{"product_id":"felicity-lott-sarah-walker-bowman-purcell-if-music-be-the-food-of-love-fairest-isle-britten-purcell-realizations","title":"Britten: Purcell Realizations - FELICITY LOTT \/ SARAH WALKER \/ JAMES BOWMAN \/ GRAHAM JOHNSON (2 CDs)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/official_about_this_recording_sept_2022.png?v=1663272165\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese songs are arrangements only in the sense that Purcell provided the vocal part and a bass line, figured to indicate the harmony, leaving it to the continuo player to ‘realize’ the rest of the accompaniment—which is what Britten does. Obviously this leaves plenty of scope for imagination on the part of the ‘realizer’ and Britten takes full advantage of this freedom, providing accompaniments that are utterly distinctive, although always within the harmonic confines of the originals. As Britten wrote in the foreword to each publication of the songs, calling them performing editions ‘for contemporary conditions’: ‘It is clear that the figured basses in Purcell’s day were realized in a manner personal to the player. In this edition the basses have also, inevitably, been realized in a personal way. But it has been the constant endeavour of the arranger to apply to these realizations something of that mixture of clarity, brilliance, tenderness and strangeness which shines out in all Purcell’s music.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACKLISTINGWITHWORLDtransparentbluebackground_3.png?v=1667855310\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD1\u003cbr\u003e1\u003cbr\u003eThe knotting song Z371  Hears not my Phillis how the birds[2'04]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eJames Bowman (countertenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKing Arthur, or The British Worthy Z628Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e2\u003cbr\u003eSong: Fairest isle[2'20]\u003cbr\u003eDame Felicity Lott (soprano)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3\u003cbr\u003eIf music be the food of love Z379c[4'10]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eJohn Mark Ainsley (tenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4\u003cbr\u003eTurn then thine eyes Z425[1'34]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eJohn Mark Ainsley (tenor)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOedipus Z583Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e5\u003cbr\u003eSong: Music for a while[3'14]\u003cbr\u003eSarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)\u003cbr\u003e6\u003cbr\u003ePious Celinda goes to prayers Z410[1'25]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eIan Bostridge (tenor)\u003cbr\u003eA Fool's Preferment, or The Three Dukes of Dunstable Z571Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e7\u003cbr\u003eSong: I'll sail upon the dog-star[1'23]\u003cbr\u003eRichard Jackson (baritone)\u003cbr\u003e8\u003cbr\u003eOn the brow of Richmond Hill Z405[1'50]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)\u003cbr\u003e9\u003cbr\u003eMad Bess Z370  From silent shades and the Elysian groves[5'23]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eSarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)\u003cbr\u003e10\u003cbr\u003eIf music be the food of love Z379a[2'08]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eDame Felicity Lott (soprano)\u003cbr\u003eRule a Wife and Have a Wife Z587Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e11\u003cbr\u003eSong: There's not a swain of the plain[0'52]\u003cbr\u003eIan Bostridge (tenor)\u003cbr\u003e12\u003cbr\u003eNot all my torments can your pity move Z400[2'41]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eJames Bowman (countertenor)\u003cbr\u003eThe Mock Marriage Z605Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e13\u003cbr\u003eSong: Man is for the woman made[1'07]\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)\u003cbr\u003ePausanias, the Betrayer of his Country Z585Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e14\u003cbr\u003eSong: Sweeter than roses[3'42]\u003cbr\u003eDame Felicity Lott (soprano)\u003cbr\u003e15\u003cbr\u003eO solitude, my sweetest choice! Z406[6'28]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eJohn Mark Ainsley (tenor)\u003cbr\u003eThe Indian Queen Z630Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e16\u003cbr\u003eSong: I attempt from love's sickness to fly[2'12]\u003cbr\u003eSusan Gritton (soprano)\u003cbr\u003e17\u003cbr\u003eI take no pleasure in the sun's bright beams Z388[1'44]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eIan Bostridge (tenor)\u003cbr\u003eThe Fairy Queen Z629Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e18\u003cbr\u003eSong: Hark the ech'ing air![2'28]\u003cbr\u003eDame Felicity Lott (soprano)\u003cbr\u003eThe Rival Sisters, or The Violence of Love Z609Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e19\u003cbr\u003eSong: Take not a woman's anger ill[1'28]\u003cbr\u003eJohn Mark Ainsley (tenor)\u003cbr\u003eKing Arthur, or The British Worthy Z628Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e20\u003cbr\u003eSong: How blest are shepherds[3'29]\u003cbr\u003eJohn Mark Ainsley (tenor)\u003cbr\u003eOroonoko Z584Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e21\u003cbr\u003eDuet: Celemene[3'52]\u003cbr\u003eSusan Gritton (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor)\u003cbr\u003eCome ye sons of Art, away Z323Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e22\u003cbr\u003eMovement 3: Sound the trumpet[2'24]\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor)\u003cbr\u003e23\u003cbr\u003eI spy Celia Z499[4'05]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eIan Bostridge (tenor), Richard Jackson (baritone)\u003cbr\u003e24\u003cbr\u003eLost is my quiet for ever Z502[3'18]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eSusan Gritton (soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)\u003cbr\u003e25\u003cbr\u003eWhat can we poor females do? Z518[1'12]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eSusan Gritton (soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)\u003cbr\u003eThe Maid's Last Prayer, or Any rather than Fail Z601Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e26\u003cbr\u003eDuet: No, resistance is but vain[5'35]\u003cbr\u003eSarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Richard Jackson (baritone)\u003cbr\u003eKing Arthur, or The British Worthy Z628Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e27\u003cbr\u003eDuet: Shepherd, leave decoying[1'17]\u003cbr\u003eSusan Gritton (soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)\u003cbr\u003eCD2\u003cbr\u003e28\u003cbr\u003eThe Queen's Epicedium Z383  Incassum Lesbia, incassum rogas[7'24]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eIan Bostridge (tenor)\u003cbr\u003e29\u003cbr\u003eThe Blessed Virgin's Expostulation when our Saviour, at twelve years of age, had withdrawn himself Z196  Tell me, some pitying angel, quickly say[7'25]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eDame Felicity Lott (soprano)\u003cbr\u003e30\u003cbr\u003eSaul and the witch at Endor Z134  In guilty night, and hid in false disguise[11'46]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eSarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (baritone)\u003cbr\u003e31\u003cbr\u003eLord, what is man? Z192[6'09]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eDame Felicity Lott (soprano)\u003cbr\u003e32\u003cbr\u003eWe sing to him whose wisdom form'd the ear Z199[1'54]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eJames Bowman (countertenor)\u003cbr\u003e33\u003cbr\u003eEvening Hymn Z193  Now that the sun hath veiled his light[4'35]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eDame Felicity Lott (soprano)\u003cbr\u003e34\u003cbr\u003eJob's curse Z191  Let the night perish; cursed be the morn[5'08]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eSimon Keenlyside (baritone)\u003cbr\u003e35\u003cbr\u003eA morning hymn Z198  Thou wakeful shepherd, that does Israel keep[2'54]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)\u003cbr\u003e36\u003cbr\u003eAlleluia ZS14[2'16]John Weldon (1676-1736) \u0026amp; Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)\u003cbr\u003e37\u003cbr\u003eIn the black dismal dungeon of despair Z190[4'22]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)\u003cbr\u003e38\u003cbr\u003eDulcibella, when e'er I sue for a kiss Z485[2'09]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eIan Bostridge (tenor), Richard Jackson (baritone)\u003cbr\u003e39\u003cbr\u003eWhen Myra sings Z521[2'45]Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003eIan Bostridge (tenor), Richard Jackson (baritone)\u003cbr\u003eThe Comical History of Don Quixote Z578Henry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr\u003e40\u003cbr\u003ePart 1, Song: Let the dreadful engines of eternal will[7'57]\u003cbr\u003eSimon Keenlyside (baritone)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HYPERION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076262084858,"sku":"CDD22058","price":5.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/034571120584.png?v=1737733683","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/felicity-lott-sarah-walker-bowman-purcell-if-music-be-the-food-of-love-fairest-isle-britten-purcell-realizations","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}