Portrait of a Legend

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Opera & Stage Music by Henry Purcell

1 The Fairy Queen: Act II. "Come all ye songsters of the Sky" Henry Purcell 1:57
2 The Fairy Queen: Act II. Prelude Henry Purcell 0:41
3 The Fairy Queen: Act II. "May the God of Wit inspire" / "While Echo shall in sounds remote" Henry Purcell 2:05
4 The Fairy Queen: Act III. "Now the Maids and the Men are making of Hay" Henry Purcell 3:50
5 The Fairy Queen: Act IV. Symphony Henry Purcell 1:05
6 The Fairy Queen: Act V. "Thus, thus the gloomy World" Henry Purcell 4:48
7 The Fairy Queen: Act V. "Thus Happy and Free" Henry Purcell 0:51
8 The Fairy Queen: Act V. "Yes, Xansi, in your Looks I find" Henry Purcell 2:09
9 The Fairy Queen: Act V. "Monkeys' Dance" Henry Purcell 0:59
10 King Arthur, or The British Worthy: Act I, Scene 2. "I call ye all" Henry Purcell 2:30
11 King Arthur, or The British Worthy: Act V, Scene 2. "Fairest Isle" Henry Purcell 2:50
12 The Indian Queen: Act I. "Wake Quivera, wake" Henry Purcell 2:32
13 The Indian Queen: Act III. "Trumpet Overture" Henry Purcell 2:42
14 The Indian Queen: Act III. "Ah, how happy are we" / "We the spirits of the air" Henry Purcell 4:00
15 The Indian Queen: Act III. "I attempt from love's sickness" Henry Purcell 2:09
16 Olinda in the Shades Unseen, Z. 404 Henry Purcell 2:21
17 The Old Batchelor, Z. 607 No. 10: Thus to a ripe, consenting maid Henry Purcell 2:44
18 O How Happy's He, Z. 403 Henry Purcell 1:18

    Sacred Song

    1 Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae / Leçons de ténèbres: Dernière leçon du Samedi Saint [anonymous] 5:04
    2 Te lucis ante terminum "Procul recedant somnia", P 214 Thomas Tallis 2:11
    3 Leçons de ténèbres: Deuxième Leçon à une voix François Couperin 13:20
    4 Cantate Jubilate Domino, BuxWV 64 Dietrich Buxtehude 8:02
    5 In Guilty Night "Saul and the Witch of Endor", Z. 134 Henry Purcell 9:24
    6 Great King Of Gods "Lord of Lords" Orlando Gibbons 6:04
    7 Ave verum corpus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 9:01
    8 Cantabo Domine Alessandro Grandi 3:23

      Solo Song

      1 The Wind and the Rain [anonymous] 2:29
      2 First Book of Ayres: It Was a Lover and His Lass Thomas Morley 2:55
      3 The First Booke of Consort Lessons: O Mistress Mine Thomas Morley 1:22
      4 Willow Song [anonymous] 4:54
      5 Calleno custure me [anonymous] 3:09
      6 Miserere my Maker [anonymous] 5:44
      7 I Care Not for These Ladies Thomas Campion 1:47
      8 Of All the Birds John Bartlet 1:12
      9 What Then Is Love? Philip Rosseter 2:20
      10 The Self-banish'd John Blow 2:30
      11 The Glory of the Arcadian Groves Jeremiah Clarke 2:10
      12 Second Booke of Songes: Fine Knacks for Ladies John Dowland 2:33
      13 Second Booke of Songes, No. 2: Flow My Tears John Dowland 5:37
      14 If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379 Henry Purcell 2:24
      15 Don Quixote, Z. 578 No. 9: From rosy bow'rs Henry Purcell 7:15
      16 O Solitude, Z. 406 Henry Purcell 5:57
      17 Nuove musiche (1614): Pien d'amoroso affetto Giulio Caccini 3:31
      18 Pallidetto qual viola Claudio Saracini 1:07
      19 Nuove musiche (1602): Amarilli, mia bella Giulio Caccini 3:19
      20 Infirmata vulnerata Alessandro Scarlatti 13:28

        Folksong

        1 The Three Ravens [anonymous] 2:52
        2 Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair [anonymous] 1:53
        3 Canzonets to Two Voices: Sweet Nymph, Come to Thy Lover Thomas Morley 1:41
        4 Canzonets to Two Voices: I Go Before My Darling Thomas Morley 1:26
        5 The Oak and the Ash [anonymous] 3:11
        6 Barbara Allen [anonymous] 2:36
        7 Lord Randall [anonymous] 4:04
        8 The Water Is Wide [anonymous] 2:35
        9 The Tailor and the Mouse [anonymous] 1:31
        10 Down by the Sally Garden's [anonymous] 2:21
        11 I Will Give My Love an Apple [anonymous] 1:47
        12 Canzonets to Two Voices: Miraculous Love's Wounding Thomas Morley 2:57
        13 A Musicall Dreame: Sweet Kate Robert Jones 1:36
        14 Bushes and Briars [anonymous] 2:36
        15 The Foggy, Foggy Dew [anonymous] 2:10
        16 She Moved Through the Fair [anonymous] 3:44
        17 The Evening Prayer [anonymous] 1:00