(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). Most of Britten's rich Purcell realizations had
previously been out fo print for some years. This new edition, with new
music engravings and extensive historical notes, includes 9 songs from
Harmonia Sacra, 24 solos songs and 6 duets from Orpheus Britannicus, and
selections from Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen. Contents: Ah!
Belinda, I am prest with torment * Alleluia * The Blessed Virgin's
Expostulation * But ere we this perform * Come away, fellow sailors *
Dialogue of Corydon and Mopsa * Evening Hymn * Fairest Isle * Fear no
danger to ensue * Hark the ech'ing air * How blest are shepherds * I
attempt from love's sickness to fly * I spy Celia * I take no pleasure
* I'll sail upon the Dog-star * If music be the food of love (1st
version) * If music be the food of love(3rd version) * In the black
dismal dungeon of despair * Job's Curse * Let sullen discord smile *
Lord, what is man * Lost is my quiet * Mad Bess * Man is for the
woman made * A Morning Hymn * Music for a while * No, resistance is
but vain * Not all my torments * Oft she visits this lov'd mountain *
On the brow of Richmond Hill * Pious Celinda * Pursue thy conquest,
love * The Queen's Epicedium * Saul and the Witch at Endor * Shake
the cloud from off your brow * Shepherd, leave decoying * So when the
glittering queen of Night * Sound Fame thy brazen trumpet * Sound the
trumpet * Sweeter than roses * Take not a woman's anger ill * Thanks
to these lonesome vales * There's not a swain of the plain * Thou
tun'st this world * 'Tis holiday * Turn then thine eyes * We sing to
him * What can we poor females do? * When I am Laid in earth * Why
should men quarrel?
