Hail Bright Cecilia / Come ye Sons of Art / Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary
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Hail Bright Cecilia / Come ye Sons of Art / Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary
Jennifer Smith, Ashley Stafford, Brian Gordon, Paul Elliott, Stephen Varcoe / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Orchestra, John Elliot Gardiner
[ Erato Veritas / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 1 March 2015
*** Three Stars (Penguin Stereo Guide)
The pioneering conductor John Eliot Gardiner, one of the leading lights of the Baroque revival, brings together superlative soloists and the excellent Monteverdi Choir in one of the very first historically-informed Purcell recordings ever released. These two albums received a multitude of prizes when first released, and are also in Erato bestsellers range (more than 500K copies sold to date of Music for the funeral of Queen Mary; 250K of Hail! Bright Cecilia)
Tracks:
Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z.328
Come ye Sons of Art, Z.323:
Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary Z 27
