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Purcell's Contemporaries

Part One

Monday 5 November 2007 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)

Repeated: Monday 5 November 2007 20:45-21:45 (Radio 3)

Donald Macleod introduces the composers of Restoration England who, from today's perspective, stand in the shadow of the greatest composer of the era, Henry Purcell.

Duration:

1 hour

Playlist

Purcell, arr. CH Trevor: Trumpet Tune
Simon Preston (organ)
DECCA 430 091 -2
cd1 T7

John Blow: Salvator Mundi
Alastair Ross (organ)
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
ERATI 2292045987-2
CD1 T5

John Blow: An ode on the death of Mr Henry Purcell
Gerard Lesne, Steve Dugardin (countertenor)
La canzona
VIRGIN VERITAS 545342
CD1 t13

Henry Lawes, arr. Gant: Zadok, the Priest
The Choir of the Chapel Royal
The Musicians Extra-Ordinary
Andrew Gant (director)
SIGCD094
CD1 t6

 Albertus Bryne: Suite in A minor
Terence Charlston (harpsichord)
DEUX-ELLES DXL1124
CD2 t6

 William Child: O Lord, grant the King a long life
Jeremy Bines (organ)
Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Geoffrey Webber (director)
ASV DIGITAL CD GAU 182
CD1 t11

William Child: The earth is the Lord's
Andrew Arthur (organ)
Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Geoffrey Webber (director)
ASV DIGITAL CD GAU 182
CD1 T13

William Child: Holy, holy, holy
Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Geoffrey Webber (director)
ASV DIGIAL CD GAU 182
CD1 T19




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