Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary

Henry Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary - Come Ye Sons of Art (1694) & Love's Goddess Sure Come (1692)
The Early Music Consort of London - David Munrow, dir.
EMI (His Master's Voice) ASD 3166 [LP]
EMI (His Master's Voice) 0C 063 o 06032Q [LP]
EMI (His Master's Voice) TC-EMX 2134 [Cass.]
Angel S-37251 [LP]
EMI Classics Eminence CD-EMX 2134 [CD]
EMI "Classics for Pleasure" 586 050 [CD]

Contents:

    Henry Purcell: Ode on the Birthday of Queen Mary II, Z323 (1694): Come, Ye Sons of Art
  1. Symphony: Largo - Allegro - Adagio
  2. Ritornello, Verse & Chorus: Come Ye sons of Art
  3. Verse: Sound the Trumpet
  4. Ritornello & Chorus: Come Ye sons of Art
  5. Verse & Ritornello: Strike the Viol
  6. Verse & Chorus: The Day That Such A Blessing
  7. Verse: Bid The Virtues
  8. Verse: These Are The Sacred Charms
  9. Verse & Chorus: See Nature, Rejoicing

    10. Henry Purcell: Ode on the Birthday of Queen Mary II, Z331 (1692): Love's Goddess Sure
  10. Symphony
  11. Verse & Ritornello: Love's Goddess Sure
  12. Verse: Those Eyes That Form
  13. Verse: Sweetness Of Nature
  14. Verse & Chorus: Long May She Reign
  15. Verse & Ritornello: May Her Blest Example
  16. Verse & Ritornello: Many Such Days
  17. Chorus: May She To Heaven
  18. Verse & amp; Chorus: As Much As We

Playing time: ??' ??

Performers:
The Early Music Consort of London [Norma Burrowes (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Charles Brett (countertenor), ([18] + Mary Beverley (soprano), John York Skinner (countertenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Geoffrey Shaw (baritone)) Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord, organ continuo), Oliver Brookes (viola da gamba)] - David Munrow, dir.

Recording site & date: Abbey Road Studios, London, UK [6/1975]

Compilation:
EMI "Rouge et Noir" CZS 7 67524-2 or EMI Classics 7243 5 69270 2 5

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 53/635-1650 (apr. 1976)
Diapason (#-p.): 227- (apr. 1978), 389-134 (jan. 1993 (EMI CZS 767 524-2))
Fanfare ( #-p):

Comments: Information from owned CD (EMI Classics 69 270) & LP (EMI ASD 3166)

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Pierre-F. Roberge