Purcell: The Fairy Queen 1692

Purcell's masterful composition, Gabrieli's first-class performance and McCreesh's superb interpretation demonstrate why their recordings are seen as some of the best in classical music today.

Disc 1
1: Prelude
2: Hornpipe
3: Air
4: Rondeau
5: Overture
6: Come, Let Us Leave the Town
7: Scene of the Drunken Poet
8: Jig
9: Come All Ye Songsters
10: Symphony in Imitation of Birds
11: May the God of Wit Inspire
12: Symphony in Imitation of an Echo
13: Now Join Your Warbling Voices All
14: Sing While We Trip It
15: See, Even Night Herself Is Here
16: I Am Come to Lock All Fast
17: One Charming Night
18: Hush, No More
19: Dance for the Followers of Night
20: Air
21: If Love's a Sweet Passion
22: Symphony While the Swans Come Forward
23: Dance for the Fairies
24: Dance for the Green Men
25: Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air
26: Now the Maids and the Men Are Making of Hay
27: Dance for the Haymakers
28: When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining
29: A Thousand, Thousand Ways
30: Hornpipe

Disc 2
1: Symphony
2: Now the Night Is Chas'd Away
3: Let the Fifes and the Clarions
4: Symphony for the Entry of Phoebus
5: When a Cruel Long Winter
6: Hail! Great Parent of Us All
7: Thus the Ever Grateful Spring
8: Here's the Summer
9: See My Many Colour'd Fields
10: Next, Winter Comes Slowly
11: Hail! Great Parent of Us All
12: Air
13: O Let Me Weep
14: Thrice Happy Lovers
15: Entry Dance
16: Symphony
17: Thus the Gloomy World
18: Thus Happy and Free
19: Yes, Daphne
20: Dance for the Monkeys
21: Hark How All Things With One Sound Rejoice
22: Hark the Echoing Air a Triumph Sings
23: Sure the Dull God of Marriage - Hymen Appear
24: Prelude As Hymen Enters
25: See, I Obey - Turn Then Thine Eyes - My Torch, Indeed
26: They Shall Be As Happy As They're Fair
27: Dance for Chinese Man & Woman - Chaconne

Composer: Henry Purcell

Conductor: Paul McCreesh

Number of Discs: 2

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