Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Music for Queen Mary

EMI 0946 3 4438 2 1, 2006


Come, ye sons of art, Ode for Birthday of Queen Mary, Z323
[1]Symphony: Largo - Allegro - Adagio3'14
[2]Symphony - Come ye sons of art (C1)1'08
[3]Come ye sons of art (Chorus)0'35
[4]Sound the trumpet (C1, C2)2'21
[5]Symphony1'13
[6]Strike the viol (C1, 2 rec)4'13
[7]The day that such a blessing gave (B)1'17
[8]The day that such a blessing gave (Chorus)1'21
[9]Bid the virtues (S, ob)2'47
[10]These are the sacred charms (B)1'32
[11]See Nature, rejoicing (S, B)1'10
[12]This, Nature, rejoicing (Chorus)1'24
[13]Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, Z46 (C,T,B, Chorus)5'51
Love's goddess sure was blind, Ode for Birthday of Queen Mary, Z331
[14]Symphony3'23
[15]Love's goddess sure was blind (C1)2'45
[16]Those eyes, that form (B)1'20
[17]Sweetness of nature (C1, C2)2'36
[18]Long may she reign (Tr)1'53
[19]May her blest example chase (C1)2'13
[20]Many, many such days (C1, C2)2'57
[21]May she to Heaven late return (Chorus)1'17
[22]As much as we below shall mourn (S, C1, T, B)0'57
[23]Our short, but their eternal choice (Chorus)0'37
Music for the funeral of Queen Mary
[24]Drum Processional1'38
[25]March, Z860a1'49
[26]Canzona, Z860b3'01
[27]Drum Recessional1'39
Funeral Sentences (Tr,C,T,B, Chorus)
[28]Man that is born of a woman, Z272'45
[29]In the midst of life, Z17b4'44
[30]Thou know'st, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z58b3'41
Funeral Anthem of Queen Mary (Tr, C,T,B, Chorus)
[31]Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z58c2'32
total time70'03


Kate Royal, soprano (S)
Edward Phillips, treble (Tr)
David Hansen, countertenor (C1)
Tim Mead, countertenor (C2)
Andrew Staples, tenor (T)
Jacques Imbrailo, bass (B)

Soloists from the Choir of King's College:
Joe Adams, countertenor ([13])
Edward Saklatvala, tenor ([13])
Nich Morris, bass ([13])
Edward Phillips, treble ([28]-[31])
David Allsopp, countertenor ([28]-[31])
John McMunn, tenor ([28]-[31])
James Browning, bass ([28]-[31])

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Academy of Ancient Music (on period instruments):
Soloist:
David Blackadder, Philip Bainbridge, Susan Addison, and Stephen Saunders, flatt trumpets ([25], [26], [31])
Benedict Hoffnung, tenor drum ([24], [27])
Rachel Brown and Rachel Beckett, recorders
Katharina Spreckelsen, oboe
Continuo group:
Alastair Ross, harpsichord
Oliver Brett ([1]-[12]), Alastair Ross ([13]), Tom Winpenny ([14]-[23]), chamber organ
Paula Chateaneuf, theorbo
Richard Campbell, viola da gamba
Joseph Crouch, violoncello
direction: Stephen Cleobury

recording: April 21-23, 2005, Chapel of Choir of King's College, Cambridge