529-2 (6CD set) (2004)
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Purcell: Theatre Music Vol. VII
The Academy of Ancient Music - Christopher Hogwood
Contents:
| Side 1 | [24:50] | |
| 1. | Overture in D minor (Z.771) | [2:46] |
| 2. | King Richard the Second (Z.581) Retir'd from any mortal's sight Judith Nelson | [2:57] |
| 3. | Sir Barnaby Whigg or No Wit Like a Woman's (Z.589) Blow, Boreas, blow Rogers Covey-Crump & David Thomas | [3:40] |
| 4. | Sophonisba or Hannibal's Overthrow (Z.590) Beneath the poplar's shadow Judith Nelson | [1:46] |
| 5. | The English Lawyer (Z.594) My wife has a tongue Paul Elliott, Alan Byers & Peter Bamber | [1:23] |
| 6. | A Fool's Preferment or Three Dukes of Dunstable (Z.571) I sigh'd and I pin'd Rogers Covey-Crump There's nothing so fatal as woman Rogers Covey-Crump Fled is my love Rogers Covey-Crump 'Tis death alone Rogers Covey-Crump I'll mount to yon blue Coelum Rogers Covey-Crump I'll sail upon the Dog-star Rogers Covey-Crump Jenny, 'gin you can love Rogers Covey-Crump & Judith Nelson If thou wilt give me back my love Rogers Covey-Crump | [8:48] |
| 7. | The Indian Emperor, or The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards (Z.598) I look'd, and saw within Emma Kirkby | [2:02] |
| 8. | The Knight of Malta (Z.599) At the close of ev'ning David Thomas, Geoffrey Shaw & Michael George | [1:28] |
| Side 2 | [20:01] | |
| 9. | 'A Dialogue between Thirsis and Daphne' (Z.525) Why, my Daphne, why complaining? David Thomas & Emma Kirkby | [3:34] |
| 10. | The Wives' Excuse, or Cuckolds Make Themselves (Z.612) Ingrateful love! Rogers Covey-Crump Hang this whining way of wooing Emma Kirkby Say, cruel Amoret Rogers Covey-Crump Corinna, I excuse thy face Rogers Covey-Crump | [6:23] |
| 11. | Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero (Z.576) No, no, poor suff'ring heart Emma Kirkby | [2:56] |
| 12. | Regulus, or The Faction of Carthage (Z.586) Ah me! to many deaths Judith Nelson | [3:11] |
| 13. | The Marriage-Hater Match'd (Z.602) As soon as the chaos Rogers Covey-Crump & David Thomas How vile are the sordid intregues Emma Kirkby | [3:57] |
Performers:
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Judith Nelson, soprano
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
Paul Elliott, tenor
Alan Byers, tenor
Peter Bamber, tenor
David Thomas, bass
Geoffrey Shaw, bass
Michael George, bass
The Academy of Ancient Music
directed by Christopher Hogwood, harpsichord