Begin the Song! A Purcell Academy - Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Le Consort

Begin the Song! A Purcell Academy
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
·  By Beauteous Softness (Now Does the Glorious Day Appear, Z.332) (4'11)
· Strike the viol (Come, Ye Sons of Art Away, Z.323) (3'36)
William Croft (1678-1727)
·  Adagio from ‘With Noise of Cannon (2'44)
(Musicus Apparatus Academicus)
John Eccles (ca 1668-1735)
·  O Ravishing Delight (The Judgement of Paris) (3'48)
· Thunder is heard at a distance (Semele) (0'40)
John Blow (1649-1708)
·  So ceas’d the rival crew (An Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell) (3'24)
Henry Purcell
· Ritornello of the Aria ‟This Does Our Fertile Isle With Glory” (Now Does the Glorious Day Appear, Z.332) (1'10)
· O let me weep (The Fairy Queen, Z. 629) (7'45)
· Be welcome then, great Sir (Fly, bold rebellion, Z. 324) (3'00)
(A Welcome Song performed to his Majesty in the year 1683)
Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707)
· The Glory of the Arcadian Groves (Come, come along for a dance and a song) (2'02)
Henry Purcell
· Music for a while (Oedipus, Z.583) (3'52)
John Blow
· Begin the Song! (1'14)
(A Second Musical Entertainment perform'd on St. Cecilia's day. November XXII. 1684…)
Henry Purcell
· Here the Deities approve (Welcome to All the Pleasures, Z.339) (4'23)
Mr. Barrett (ca 1676-1719)
· How wretched is our fate (3'20)
William Croft
· Overture: Symphony (Ye Tuneful numbers) (3'03)
· Tell her I'm wounded (Ye Tuneful Numbers) (3'26)
· Peace is the song (Ode for the Peace of Utrecht) (3'19)
(Musicus Apparatus Academicus)
Henry Purcell
· Air in G minor (Abdelazer, Z.570) (1'07)
· O Solitude, my sweetest choice! Z.406 (6'20)
· Fairest Isle (King Arthur, Z.628) (3'48)
· Instrumental Introduction to the Chorus ‟Now, Now with One United Voice” (Now does the glorious day appear, Z. 332) (1'07)
· Sound the trumpet (Come, Ye Sons of Art Away, Z.323) (2'50)
Anon. (traditional) attr. to Thomas Ravenscroft (ca 1582-1635)
· The Three Ravens (4'31)
(Melismata, Musicall phansies fitting the court, citie and country humours, to 3, 4, and 5 voyces)