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HENRY PURCELL
Two Latin Motets
1.
Johova, quam multi sunt hostes mei
5:59
Solo:Simon Berridge tenor
Solo: Simon Birchall bass
2.
Miserere mei
1:10
Funeral Sentences
3.
Man that is born of a woman
2:38
4.
In the midst of life
4:49
5.
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (first setting)
3:31
Elegy on the Death of Queen Mary
6.
Incassum, Lesbia, incassum rogas
7:14
Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday, 1692 Love's goddess sure was blind
7.
Symphony
5:06
8.
Love's goddess sure was blind this day
3:00
Solo:Simon Berridge
9.
Those eyes that form, that lofty mien
1:21
Solo:Simon Birchall
10.
Sweetness of nature, and true wit
2:44
Solo:Simon Berridge tenor I
Solo: Neil MacKenzie tenor II
Solo: David Woodcock violin
Solo: Helen Orsler violin
11.
Long may she reign over this Isle
2:47
Solo:Libby Crabtree soprano
12.
May her blest example chase
2:02
Solo: Neil MacKenzie
13.
Many such days may she behold
3:08
Solo:Simon Berridge
Solo: Simon Birchall
14.
May she to heaven late return
2:58
Elegy on the Death of Queen Mary
15.
O dive custos auricae domus
6:38
Solo:Carys Lane soprano duet
Solo: Libby Crabtree soprano duet
The Complete Funeral Music for Queen Mary (1695) Order of Service at The Burial of the Dead
JAMES PAISIBLE
16.
The Queen's Farewell
4:29
HENRY PURCELL
17.
March
1:43
THOMAS TOLLETT
18.
The Queen's Farewell
2:51
HENRY PURCELL
19.
March
1:29
THOMAS MORLEY
20.
I am the resurrection and the life
1:20
21.
I know that my redeemer liveth
1:37
22.
We brought nothing into this world
1:41
23.
Man that is born of a woman
1:14
24.
In the midst of life
1:23
HENRY PURCELL
25.
Thos knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
1:57
26.
Canzona
2:28
THOMAS MORLEY
27.
I heard a voice from heaven
1:33
79:45
Choral: The Sixteen
Orchestra: Symphony of Harmony and Invention
Conductor:Harry Christophers
Notes
This disc combines some of Henry Purcell’s most powerful masterpieces. Love’s goddess sure was blind, an exuberant tribute to the young Queen Mary, and some of his most eloquent compositions, written for her funeral. Love’s Goddess Sure was Blind , written in exuberant and florid style for the birthday of the much loved young Queen Mary ends, extraordinarily, with a reflection on the grief her eventual death would provoke. It was less than six years later that the prophesied mourning became a reality, when, in her early thirties, she succumbed to smallpox. Purcell’s eloquent compositions for her funeral are acknowledged as some of his most powerful masterpieces marrying a genuine of expression of grief (Purcell greatly admired the witty, musical Mary) with a characteristic sophistication of style.
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This magnificent contribution … breaks new ground in scholarship, matching it with performances of the highest order the elegy O Dive Custos, with the astonishingly boy-like voices of Libby Crabtree and Carys Lane, is the unforgettable high point in this superb tribute to Purcell and his Queen.”
BBC Music Magazine
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