Par PURCELL HENRY. Purcell Dido and Aeneas (Full Score, paperback) The opera ?Dido and Aeneas?, a recount of the well-known story from Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid, has established itself as a favourite with the public. This is due to the skill of composer Henry Purcell and his librettist Nahum Tate, who combined an overriding tragic theme with masterfully inserted comic episodes. Long believed to have been conceived in 1689 for a performance at a ?School for Young Gentlewomen?, scholars have debated the origins of ?Dido? in recent decades, a process hampered by the lack of early musical sources. This edition addresses these challenges and evaluates the earliest sources that reproduce the opera in its surviving form. Surprisingly, these date from the 1770s and 80s, some ninety years after the work was written. Three key manuscripts ? now held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford (UK), at Tatton Park Library which is a National Trust property near Manchester (UK), and at the Wakayama Prefectural Library (Japan) - were all copied from the same original, most likely a handwritten score from 1704 which reappeared in the early 1770s, only to disappear again. This is the first 'Dido' edition based on the Tatton Park manuscript as the main source. It was produced during the second half of the 18th century by Philip Hayes, one of England's most prominent musicians. He was known in musicology for his meticulous copies of Purcell's music, often from the autograph manuscripts. The Bodleian and Wakayama manuscripts are presented in a new light and their role in this edition has been reassessed accordingly. - Urtext edition based for the first time on the Tatton Park manuscript as the main source - Informative Foreword (Eng/Ger) on the genesis, transmission, reception and performance practice - Complete facsimile reproduction of the Chelsea libretto / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Répertoire / Solistes, Choeur Mixte et Orchestre

Purcell Society Volume 22B-A highly authoritative and accurate edition of Henry Purcell's Duets Dialogues and Trios which have not been published since the Purcell Society edition in 1922. The new edition lays particular emphasis on accuracy and performance and includes a comprehensive commentary. This edition has been edited under the supervision of the Purcell Society by Ian Spink.

Purcell Society Volume 25.This volume contains all Purcell's secular solo songs which have no known association with the theatre. It also includes those songs which though mainly for solo voice end with a short duet section. The first edition of this volume was prepared for the Purcell Society by Arthur Somervell published in 1928. This new edition is not just a revision but the outcome of a fresh examination of the sources. A new editorial continuo part more suited to the harpsichord has also been provided.

7 Pieces for Descant Recorder and Keyboard-As well as being a successful church and court composer Purcell wrote extensively for the stage composing several operas semi-operas and masques. Now Gwilym Beechey has made seven of these fantastic works accessible to the instrumental player carefully choosing and arranging a selection of these pieces for descant recorder and keyboard. Included in this edition are dances airs and jigs from Purcell’s popular opera King Arthur (1691) and semi-operas The Fairy Queen (1692) and The Indian Queen (1695). A Purcell Suite also features one of his most famous pieces the Rondeau in D minor from the incidental music he wrote for Abdelazer.

Par PURCELL HENRY. Henry Purcell (1659-1695) held numerous appointments at the Royal court and Westminster Abbey, and is considered by many to be the greatest ever English-born composer. His prolific work covered all fields: orchestral, ecclesiastical, operatic, theatrical, incidental, and chamber music were all enriched by his output. Fantazias And In Nomines is a collection of his 15 Fantasies and 2 In Nomines, Z. 731-747. Purcell is credited with popularising the hitherto arcane form of the Fantasy, perhaps most famously in his Fanstasia Upon One Note, where a middle C is sustained throughout – in live performances this issometimes played by a volunteer from the audience! This full score edition has been edited by the renowned musicologist Robert Thurston Dart. / Rép Classique / Répertoire / Conducteur

This collection for progressing students includes art songs as well as arrangements of folksongs and spirituals. ART SONGS Anonymous: Pastime with good company · Campian: Jack and Joan · Dowland: Come again sweet love · Dowland: What if I never speed · Gibbons: The Silver Swan · Ireland: Spring Sorrow · Lawes: How happy art thou · Morley: It was a lover and his lass · Morley: Now is the month of Maying · Purcell: I attempt from love's sickness · Purcell: Nymphs and Shepherds · Quilter: Weep you no more · Vaughan Williams: The Call · Vaughan Williams: Bright is the ring of words · ARRANGEMENTS All Through the Night (arr. Nicholl) · The Gospel Train (Walters) · Greensleeves (arr.Stanley) · He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (arr. Boyd) · How Can I Keep from Singing (arr. Ruck) · I gave my love a cherry (arr. Dean) · Jacob's Ladder (arr. Walters) · My Lord What a Mornin' (arr. Burleigh) · Shenandoah (arr. Walters) · Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (arr. Walters) · This Little Light of Mine (arr. Ruck).

This hymn of Purcell’s sets words by Dr William Fuller Lord Bishop of Lincoln and was the opening work of Henry Playford’s 1688 Harmonia Sacra. It is unclear how or when the piece would have been performed as it does not fit any liturgical function.However the hymn is untainted Purcell in style and quality. Purcell laid out the five-bar ground bass at the start of the work and shifts it only slightly and effectively for emphasis in the middle of the song.

Par PURCELL HENRY. Henry Purcell wrote several works in honour of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of church music. The best known of these works probably is Hail! Bright Cecilia (1692) the solo part of which was performed by Purcell himself at the world premiere. Welcome to all the pleasures was composed in 1683 on a text by Christopher Fishburn. The work is now published as piano reduction of the score published by Eulenburg (ETP 1062). Orchestral parts are available at Breitkopf & Härtel./ Répertoire / Solistes, Chœur Mixte SATB et Piano

Thomas Adès made these four Purcell realisations for medium voice and piano for recitals with the countertenor Iestyn Davies in 2012 and 2017. Four Songs is comprised of two of Purcellâ??s Tempest songs â??Come Unto these Yellow Sandsâ?? and â??Full Fathom Fiveâ?? alongside the much-loved â??An Evening Hymnâ?? and â??By Beauteous Softnessâ??. The whole collection lasts around 12 minutes. Adès described Purcellâ??s manner of setting English text as â??magnificentâ?? remarking that â??the way that emotion the rhythm of the words is rendered into music is incomparably natural and powerful.â?? All of these qualities are brought to the fore in these realisations which should prove an invaluableaddition to the repertoire.

Par PURCELL HENRY. Purcell composée de six de ses plus beaux odes à honorer les anniversaires de la Reine Marie dans les années successives de 1689. Arrivé, ye, fils de l'art (1694) suivi des récents succès d'étape et contient certains du compositeur plus pétillant et mémorable écriture instrumentale et vocale. Cette édition performante faisant autoritaire est préparée par le principal expert, Purcell Robert King./ Répertoire / Conducteur

Birthday Odes For Queen Mary Part 1 (Cloth Bound)-A beautifully bound hardback edition of this score Volume 11 in the Purcell Society series. Edited under the supervision of the Purcell Society by Bruce Wood. Vocal scores and instrumental parts of each of the three works in this volume are available on hire from the publishers. Soft cover edition available: NOV151011.

Sacred Music Part 6 Songs and Vocal Ensemble-Songs and Vocal Ensemble music edited under the supervision of the Purcell Society by Anthony Lewis and Nigel Fortune. Includes solo songs vocal duets songs for three or more voices and two songs attributed to Purcell but of uncertain authorship.