Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen (Excerpts)

Phyllis Curtin, Eleanor Davis, Paul Tibbetts, Daniel Pinkham, Cambridge Festival Chorus & Cambridge Festival Orchestra

2014-05-11 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  No. 1– 4 Prelude , Hornpipe, Air and Rondeau
  6:08
• 2
  No. 5 Act I. Overture
  1:40
• 3
  No. 6 Duet for Soprano and Bass: “Come Let Us Leave the Town”
  2:27
• 4
  No. 10 Act II. Nightingale Interlude
  1:13
• 5
  No. 20 Air for Soprano and Chorus: “If Love’s a Sweet Passion”
  1:23
• 6
  No. 14 Air for Soprano: “Entrance at Night”
  4:08
• 7
  No. 17 Bass with Chorus: “Hush No More”
  3:23
• 8
  No. 43 Air for Soprano with Violin Obbligato: “The Plaint”
  6:21
• 9
  No. 45 Symphony
  1:05
• 10
  No. 57 Air for Soprano and Chorus: “Hark the Ech’ing Air”
  2:59
• 11
  No. 30 Act 4: Symphony
  7:03
• 12
  No. 31 Soprano solo with Chorus” “Oberon’s Birthday”
  3:12
• 13
  No. 35 Chorus: “Hail Great Parent”
  1:53
• 14
  No. 37 Air for Mezzo-soprano: “Summer”
  1:29
• 15
  No. 39 Air for Bass: “Winter”
  3:37
• 16
  No. 53A Duet for Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano ”Turn Thine Eyes”
  2:11
• 17
  No. 53B Recitative for Hymen (Bass)
  1:03
• 18
  No. 53C: Finale: Trio and Chorus
  1:48