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Purcell: Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II, Vol. 2 / Christophers, The Sixteen Choir
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Purcell: Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II, Vol. 2 / Christophers, The Sixteen Choir

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Details

Composer
PURCELL, HENRY
Artist
The Sixteen, Christophers
Format
CD
Label
Coro
Released
Sep 06, 2019
Catalog #
COR16173
UPC
828021617324

About

On this release, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen continue their exploration of Purcell’s stunning music written for royal occasions on the third album in their acclaimed series. King Charles II liked to project a strong, stable, divinely legitimated image. Whilst that image had no basis in reality, the scale of his deception and financial skulduggery did not emerge until 19th-century historians discovered secret treaty documents between Charles and King Louis XIV of France. Purcell had no idea of course, and so all of the music on this album celebrates the political triumphs that he and his colleagues thought they had witnessed. It includes the quite brilliant Welcome Songs 'Welcome to all the pleasures' (with its superb six-part fanfares to St Cecilia in the final chorus) and 'From hardy climes'.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z. 15 02:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z. 15
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  2. 2 O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z. 406 06:13
    Track
    2
    Title
    O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z. 406
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  3. 3 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry, Z. 25 03:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    Lord, how long wilt thou be angry, Z. 25
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  4. 4 Pavan in G Minor, Z. 752 04:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    Pavan in G Minor, Z. 752
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  5. 5 Plung'd in the confines of despair, Z. 142 04:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    Plung'd in the confines of despair, Z. 142
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  6. 6 Symphony 03:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    Symphony
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  7. 7 Welcome to all the pleasures 01:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    Welcome to all the pleasures
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  8. 8 Here the deities approve 04:15
    Track
    8
    Title
    Here the deities approve
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  9. 9 While joys celestial 03:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    While joys celestial
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  10. 10 Beauty, thou scene of love 02:46
    Track
    10
    Title
    Beauty, thou scene of love
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  11. 11 In a consort of voices 01:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    In a consort of voices
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  12. 12 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust, Z. 16 11:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust, Z. 16
    Duration
    11:17
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  13. 13 From silent shades, and the Elysian groves, Z. 370, "Bess of Bedlam" 04:43
    Track
    13
    Title
    From silent shades, and the Elysian groves, Z. 370, "Bess of Bedlam"
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  14. 14 Of all the instruments that are, Z. 263 01:23
    Track
    14
    Title
    Of all the instruments that are, Z. 263
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  15. 15 Symphony 02:28
    Track
    15
    Title
    Symphony
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  16. 16 From Hardy Climes 03:03
    Track
    16
    Title
    From Hardy Climes
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  17. 17 As Fame, Great Sir 02:36
    Track
    17
    Title
    As Fame, Great Sir
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  18. 18 Wake Then, My Muse! 01:59
    Track
    18
    Title
    Wake Then, My Muse!
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  19. 19 The Sparrow and the Gentle Dove 04:05
    Track
    19
    Title
    The Sparrow and the Gentle Dove
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  20. 20 So All the Boons 02:44
    Track
    20
    Title
    So All the Boons
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers