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Purcell - O Solitude

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Label: Decca

Cat No: 4782262

Barcode: 0028947822622

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 17th January 2011

Works

Purcell
If music be the food of love

Purcell
Sound the Trumpet [Come ye sons of art]

Purcell
Strike the viol, touch the lute [Come, ye sons of art, away (1694) Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary II]

Purcell
Chacony, Z628

Purcell
Fairest Isle [King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 5]

Purcell
What Power art thou? [King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3]

Purcell
Chacony in G minor Z730

Purcell
One Charming Night [The Fairy Queen / Act 2]

Purcell
Sweeter Than Roses [Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country (1695), Z585 original version]

Purcell
When I Am Laid In Earth - Dido’s Lament) [Dido and Aeneas / Act 3]

Purcell
Music For The Gordian Knot Unty’d [The Gordian Knot Untied]

Purcell
Here The Deities Approve [Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, "Welcome to all the pleasures", Z339 - original version]

Purcell
Music For A While, Z583 [Oedipus]

Purcell
Dive custos Auriacae domus, Z504

Purcell
Solitude, My Sweetest Choice, Z406

Purcell
Pavan in G minor, Z752

Purcell
An Evening Hymn, Z193

Artists

Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Christophe Dumaux (countertenor)
Accademia Bizantina

Conductor

Stefano Montanari

Works

Artists

Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Christophe Dumaux (countertenor)
Accademia Bizantina

Conductor

Stefano Montanari

About

The greatest countertenor of today, Andreas Scholl returns to the Decca label with a recording of vocal jewels by the great baroque composer Henry Purcell. This is Andreas Scholl's first ever recording of the music of Purcell and his uniquely beautiful voice is perfectly suited to the English composer's plangent melodies. The album includes pieces written for the stage, the church and the private chamber, some of which Andreas Scholl has sung in recital for many years, and some he sings for the first time.

Andreas Scholl's longstanding collaborators Accademia Bizantina bring out the Italian influence in Purcell's instrumental writing, and contribute orchestral items to the programme.

The album includes the well known lament 'When I Am Laid In Earth' - recently voted the UK's No.1 favourite aria in a BBC Radio 3 poll - written for the character of Dido in Purcell's opera, Dido and Aeneas.

Andreas Scholl is joined for two duets by French countertenor, Christophe Dumaux.