Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Songs And Arias – Anthony Lewis, Benjamin Britten, Philomusica of London & Jennifer Vyvyan

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: Symphony

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

6:54

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "Now the Night Is Chas'd Away"

Jennifer Vyvyan, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

2:43

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "Let the Fifes and the Clarions....Dance"

James Bowman, Charles Brett, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

2:06

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "When a Cruel Long Winter"

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

2:51

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "Hail! Great Parent Of Us All" (Reprise)

Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

2:17

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "Thus the Ever Grateful Spring"

Mary Wells, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

2:49

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "Here's the Summer, Sprightly Gay"

James Bowman, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

1:15

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "See, My Many-Coloured Fields"

Ian Partridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

3:02

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "Next, Winter Comes Slowly, Pale"

John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

2:59

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "Hail! Great Parent Of Us All"

Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

2:23

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: Prelude..."Come, All Ye Songsters Of the Sky"

Charles Brett, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

2:33

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: "The Songsters...May the God Of Wit Inspire"

Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

1:58

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: "Echo...Now Join Your Warbling Voices All"

Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

2:15

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Fill Up the Bowl (Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears)

Owen Brannigan, Jennifer Vyvyan, Mary Wells & Ambrosian Opera Chorus

6:37

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: "See, Even Night Herself Is Here"

Norma Burrowes, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

5:24

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: "I Am Come To Lock All Fast"

Jennifer Vyvyan, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

0:43

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: "One Charming Night"

James Bowman, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

2:16

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: "Hush, No More"

John Shirley-Quirk, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

4:05

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: Dance For the Followers Of Night

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

1:33

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3: Overture

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

1:45

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3: "If Love's a Sweet Passion...I Press Her Hand"

Peter Pears, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

2:41

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3: "O Let Me Weep, For Ever Weep"

Jennifer Vyvyan, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

7:51

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3: "Now the Maids and the Men Are Making Of Hay"

Alfreda Hodgson, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

3:44

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3: A Dance Of Haymakers

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

0:56

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3: "A Thousand, Thousand Ways"

James Bowman, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

3:07

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3: Hornpipe and Rondeau

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

2:34

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: Symphony

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

1:29

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: "Hark! Hark the Echoing Air"

Jennifer Vyvyan, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

2:30

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: "Sure the Dull God Of Marriage"

Mary Wells, Alfreda Hodgson, Ambrosian Opera Chorus & English Chamber Orchestra

2:26

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: "See, I Obey"

Owen Brannigan, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

1:51

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: "Turn Then Thine Eyes"

Jennifer Vyvyan, Mary Wells, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

1:11

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: "My Torch Indeed...They Shall Be As Happy"

Jennifer Vyvyan, Mary Wells, James Bowman & Peter Pears

2:58

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: Chaconne

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

3:34

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: "They Shall Be As Happy"

Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Henry Purcell

1:04

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Purcell: The Tempest, Z.631: "Arise ye subterranean winds"

Hervey Alan, Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis & Henry Purcell

3:10

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Purcell: The Tempest, Z.631: "Aeolus, you must appear"

Hervey Alan, Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis & Henry Purcell

3:48

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Purcell: The Tempest, Z.631: "Your awful voice I hear"

William Herbert, Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis & Henry Purcell

4:47

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Purcell: The Tempest, Z.631: "Halcyon Days"

Jennifer Vyvyan, Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis & Henry Purcell

5:48

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Purcell: The Tempest, Z.631: "See, see the heavens smile"

Hervey Alan, Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis & Henry Purcell

4:55

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Purcell: Sonata for Trumpet & Strings, Z.850 - ed. Thurston Dart & Michael Tilmouth

Dennis Egan, Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis & Henry Purcell

4:40

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Purcell: The Virtuous Wife, Z.611: March (Hornpipe) - Minuet I - Minuet II

Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis & Henry Purcell

4:16

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Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627: "What shall I do?"

Jennifer Vyvyan, Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis & Henry Purcell

4:43

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Purcell: Ciaccona in G Minor, Z.730 - Ed. Thurston Dart

Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis & Henry Purcell

5:05