Purcell Essentials
Varios Artistas
In the Midst of Life We Are in Death
Thou Knowest, Lord, the Secrets of Our Hearts
"Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth" (Dido)
"O dive custos Auriacae domus" Z504 [Elegy on the Death of Queen Mary, 1695]
Prelude "What ho! thou genius of this isle" (Cupid)
Prelude "See, see, we assemble" (Chorus)
"Tis I that have warm'd ye... Tis Love that has warm'd us" (Cupid, Chorus)
"Sound a parley" (Chorus, Cupid, Genius)
XIV "Hail! Bright Cecilia" (Altos, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
Ashley Stafford · Paul Elliott · Monteverdi Choir · David Thomas · English Baroque Soloists · John Eliot Gardiner · Brian Gordon
"Remember not, Lord, our offences" Z50
"Rejoice in the Lord alway" Z49
Joseph Jennings · Capriccio Stravagante · Skip Sempé · Chanticleer · Kevin Baum · Mark Sullivan
Act 2 Prelude for the Witches "Wayward sisters, you that fright" [Sorceress] "Harm's our delight" [Chorus]
Act 2 "The Queen of Carthage" ... "Ho! ho! ho!" [Sorceress, First Witch, Chorus]
Act 1 "In our deep vaulted cell... Echo Dance of Furies" [Chorus]
Chacony in G minor Z730
Enrico Onofri · Marco Bianchi · Giovanni Antonini · Il Giardino Armonico · Riccardo Doni · Alessandro Tampieri
"Now that the sun has veiled his light" Z193 [An Evening Hymn]
Joseph Jennings · Francoise Johannel · Olivier Fortin · Capriccio Stravagante · Skip Sempé · Chanticleer
"No stars again shall hurt you" (Amphitrite, Neptune, Chorus)
Act 5 "O let me ever, ever weep" [Soprano]