Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques, Rosemary Joshua
AP027 - 1CD - 75' - Feb 21, 2012
A selection from Purcell's masterpiece, performed by outstanding artists under the direction of Christophe Rousset.
A selection of pieces from one of Purcell's great masterpieces. Some of the finest exponents of this repertoire, Elizabeth Kenny, Laurence Dreyfus and Rosemary Joshua, take part in this programme, conducted by Christophe Rousset, which is destined to be a reference version!
1. Tell me, some pitying angel (The blessed Virgin’s expostulation)
2. In the black, dismal dungeon of despair
3. We sing to him, whose wisdom form’d the ear
4. Air in G minor
5. Great God, and just (A penitential hymn)
6. My song shall be alway (psalm 89)
7. Ground in D minor
8. Lord, what is man?
9. Let the night perish (Job’s curse)
10. Chaconne in G minor
11. The night is come (An evening hymn)
12. With sick and famish’d eyes
13. How have I stray’d
Suite in G minor
14. Prelude
15. Allemande
16. Courante
17. Sarabande
18. My opening eyes are purged (A divine song of the Passion of our Saviour)
19. How long, great God (The aspiration)
20. Ground in C minor
21. Sleep, Adam, and take thy rest
22. Thou wakeful shepherd (A morning hymn)
23. The earth trembled (On our Saviour’s Passion)
24. Now that the sun hath veil’d his light (An evening hymn on a ground)
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