Purcell: Complete Ayres for the Theatre [Box set]

Composer: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Orchestra: Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra, Parley of Instruments
Conductor: Roy Goodman


CD1

The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z627

1 Suite. Movement 1: Overture [3'58]
2 Suite. Movement 2: Preludio [2'14]
3 Suite. Movement 3: Song Tune 'Let the soldiers rejoice' [1'14]
4 Suite. Movement 4: Trumpet Tune [0'55]
5 Suite. Movement 5: Country Dance [1'31]
6 Suite. Movement 6: Air [0'57]
7 Suite. Movement 7: Hornpipe [0'43]
8 Suite. Movement 8: Air. Trumpet Tune [0'27]
9 Suite. Movement 9: Canaries [0'51]

King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z628

10 Suite. Movement 01: Overture [3'38]
11 Suite. Movement 02: Air [1'06]
12 Suite. Movement 03: Air [1'18]
13 Suite. Movement 04: Song Tune 'Fairest Isle' [1'35]
14 Suite. Movement 05: Hornpipe [0'45]
15 Suite. Movement 06: Hornpipe 'Come shepherds' [0'49]
16 Suite. Movement 07: Song Tune 'How blest are shepherds' [1'27]
17 Suite. Movement 08: Air [1'36]
18 Suite. Movement 09: Song Tune 'Round thy coasts' [1'12]
19 Suite. Movement 10: Song Tune 'Come if you dare' [1'12]
20 Suite. Movement 11: Trumpet Tune [0'44]
21 Suite. Movement 12: Trumpet Tune [1'05]
22 Suite. Movement 13: Chaconne [3'17]

The Fairy Queen, Z629

23 Suite. Movement 01: Overture [2'33]
24 Suite. Movement 02: Hornpipe [0'57]
25 Suite. Movement 03: Air [1'07]
26 Suite. Movement 04: Air [0'55]
27 Suite. Movement 05: Rondeau [1'50]
28 Suite. Movement 06: Preludio [1'54]
29 Suite. Movement 07: Hornpipe [1'03]
30 Suite. Movement 08: Overture. Symphony while the Swans Come Forward [2'00]
31 Suite. Movement 09: Song Tune 'If love's a sweet passion' [1'34]
32 Suite. Movement 10: Jig [1'07]
33 Suite. Movement 11: Dance for the Fairies [0'57]
34 Suite. Movement 12: Air 4 in 2. Dance for the Followers of Night [2'15]
35 Suite. Movement 13: Song Tune 'Sing while we trip it' [1'11]
36 Suite. Movement 14: Air [1'28]
37 Suite. Movement 15: Air [1'03]
38 Suite. Movement 16: Song Tune 'Thus happy and free' [1'02]
39 Suite. Movement 17: Chaconne. Dance for the Chinese Man and Woman [2'42]
40 Suite. Movement 18: Air [1'32]

The Indian Queen, Z630

41 Suite. Movement 01: Overture [3'17]
42 Suite. Movement 02: Trumpet Tune [0'35]
43 Suite. Movement 03: Trumpet Tune. I come to sing great Zempoalla's story [1'13]
44 Suite. Movement 04: Air [1'17]
45 Suite. Movement 05: Hornpipe [0'54]
46 Suite. Movement 06: Air [0'59]
47 Suite. Movement 07: Hornpipe [1'00]
48 Suite. Movement 08: Air [1'00]
49 Suite. Movement 09: Song Tune 'We the spirits of the air' [1'01]
50 Suite. Movement 10: Rondeau [1'46]

CD2

The Married Beau, or The Curious Impertinent, Z603

1 Suite. Movement 1: Overture [2'49]
2 Suite. Movement 2: Slow Air [1'01]
3 Suite. Movement 3: Hornpipe [0'40]
4 Suite. Movement 4: Air [1'24]
5 Suite. Movement 5: Hornpipe [0'38]
6 Suite. Movement 6: Jig [1'19]
7 Suite. Movement 7: Trumpet Air [1'34]
8 Suite. Movement 8: March [1'13]
9 Suite. Movement 9: Hornpipe on a Ground [1'22]

The Old Bachelor, Z607

10 Suite. Movement 1: Overture [3'26]
11 Suite. Movement 2: Hornpipe [0'56]
12 Suite. Movement 3: Slow Air [1'17]
13 Suite. Movement 4: Hornpipe [0'38]
14 Suite. Movement 5: Rondeau [0'42]
15 Suite. Movement 6: Minuet [0'57]
16 Suite. Movement 7: Borry [0'35]
17 Suite. Movement 8: March [0'55]
18 Suite. Movement 9: Jig [0'39]

Amphitryon, or The Two Sosias, Z572

19 Suite. Movement 1: Overture [3'34]
20 Suite. Movement 2: Saraband [0'43]
21 Suite. Movement 3: Hornpipe [1'03]
22 Suite. Movement 4: Scotch Tune [0'54]
23 Suite. Movement 5: Air [0'56]
24 Suite. Movement 6: Minuet [0'52]
25 Suite. Movement 7: Hornpipe [0'34]
26 Suite. Movement 8: Borry, or Gavotte [0'50]

The Double Dealer, Z592

27 Suite. Movement 1: Overture [3'35]
28 Suite. Movement 2: Hornpipe [0'45]
29 Suite. Movement 3: Minuet [0'53]
30 Suite. Movement 4: Air [1'40]
31 Suite. Movement 5: Hornpipe [0'42]
32 Suite. Movement 6: Minuet. Slow Air [1'27]
33 Suite. Movement 7: Minuet [0'43]
34 Suite. Movement 8: Air [1'09]
35 Suite. Movement 9: Air [0'55]

Distressed Innocence, or The Princess of Persia, Z577

36 Suite. Movement 1: Overture [2'05]
37 Suite. Movement 2: Air [0'56]
38 Suite. Movement 3: Slow Air [1'40]
39 Suite. Movement 4: Air [0'58]
40 Suite. Movement 5: Hornpipe, or Jig [0'39]
41 Suite. Movement 6: Rondeau [1'35]
42 Suite. Movement 7: Air [0'51]
43 Suite. Movement 8: Minuet [0'56]

The Gordion Knot Unty'd, Z597

44 Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona [3'40]
45 Suite. Movement 2: Air [0'43]
46 Suite. Movement 3: Rondeau Minuet [2'03]
47 Suite. Movement 4: Air [0'51]
48 Suite. Movement 5: Jig. Lilliburlero [0'40]
49 Suite. Movement 6: Chaconne [1'56]
50 Suite. Movement 7: Air [0'40]
51 Suite. Movement 8: Minuet [1'13]

CD3

Abdelazar, or The Moor's Revenge, Z570

1 Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona [2'59]
2 Suite. Movement 2: Rondeau. Hornpipe [1'33]
3 Suite. Movement 3: Air [1'19]
4 Suite. Movement 4: Air [1'17]
5 Suite. Movement 5: Minuet [0'53]
6 Suite. Movement 6: Air [1'12]
7 Suite. Movement 7: Jig [0'34]
8 Suite. Movement 8: Hornpipe [0'41]
9 Suite. Movement 9: Air [1'36]

Bonduca, or The British Heroine, Z574

10 Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona [3'59]
11 Suite. Movement 2: Song Tune 'Britons, strike home' [1'37]
12 Suite. Movement 3: Song Tune 'To arms, to arms' [1'15]
13 Suite. Movement 4: Air [1'42]
14 Suite. Movement 5: Hornpipe [0'54]
15 Suite. Movement 6: Air [0'44]
16 Suite. Movement 7: Hornpipe [0'51]
17 Suite. Movement 8: Air [0'59]
18 Suite. Movement 9: Minuet [1'17]

The Virtuous Wife, or Good luck at last, Z611

19 Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona [2'41]
20 Suite. Movement 2: Song Tune 'Ah, how sweet it is to love' [2'39]
21 Suite. Movement 3: Slow Air [1'40]
22 Suite. Movement 4: Air [0'42]
23 Suite. Movement 5: Preludio [1'34]
24 Suite. Movement 6: Hornpipe [0'38]
25 Suite. Movement 7: Minuet [1'01]
26 Suite. Movement 8: Minuet [0'50]
27 Suite. Movement 9: Air 'La Furstenburg' [1'01]

The Fairy Queen, Z629

28 Act IV Sonata 'while the sun rises'. Movement 1: [Allegro] [1'06]
29 Act IV Sonata 'while the sun rises'. Movement 2: Canzona [2'36]
30 Act IV Sonata 'while the sun rises'. Movement 3: [Adagio] [1'41]
31 Act IV Sonata 'while the sun rises'. Movement 4: [Allegro] – [Adagio] – [Allegro] [2'47]

Dido and Aeneas, Z626

32 No 1: Overture in G minor [3'09]

Sir Anthony Love, or The Rambling Lady, Z588
33 No 1: Overture [3'45]

Timon of Athens, Z632

34 Suite. Movement 1: Overture. Grave – Canzona – Adagio – Canzona [5'21]
35 Suite. Movement 2: Curtain Tune on a Ground [3'49]

The Indian Queen, Z630

36 Act III: Symphony [5'08]