England, My England - the music of Purcell (with Monteverdi - Balli e balletti)

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HENRY PURCELL
England, My England - the music of Purcell (with Monteverdi - Balli e balletti)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Elliot Gardiner

[ Erato Veritas / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Saturday 12 March 2016

This item is only available to us via Special Order. We should be able to get it to you in 3 - 6 weeks from when you order it.

"I hope that you warm to the CD as much as I did and that together they lead you to explore Purcell further." (MusicWeb on England My England)

This CD contains the music used in the Tony Palmer film 'England, My England. The Story of Henry Purcell'.

Tracks:

Monteverdi:
Tirsi e Clori, ballo concertato (Book 7)
L'Orfeo: excerpts
De la bellezza le dovute lodi
Il Ballo delle ingrate
Volgendo il ciel (Ballo 'Movete')

Purcell:
Sonata for trumpet and strings
The Married Beau: Overture
Come, ye sons of art away: Sound the trumpet
Come, ye sons of art away
Saul and the Witch of Endor: In guilty night
The Indian Queen: Adagio
King Arthur: Fairest isle
Close thine eyes and sleep secure
Dido and Aeneas: Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth
Music for the funeral of Queen Mary (excerpts)
Abdelazer: Rondeau
King Arthur: Come if you dare / Frost Scene