Henry Purcell
Odes for Queen Mary
Virgin Veritas VC7 59243 2
Track listing
1 - 11 Now does the glorious day appear
- Symphony
- Now does the glorious day appear
- Not any such joy could bring
- This does our fertile isle with glory bless
- Now does the glorious day appear
- It was a work of full as great a weight
- By beautious softness mixed with majesty
- Her hero to whose conduct and arms
- Our dear religion, with our laws defence
- No more shall we the great Eliza boast
- Now, now with one united voice
12 - 20 Loves godess sure was blind
- Symphony
- Loves godess sure was blind
- Those eyes, that form, that lofty mein
- Sweetness of nature and true wit
- Long may she reign over this isle
- May her blest example chase
- Many such days may she behold
- May she to heaven late return
- As much as we below shall mourn
21 - 29 Come ye sons of art
- Symphony
- Come ye sons of art
- Sound the trumpet
- Come ye sons of art
- Strike the viol, touch the lute
- The day that such a blesing gave
- Bid the virtues, bid the graces
- These are the sacred charms that shield
- See nature rejoicing has shown us the way
Performers
9,16,17,27,29 Julia Gooding (soprano), 7,9,13,15,18,22,23,25 James Bowman (countertenor),
15,18,23 Christopher Robson (countertenor), 3,4,9,10 Howard Crook (tenor), 8,14,26,28,29
David Wilson-Johnson (bass) 3,6,8 Michael George (bass)
Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Gustav Leonhardt
TT 65:15
Recording - Bishopsgate Institute, London; September 1991
Jane Pattle
Last Updated 23 October 1997