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Purcell: The Food of Love

Purcell: The Food of Love
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Track Listing

  1. Henry Purcell: If music be the food of Love, Z.379c
  2. Corinna is divinely fair, Z.365
  3. Ah! How sweet it is to love, Z.613/2
  4. What a sad fate is mine, a song on a Ground, Z.428
  5. I see she flies me, Z.573/1b
  6. Francisco Corbetta: Caprice de chacone (La guitarre Royalle, Dedi�e Au Roy De La Grande Bretagne, 1670)
  7. Henry Purcell: O Solitude, Z.406
  8. Music for a while, Z.583/2
  9. Ground in C for harpsichord pour clavecin, Z.D221
  10. O! Fair Cedaria, Z.402
  11. Man is for the woman made, Z.605/3
  12. Not all my torments can your pity move, Z.400
  13. On the brow of Richmond Hill, Z.405
  14. Pious Celinda goes to pray'rs, Z.410
  15. When first I saw Aurelia's eyes, Z.627A/1
  16. Christopher Simpson: Prelude in D en r� (The Division-Viol, 1665)
  17. Henry Purcell: The Cares of Lovers, Z.632/17
  18. The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421
  19. I loved fair Celia, Z.381
  20. When her languishing eyes said `Love', Z.432
  21. Robert de Vis�e: Prelude D minor en r� mineur (Livre de guitarre, 1682)
  22. Henry Purcell: A Morning Hymn (Thou wakeful shepherd), Z.198
  23. Christopher Simpson: Prelude [in E] en mi (The Division-Viol, 1665)
  24. Henry Purcell: The earth trembled, Z.197
  25. Now that the sun has veil'd his light (An Evening Hymn on a Ground), Z.193
  26. If music be the food of love, Z.379a

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #14203 in Music
  • Released on: 2009-10-05
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Dimensions: .18 pounds
  • Running time: 74 minutes

Editorial Reviews

CD Description
'The Food of Love', a strongly compelling title for a magnificent programme featuring the best of Purcell's vocal music, sung by world renowned baroque specialist Paul Agnew.

Paul Agnew is joined by an outstanding group of continuo players led by gambist Anne-Marie Lasla to create a special atmosphere of intimate music-making. "Agnew's voice is one of the most searingly expressive in the baroque field." (Gramophone). Purcell achieved the near miraculous feat of sounding natural in a heightened dramatic vein, using ornamentation and repetition to place expressive stress on key words. A vibrant tribute to the 350th Anniversary of Purcell's birth.

Personnel:
Paul Agnew (tenor), Anne-Marie Lasla (bass viol), Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo, guitar), Blandine Rannou (harpsichord)