Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212037522
Catalog number: SIGCD 375
Releasedate: 11-04-14
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212037522
Releasedate: 11-04-14
- The young, virtuoso a cappella ensemble VOCES8 return to disc on Signum with a sumptuous collection of early works by Henry Purcell, one of England’s greatest composers.
The young, virtuoso A Cappella ensemble VOCES8 presents a sumptuous collection of early works by Henry Purcell one of England’s greatest composers. Joined by the specialist early-music ensemble ‘Les Inventions’, the group explores Purcell’s astoundingly diverse output – anthems, odes, funeral music, semi-operas, masques, sonatas, consort-music, songs and catches – populate his extraordinarily multifaceted oeuvre.
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1Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem07:25
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2To the Hills and the Vales02:30
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3By beauteous softness mix’d with majesty03:34
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4O God, thou art my God03:51
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5How Happy the Lover06:19
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6Cold Song’ (What Power Art Thou...)04:26
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7Behold, O mightiest of Gods03:22
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8My heart is inditing of good matter15:03
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9Bid the Virtues03:17
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10Hail! Bright Cecilia04:20
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11Strike the Viol03:55
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12Second Dirge Anthem (Morley)/Thou Knowest Lord05:09
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13Fairest Isle04:40
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14Full Fathom Five02:24