Songs from Orpheus Britannicus

Album by Henry Purcell & Agnès Mellon & Christophe Rousset & Wieland Kuijken

Songs from Orpheus Britannicus is a posthumous collection of songs by the English composer Henry Purcell, first published in 1698. The works exemplify late 17th-century English Baroque vocal music, featuring expressive ground basses, ornamented melodic lines and theatrical affect, and the publication played a key role in preserving Purcell's secular repertoire and shaping subsequent English song practice.

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  1. 1.
    Celia Has a Thousand Charms
    2:13
  2. 2.
    Fly Swift Ye Hours
    5:46
  3. 3.
    Gentle Shepherds, You That Know (A pastoral elegy upon the death of Mr. John Playford)
    5:50
  4. 4.
    A New Ground en Mi mineur
    2:29
  5. 5.
    I See She Fly's Me
    2:06
  6. 6.
    Sweeter Than Roses
    3:20
  7. 7.
    I Came, I Saw, and I Was Undone (The Thraldom)
    4:31
  8. 8.
    Ground en Ré mineur
    1:45
  9. 9.
    If Musick Be the Food of Love
    3:31
  10. 10.
    From Silent Shades and the Elizium Groves (Bess of Bedlam)
    4:38
  11. 11.
    Love in Their Little Veins Inspires
    1:20
  12. 12.
    From Rosie Bow'rs
    7:00
  13. 13.
    Fairest Isle of Isles Excelling
    2:21
  14. 14.
    Round O en Ré mineur
    1:31
  15. 15.
    Ah! How Sweet It Is to Love
    2:00
  16. 16.
    The Fatal Hour Comes on Apace
    3:40
  17. 17.
    Oh Solitude! My Sweetest Choice
    5:49
  18. 18.
    Since From My Dear Astrea's Sight
    3:24
  19. 19.
    Chaconne en Sol mineur
    2:40
  20. 20.
    Oh! Lead Me to Some Peaceful Gloom
    2:43
  21. 21.
    Thrice Happy Lovers
    2:59

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