Purcell: Opera Suites

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Label
Capriccio
Release Date
August 12, 2016
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PURCELL, HENRY
    • PERFORMER
      Academy Of St Martin In The Fields, Marriner
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 12, 2016
    • UPC
      845221080017
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      C8001
    • LABEL
      Capriccio
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Prelude

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    2. Hornpipe

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    3. Air

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    4. Rondeau

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    5. Overture

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    6. Symphony

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    7. Dance for fairies

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    8. Dance for the Green Men

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    9. Song tune: If love's a sweet passion

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    10. Gigue

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    11. Symphony

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    12. Entry Dance

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    13. Symphony

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    14. Chaconne: Dance for a Chinese Man and Woman

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    15. First Music

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    16. Second Music

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    17. Dance of Furies

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    18. Second Act Tune

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    19. Chaconne: Two in one upon a Ground

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    20. Song Tune

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    21. Song Tune: How blest are shepherds

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    22. Symphony: Shepherd, shepherd leave decoying

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    23. Song Tune: Fairest isle

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    24. Chaconne

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    25. Overture

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    26. Air: Minuet

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    27. Overture

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    28. Overture

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner


This re-release is one of CAPRICCIO’s most famous recordings which has been remastered for optimal quality and offered at a special price. Henry Purcell is considered to be one of the finest English composers to have ever lived. He wrote a number of operas, and is heralded as composing the first English opera. Featured on this release are suites from four of his most popular operas, The Fairy Queen, Dioclesian, King Arthur, and The Indian Queen. Neville Marriner, who is featured as conductor on this recording, founded the Academy of St. Martin In the Fields along with John Churchill. The ensemble was a monumental part in the revival of Baroque performance in England.