An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell

Album by John Blow & Samuel Boden & Thomas Walker & Arcangelo & Jonathan Cohen

An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell is an ode by the English composer John Blow, composed in 1695. The piece employs a sombre, declamatory vocal style with choral and solo passages supported by continuo and strings, reflecting late 17th-century English Baroque practices such as contrapuntal writing and modal harmony, and it occupies a place in Blow's output as a ceremonial lament written in the immediate aftermath of Purcell's death.
First released: 29th September 2017

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Begin the Song!: Overture
    1:54
  2. 2.
    Begin the Song!: Solo & Tutti. Begin the Song! Your Instruments Advance
    2:33
  3. 3.
    Begin the Song!: Solo & Tutti. Bring Gentlest Thoughts, That Into Language Glide
    2:56
  4. 4.
    Begin the Song!: Duet. Hark How the Waken’d Strings Resound
    3:05
  5. 5.
    Begin the Song!: Solo & Tutti. By Harmony’s Entrancing Power
    2:32
  6. 6.
    Begin the Song!: Duet. How Dull Were Life, How Hardly Worth Our Care
    1:41
  7. 7.
    Begin the Song!: Solo. Without the Sweets of Melody
    2:31
  8. 8.
    Begin the Song!: Solo. Music’s the Cordial of a Troubled Breast
    3:38
  9. 9.
    Begin the Song!: Tutti. Come Then, With Tuneful Breath and String
    1:18
  10. 10.
    Chaconne a 4 in G major
    5:08
  11. 11.
    An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: Duet. Mark How the Lark and Linnet Sing
    3:38
  12. 12.
    An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: Duet. But in the Close of Night
    3:54
  13. 13.
    An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: Solo. So Ceas’d the Rival Crew When Purcell Came
    2:43
  14. 14.
    An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: Solo. We Beg Not Hell Our Orpheus to Restore
    1:55
  15. 15.
    An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: Solo. The Power of Harmony Too Well They Know
    2:35
  16. 16.
    An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: Duet. The Heavenly Choir, Who Heard His Notes From High
    3:03
  17. 17.
    An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: Duet. Ye Brethren of the Lyre, and Tuneful Voice
    2:02
  18. 18.
    Ground in G minor
    4:14
  19. 19.
    The Nymphs of the Wells: Duet. The Nymphs of the Wells, and the Nymphs of the Hills
    2:46
  20. 20.
    The Nymphs of the Wells: Duet. But Here Comes a Druid and We Must Retire
    2:09
  21. 21.
    The Nymphs of the Wells: Duet. Blest Be This Morn, Blest Be the Hand
    4:12
  22. 22.
    The Nymphs of the Wells: Tutti. We Nymphs of the Founts and We of the Mounts
    1:20
  23. 23.
    Sonata in A major: Slow -
    2:26
  24. 24.
    Sonata in A major [Untitled] -
    1:12
  25. 25.
    Sonata in A major: Brisk
    2:05
  26. 26.
    Dread Sir, the Prince of Light [Symphony]
    1:53
  27. 27.
    Dread Sir, the Prince of Light: Trio. Dread Sir, the Prince of Light Begins to Rise
    1:22
  28. 28.
    Dread Sir, the Prince of Light: Solo & Tutti. Let No Disloyal Cares His Peace Destroy
    2:09
  29. 29.
    Dread Sir, the Prince of Light: Solo, Trio & Tutti. This Message We Bring
    3:28

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