Purcell: Divine Hymns [United Kingdom]

William Christie's New Recording on Virgin Classics is a Programme of English Sacred Works Drawn Largely from the Two Volumes of Playford's Harmonia Sacra, Or Divine Hymns and Dialogues (1688/1693). The Published Pieces Are Mostly by Purcell and his Friend and Teacher John Blow, and it is Purcell who Dominates Here, with Some of his Most Ravishing Sacred Songs, Including "Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel" (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), the Dramatic Scena "in Guilty Night", Describing Saul?s Fateful Visit to the Witch of Endor, One of the Early Funeral Sentences, and the Exquisite "Evening Hymn". Blow is Represented by Two Settings, "Peaceful is He and Most Secure" and the Antiphon "Salvator Mundi". The Programme also Includes Works by Pelham Humfrey, with Whom Purcell Studied, and William Croft, Like Purcell Organist of the Chapel Royal and Westminster Abbey. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-13-2008; From Plaintive to Plangent by Way of Penitent; There was little or no joy in England between 1620 and 1720, between the lusty Elizabethans and the gorgeous Georgians. There wasn't much occasion for joy, we ought to note, what with the wars of religion, regicide, unprecedented class...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-05-2007; Thank God for William Christie...and Henry Purcell; This is one of the most ravishingly beautiful albums of baroque vocal music ever made. It is wonderful to hear that Christie and Les Ars Florissants, now a generation old, are still the best ensemble of their kind around and absolutely...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-13-2008; From Plaintive to Plangent by Way of Penitent; There was little or no joy in England between 1620 and 1720, between the lusty Elizabethans and the gorgeous Georgians. There wasn't much occasion for joy, we ought to note, what with the wars of religion, regicide, unprecedented class...; read full review | report as inappropriate