Scholars Baroque Ensemble - Fairy Queen - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Prelude - Les Nouveaux Caractères 2. Hornpipe - Les Nouveaux Caractères 3. Air - Les Nouveaux Caractères 4. Rondeau - Les Nouveaux Caractères 5. Overture - Les Nouveaux Caractères 6. Prelude - Come, Come, Come Let Us Leave This Town 7. Fill Up the Bowl, Then 8. Jig 9. Prelude 10. Come All Ye Songsters of the Sky 11. Birds Fly Down, Singing 12. May the God of Wit Inspire 13. Now Join Your Warbling Voices All 14. Sing While We Trip It Upon the Green 15. See, Even Night Herself Is Here 16. I Am Come to Lock All Fast 17. One Charming Night 18. Hush, No More, Be Silent All 19. Dance for the Followers of Night 20. Air 21. Prelude - If Love's a Sweet Passion 22. Symphony While the Swans Come Forward 23. Dance for the Fairies 24. Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air, Appear! 25. Now the Maids and the Men Are Making of Hay 26. Dance for the Haymakers 27. When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining 28. A Thousand, Thousand Ways We'll Find 29. Hornpipe 1. Symphony 2. Now the Night Is Chased Away 3. Let the Fifes and the Clarions and Shrill Trumpets Sound 4. Entry of Phoebus 5. Prelude - When a Cruel Long Winter Has Frozen the Earth 6. Hail! Great Parent of Us All 7. Thus the Ever Grateful Spring 8. Here's the Summer, Sprightly, Gay 9. See My Many Coloured Fields 10. Next, Winter Comes Slowly 11. Air 12. Prelude to Juno's Song - Thrice Happy Lovers 13. O Let Me Ever, Ever Weep 14. Entry Dance 15. Symphony 16. Thus the Gloomy World 17. Thus Happy and Free 18. Yes, Xansi, in Your Looks I Find 19. Monkey's Dance 20. Prelude - Hark! How All Things with One Sound Rejoice 21. Hark Now the Echoing Air a Triumph Sings 22. Sure the Dull God of Marriage Does Not Hear 23. Prelude - See, See, I Obey 24. They Shall Be As Happy As They're Fair 25. Dance for the Chinese M

Purcell's The Fairy Queen is based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, a play not frequently performed in the late 17th century, nor very well regarded (Inchthe most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my lifeInch - Samuel Pepys' diary, 1662). Despite this, the play would go on to work well within an opera, as the characters of Pyramus and Thisbe could conjure up singing and dancing accomplices. Purcell's masterful composition, Gabrieli's first-class performance, and McCreesh's superb interpretation demonstrate why their recordings are seen as some of the best in classical music today. Gabrieli are world-renowned interpreters of great vocal and instrumental repertoire, from the Renaissance to the present day. Founded by Paul McCreesh in 1982, Gabrieli have both outgrown and remained true to their original identity whilst the ensemble's repertoire has expanded beyond any expectation, McCreesh's ever-questioning spirit, expressive musicianship and a healthy degree of iconoclasm remain constant and are reflected in the ensemble's dynamic performances. Gabrieli's repertoire includes major works of the oratorio tradition, virtuosic a cappella programmes and mold-breaking reconstructions of music for historical events. Above all, Gabrieli aims to create thought-provoking performances which stand out from the crowd. Album Tracks 1. Prelude 2. Hornpipe 3. Air 4. Rondeau 5. Overture 6. Act I 7. Prelude & Song 8. Scene of the Drunken Poet 9. First Act Tune - Jig 10. Act II 11. Prelude & Song 12. Symphony in Imitation of Birds 13. Song 14. Symphony in Imitation of An Echo 15. Chorus 16. Song (Fairy), Chorus & Dance 17. Prelude & Song (Night) 18. Song (Mystery) 19. Prelude & Song (Secrecy) 20. Song (Sleep) 21. Dance for the Followers of the Night 22. Second Act Tune (Air) 23. Act III 24. Prelu

Album Tracks 1. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Domine Ad Adiuvandum 2. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Psalm 109 Dixit Dominus 3. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Concerto Nigra Sum 4. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Psalm 112 Laudate Pueri Dominum 5. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Concerto Pulchra Es 6. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Psalm 121 Laetatus Sum 7. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Concerto Duo Seraphim 8. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Psalm 126 Nisi Dominus 9. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Concerto Audi Coelum 10. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Psalm 147 Lauda Ierusalem 1. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Sonata Sancta Maria Ora Pro Nobis 2. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Hymn Ave Maris Stella 3. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Magnificat Magnificat 4. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Magnificat Et Exultavit 5. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Magnificat Quia Respexit 6. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Magnificat Quia Fecit Mihi Magna 7. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Magnificat Et Misericordia 8. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Magnificat Fecit Potentiam 9. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Magnificat Deposuit Potentes de Sede 10. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Magnificat Esurientes Implevit Bonis 11. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Magnificat Suscepit Israel 12. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Magnificat Sicut Locutus Est 13. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Magnificat Gloria Patri 14. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Magnificat Sicut Erat in Principio