{"product_id":"loves-goddess-sure-was-blind-the-sixteen-the-symphony-of-harmony-and-invention","title":"PURCELL: Love's Goddess Sure was Blind - The Sixteen; The Symphony of Harmony and Invention","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/officialaboutthisrecordingsept2022_480x480.png?v=1667928013\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis disc combines some of Henry Purcell’s most powerful masterpieces. Love’s Goddess Sure was Blind, an exuberant tribute to the young Queen Mary, and some of his most eloquent compositions, written for her funeral.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLove’s Goddess Sure was Blind, written in exuberant and florid style for the birthday of the much loved young Queen Mary ends, extraordinarily, with a reflection on the grief her eventual death would provoke. It was less than six years later that the prophesied mourning became a reality, when, in her early thirties, she succumbed to smallpox. Purcell’s eloquent compositions for her funeral are acknowledged as some of his most powerful masterpieces marrying a genuine of expression of grief (Purcell greatly admired the witty, musical Mary) with a characteristic sophistication of style.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Sixteen\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Symphony of Harmony and Invention\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHarry Christophers\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'This magnificent contribution … breaks new ground in scholarship, matching it with performances of the highest order ... the elegy O Dive Custos, with the astonishingly boy-like voices of Libby Crabtree and Carys Lane, is the unforgettable high point in this superb tribute to Purcell and his Queen.' BBC Music Magazine\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACKLISTINGWITHWORLDtransparentbluebackground_3_480x480.png?v=1667855310\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACKLISTINGWITHWORLDtransparentbluebackground_3_480x480.png?v=1667855310\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHenry Purcell (1659-1695)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwo Latin Motets \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Miserere Mei \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3.- 5. Funeral Sentences \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElegy on the Death of Queen Mary \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. Incassum, Lesbia, incassum rogas \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOde for Queen Mary’s Birthday, 1692 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLove’s Goddess Sure was Blind \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7. Symphony \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8. Love’s goddess sure was blind this day \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9. Those eyes that form, that lofty mien \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10. Sweetness of nature, and true wit \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11. Long may she reign over this Isle \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12. May her blest example chase \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13. Many such days may she behold \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14. May she to heaven late return\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElegy on the Death of Queen Mary \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15. O dive custos auricae domus \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Complete Funeral Music for Queen Mary (1695) \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOrder of Service at The Burial of the Dead (Thomas Morley [c.1557 – 1602] and Henry Purcell)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16. The Queen’s Farewell (James Paisible [d.1721])\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e17. March (Purcell)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e18. The Queen’s Farewell (Thomas Tollett [d.c.1696])\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e19. March (Purcell)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e20. I am the resurrection and the life (Morley)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e21. I know that my Redeemer liver (Morley)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e22. We brought nothing into this world (Morley)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e23. Man that is born of a woman (Morley)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e24. In the midst of life (Morley)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e25. Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (Purcell)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e26. Canzona (Purcell)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e27. I heard a voice from Heaven(Morley)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43643022442746,"sku":"828021602429","price":11.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/COR16024_1024x1024_2x_ce7c56af-08b4-45f4-998a-f778243a649a.jpg?v=1668267885","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/loves-goddess-sure-was-blind-the-sixteen-the-symphony-of-harmony-and-invention","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}