Artist: The English Concert, Rosemary Joshua, Sarah Connolly, Harry Bicket
Album: Purcell, Locke, Blow & Gibbons (Wigmore Hall Live)
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2017
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:13:06
Total Tracks: 28
Total Size: 1,25 GB

Tracklist:

01. The English Concert – The Tempest, The First Musick: I. Introduction (00:53)
02. The English Concert – The Tempest, The First Musick: II. Galliard (01:21)
03. The English Concert – The Tempest, The First Musick: III. Gavot (00:48)
04. The English Concert – The Tempest, The Second Musick: IV. Saraband (03:31)
05. The English Concert – The Tempest, The Second Musick: V. Lilk (00:46)
06. Harry Bicket – If Music be the Food of Love, Z.379b (01:59)
07. Harry Bicket – Draw Near, You Lovers, Z.462 (03:53)
08. Harry Bicket – Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 5: “Oh! the Sweet Delights of Love” (01:50)
09. The English Concert – The Tempest, The Second Musick: VI. Curtain Tune (04:19)
10. The English Concert – The Tempest, The Second Musick: VII. The First Act Tune “Rustick Air” (01:08)
11. The English Concert – The Tempest, The Second Musick: VIII. The Second Act Tune “Minoit” (00:45)
12. The English Concert – The Tempest, The Second Musick: IX. The Third Act Tune “Corant” (01:00)
13. The English Concert – The Tempest, The Second Musick: X. The Fourth Act Tune “A Martial Jigge” (01:14)
14. The English Concert – The Tempest, The Second Musick: XII. The Conclusion “A Canon 4 in 2” (01:51)
15. The English Concert – Oedipus, Z.583: II. Song. Musick for a While (04:02)
16. Harry Bicket – Oh! Fair Cedaria, Hide Those Eyes, Z.402 (04:07)
17. Harry Bicket – Pausanius, Z.585: No. 2, My Dearest, My Fairest (02:37)
18. The English Concert – Chaconne in G Major (04:45)
19. Harry Bicket – Oh Solitude, Z.406 (05:03)
20. Sarah Connolly – Pausanius, Z.585: No. 1, Sweeter than Roses (03:17)
21. The English Concert – Fantasy-Suite in D Minor: I. Fantasy (02:47)
22. The English Concert – Fantasy-Suite in D Minor: II. Allman (01:39)
23. The English Concert – Fantasy-Suite in D Minor: III. Galliard (01:59)
24. Sarah Connolly – The Fairy Queen, Z.629, Act 2: “One Charming Night” (02:23)
25. Sarah Connolly – The Fairy Queen, Z.629, Act 5: “The Plaint” (07:54)
26. Harry Bicket – The Female Virtuosos, Z.596: “Love, Thou art Best” (02:36)
27. The English Concert – The Fairy Queen, Z.629, Act 5: Chaconne (02:32)
28. Harry Bicket – The Fairy Queen, Z.629, Act 5: “They Shall be as Happy as They’re Fair” (01:53)

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Renowned period ensemble The English Concert and Harry Bicket are joined by two singers at the height of their powers, bright-voiced soprano Rosemary Joshua and the graceful mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, as they delve into the musical world in which Henry Purcell was immersed.

Through the course of this concert, recorded live at Wigmore Hall, we explore the music of 17th-century England; from the irresistible Suite from ‘The Tempest’ by Matthew Locke to John Blow’s spritely Chaconne in G, crowned by beautifully crafted and luminous songs by Purcell himself.