Purcell's Contemporaries
Part Five
Concluding his survey of the music of Purcell's day, Donald Macleod looks at the composers who contributed to London's theatre scene in what was a short career for English opera in the second half of the 17th century.
Playlist
Purcell: Fairest Isle (King Arthur)
The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra
Roy Goodman (director)
HYPERION CDA 67001
CD1 T13
Daniel Purcell: O ravishing delight (The Judgement of Paris)
Ryland Angel (countertenor)
Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
DEUX-ELLES DXL 911
CD1 T11
John Eccles: Can life be a blessing? (Troilus and Cressida)
Catherine Bott (soprano)
The Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67450
CD1 T11
John Blow: Lovely Selina, innocent and free (The Princess of Cleve)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Timothy Roberts (spinet)
Paula Chateauneuf (baroque guitar)
HYPERION CDA 66646
CD1 t4
John Weldon: Dry those eyes which are o'erflowing (The Tempest)
Catherine Bott (soprano)
The Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67450
CD1 t4
Matthew Locke: Psyche (Act 3)
Vulcan and Mars ...... Paul Agnew (tenor)
Pyracmon, first cyclops ...... Christopher Robson (countertenor)
Brontes, second cyclops ...... Michael George (bass)
Steropes, third cyclops ...... Simon Grant (bass)
Harpes, fourth cyclops ...... Julian Podger (tenor)
Praesul ...... Andrew King (tenor)
Venus ...... Catherine Bott (soprano)
New London Consort
Philip Pickett (conductor)
L'OISEAU-LYRE 444 336-2
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William Croft: Ayres in the comedy of Courtship A La Mode
The Parley of Instruments
MERIDIAN CDE 84234
CD1 t7
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