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HENRY PURCELL
1.
Hear my prayer, O Lord Z15 (1685)
2:28
2.
O solitude, my sweetest choice Z406 (1684-5)
6:13
Solo: Katy Hill soprano
3.
Lord, how long wilt Thou be angry Z25 (c.1683)
3:31
Kirsty Hopkins, Katy Hill soprano, Daniel Collins alto,
George Pooley tenor, Ben Davies bass
4.
Pavan of Four Parts in G minor Z752 (1677-8)
4:38
5.
Plung'd in the confines of despair Z142 (1677-8)
4:10
Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell tenor, Stuart Young bass
Welcome Song: Welcome to all the pleasures Z339 (1683)
6.
Symphony
3:26
7.
Welcome to all the pleasures
1:51
Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell tenor, Ben Davies bass
8.
Here the deities approve
4:15
Daneil Collins alto
9.
While joys celestial
3:29
Kirsty Hopkins, Katy Hill soprano, Mark Dobell tenor
10.
Beauty, thou scene of love
2:46
Ben Davies bass
11.
In a consort of voices
1:19
Mark Dobell tenor
12.
In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust Z16 (1682)
11:17
Daniel Collins alto, Mark Dobell tenor, Ben Davies bass
13.
From silent shades and the Elysian groves Z370 (1682)
4:43
Kirsty Hopkins soprano
14.
Catch: Of all the instruments that are Z263 (1693)
1:23
Mark Dobell, Jeremy Budd, George Pooley tenor
Welcome Song: From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war Z325 (1683)
15.
Symphony
2:28
16.
From hardy climes
3:03
Stuart Young bass
17.
As Fame, great Sir
2:36
Katy Hill, Kirsty Hopkins soprano, Jeremy Budd tenor
18.
Wake then, my Muse!
1:59
Stuart Young bass
19.
The sparrow and the gentle dove
4:05
20.
So all the boons
2:44
Katy Hill soprano, Daniel Collins alto, George Pooley tenor, Ben Davies bass
Total time: 72:24
Choral: The Sixteen
Conductor:Harry Christophers
Notes
King Charles II liked to project a strong, stable, divinely legitimated image. Whilst that image had no basis in reality, the scale of his deception and financial skulduggery did not emerge until 19th-century historians discovered secret treaty documents between Charles and King Louis XIV of France. Purcell had no idea of course, and so all of the music on this album celebrates the political triumphs that he and his colleagues thought they had witnessed. It includes the quite brilliant Welcome Songs 'Welcome to all the pleasures' (with its superb six-part fanfares to St Cecilia in the final chorus) and 'From hardy climes'.
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"... The Sixteen performs this music stylishly, with brio and elegance to burn. The solo voices and the ensemble are delightfully attuned to the embellishments that make this music jump off the page with such joy... I commend this program to you unreservedly, and have nothing but praise for The Sixteen. They make Purcell sound so regal and so deliciously feisty at the same time."
Philip Greenfield - American Record Guide - January/February 2020
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