Purcell Edition (The Indian Queen, The Tempest, Dioclesian, Timon of Athens)

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Purcell Edition (The Indian Queen, The Tempest, Dioclesian, Timon of Athens)
Rosemary Hardy, Dinah Harris, Jennifer Smith, Lynne Dawson, Rogers Covey-Crump etc / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists, John Elliot Gardiner

[ Warner Erato / 4 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Tuesday 20 April 2010

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"The choral singing is especially fine, with the close of the work movingly expressive… for The Tempest, Gardiner demonstrates how delightful it is, a masterly collection, in performances both polished and stylish and with excellent solo and choral singing…" Penguin Guide Key Recording (on The Indian Queen)

Tracks:

The Indian Queen
(with Rosemary Hardy, Gillian Fisher, Dinah Harris, Jennifer Smith, Ashley Stafford, Martyn Hill, John Elwes, Stephen Varcoe & David Thomas)

The Tempest or The Enchanted Island, Z. 631
(Rosemary Hardy, Jennifer Smith, Carol Hall, John Elwes, Stephen Varcoe & David Thomas, Roderick Earle)

The Married Beau: Overture
Rondeau from Abdelazer

Timon of Athens
(with Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher, Rogers Covey-Crump, Paul Elliott, Stephen Varcoe & Michael George)

Dioclesian
(with Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher, Rogers Covey-Crump, Paul Elliott, Stephen Varcoe & Michael George)

Music for a while, Z583
Ah! how sweet it is to love (from Tyrannic Love or The Royal Martyr, Z613)
If music be the food of love
(with Dawn Upshaw, soprano))