| Description |
1 audio disc (75 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
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000526 000152 000224 000325 000710 000321 000211 000401 000720 000259 000235 000413 000159 000545 000520 000158 000203 000129 000237 000614 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Veritas
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Veritas (London, England)
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| Note |
Virgin Classics: CDC 7 59324 2. Additional no. on container spine: 0777 7 59324 2 3. |
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Songs, in part excerpts from operas or incidental music; archlute, baroque guitar, viola da gamba, harpsichord, chamber organ acc., separately or in various combinations. |
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Sung in English or (9th song) Latin. |
| Performer |
Nancy Argenta, soprano ; Nigel North, archlute, baroque guitar ; Richard Boothby, viola da gamba ; Paul Nicholson, harpsichord, chamber organ. |
| Event |
Recorded Oct. 1992, Studio 1, Abbey Road, London. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Notes by Bruce Wood and Andrew Pinnock, in English, French and German, and vocal texts in the same languages (the 9th song also in Latin) (43 p. : port.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
O solitude (5:26) -- Ah! how sweet it is to love (1:52) -- Not all my torments (2:24) -- Stripp'd of their green (3:25) -- Tell me, some pitying angel (7:10) -- If music be the food of love (3:21) -- Hark! hark! the echoing air (2:11) -- The fatal hour comes on apace (4:01) -- Incassum, Lesbia (7:21) -- Sweeter than roses (2:59) -- Cupid, the slyest rogue alive (2:35) -- From silent shades (4:13) -- Dear pretty youth (1:59) -- From rosy bow'rs (5:45) -- Now that the sun hath veil'd his light (5:20) -- Beneath a poplar's shadow (1:58) -- I attempt from love's sickness to fly (2:03) -- Let us dance (1:29) -- Fairest isle (2:37) -- O solitude (6:14). |
| Language |
Program notes in English, German and French; texts in original languages with English, German and French translations (43 p.), inserted. |
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Sung in English except 9th work, sung in Latin. |
| Subject |
Songs (High voice) with continuo.
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Songs (High voice) with continuo. |
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
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Incidental music -- Excerpts.
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Chansons (Voix aiguë) acc. d'ensemble instrumental. |
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Incidental music -- Excerpts. |
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Chansons (Voix aiguë) acc. de luth. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Argenta, Nancy, singer.
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North, Nigel, instrumentalist.
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Boothby, Richard, 1955- instrumentalist.
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Nicholson, Paul (Organist), instrumentalist.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
O solitude, my sweetest choice.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Tyrannic love. Ah! how sweet it is to love.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Not all my torments can your pity move.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Stript of their green our groves appear.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Tell me, some pitying angel.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
If music be the food of love, Z. 379C.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Fairy queen. Hark! the ech'ing air.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Fatal hour comes on apace.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Incassum, Lesbia, incassum rogas.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Pausanias, the betrayer of his country. Sweeter than roses.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Cupid, the slyest rogue alive.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Bess of Bedlam.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Tempest. Dear pretty youth.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Don Quixote. From rosy bow'rs.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Now that the sun hath veiled his light.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Sophonisba. Beneath the poplar's shadow.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Indian queen. I attempt from Love's sickness to fly.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Dioclesian. Let us dance.
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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
King Arthur. Fairest isle.
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| Added Title |
Songs. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98006388
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| Music No. |
CDC 7 59324 2 Virgin Classics |
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0777 7 59324 2 3 Virgin Classics |
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