Product Description
Andreas Scholl returns to Decca with a recording of vocal jewels by the great baroque composer Henry Purcell, including 'When I Am Laid In Earth' from Dido and Aeneas. This is Andreas Scholl's first ever recording of the music of Purcell and his uniquely beautiful voice is perfectly suited to the English composer's plangent melodies. The album includes pieces written for the stage, the church and the private chamber, some of which Andreas Scholl has sung in recital for many years, and some he sings here for the first time
Tracklisting
1. If music be the food of love
2. Come ye sons of art - Sound the Trumpet
3. Come, ye sons of art, away (1694) Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary II - Strike the viol, touch the lute
4. Chacony, Z628
5. King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 5 - Fairest Isle
6. King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3 - What Power art thou?
7. Chacony in G minor Z730
8. The Fairy Queen / Act 2 - One Charming Night
9. Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country. (1695), Z585 - original version - Sweeter Than Roses
10. Dido and Aeneas / Act 3 - When I Am Laid In Earth - Dido's Lament)
11. The Gordian Knot Untied - Music For The Gordian Knot Unty'd
12. Ode for St Cecilia's Day, "Welcome to all the pleasures", Z339 - original version - Here The Deities Approve
13. Oedipus - Music For A While, Z583
14. O dive custos Auriacae domus, Z504
15. O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice, Z.406
16. Pavan in G minor, Z.752
17. An Evening Hymn, Z 193
