Henry Purcell - The Sixteen, Harry Christophers - The Fairy Queen

Tracklist

First Music
1-01	1. Prelude	1:49
1-02	2. Hornpipe	0:54
Second Music
1-03	3. Air	0:52
1-04	4. Rondeau	1:33
1-05	5. Ouverture	1:25
Act I
1-06	6. Song In Two Parts: "Come, Come, Come, Let Us Leave The Town"	2:55
1-07	7. Scene Of The Drunken Poet: "Fill Up The Bowl"	6:12
1-08	8. First Act Tune: Jig	1:08
Act II
1-09	9. Prelude And Song: "Come All Ye Songsters Of The Sky"	2:03
1-10	10. Prelude, Trio: "May The God Of Wit Inspire"	4:16
1-11	11. Chorus: "Now Joyn Your Warbling Voices All"	0:29
1-12	12. Song And Chorus: "Sing While We Trip It On The Green"	2:03
1-13	13. Song: "See, Even Night Her Self Is Here" (Night)	4:38
1-14	14. Song: "I Am Come To Lock All Fast (Mystery)	1:11
1-15	15. Song: "One Charming Night" (Secresie)	2:25
1-16	16. Song And Chorus: "Hush, No More, Be Silent All" (Sleep)	4:03
1-17	17. A Dance For The Followers Of Night	1:15
1-18	18. Second Act Tune: Air	1:10
Act III
1-19	19. A Song In Two Parts And Chorus: "If Love's A Sweet Passion"	4:26
1-20	20. Ouverture: Symphony While The Swans Come Forward	1:48
1-21	21. Dance For The Fairies	0:52
1-22	22. Dance For The Green Men	1:39
1-23	23. Song: "Ye Gentle Spirits Of The Air, Appear"	5:24
1-24	24. Dialogue Between Coridon And Mopsa: "Now The Maids And The Men"	3:49
1-25	25. A Dance For The Haymakers	0:54
1-26	26. Song: "When I Have Often Heard" (A Nymph)	3:08
1-27	27. Song And Chorus: "A Thousand Thousand Ways We'll Find"	2:39
1-28	28. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe	1:00
Act IV
2-01	1. Symphony	6:16
2-02	2. Solo And Chorus: "Now The Night Is Chased Away" (One Of The Attendants)	2:01
2-03	3. Duet: "Let The Fifes, And The Clarions" (Two Others)	1:24
2-04	4. Entry Of Phoebus	0:35
2-05	5. Song: "When A Cruel Long Winter" (Phoebus)	4:19
2-06	6. Chorus: "Hail! Great Parent Of Us All"	1:55
2-07	7. Song: "Thus The Ever Grateful Spring" (Spring)	2:18
2-08	8. Song: "Here's The Summer, Sprightly, Gay (Summer)	1:43
2-09	9. Song: "See My Many Colour's Fields" (Autumn)	2:21
2-10	10. Song And Chorus: "Now Winter Comes Slowly" (Winter)	2:25
2-11	11. Chorus: "Hail! Great Parent Of Us All"	1:01
2-12	12. Fourth Act Tune: Air	1:03
Act V
2-13	13.Prelude	1:09
2-14	14. Epithalamium: "Thrice Happy Love" (Juno)	2:47
2-15	15. The Plaint: "O Let Me Weep"	7:06
2-16	16. Entry Dance	1:16
2-17	17. Symphony	1:15
2-18	18. Song: "Thus The Gloomy World" (A Chinese Man)	4:34
2-19	19. Solo And Chorus: "Thus Happy And Free" (A Chinese Woman)	1:29
2-20	20. Song: "Yes Xansi, In Your Looks I Find" (Chinese Man)	2:17
2-21	21. Monkey's Dance	0:47
2-22	22. Song: "Hark How All Things" (1st Woman)	2:08
2-23	23. Song And Chorus: "Hark Now The Echoing Air" (2nd Woman)	2:43
2-24	24. Duet And Chorus: "Sure The Dull God Of Marriage" (Both Woman)	2:33
2-25	25. Prelude	0:31
2-26	26. Solo: "See, See, I Obey" (Hymen)	4:11
2-27	27. Trio: They Shall Be Happy" (Both Woman, Hymen)	1:01
2-28	28. Chaconne: Dance For Chinese Man And Woman	2:42
2-29	29. Chorus: "They Shall Be As Happy"	1:17

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Lambourne Productions Limited
• Mastered At – Mayking
• Recorded At – St. Bartholomew's Church, Orford

Credits

• Bass Vocals – Michael George , Richard Stuart
• Choir, Orchestra – The Sixteen
• Composed By – Henry Purcell
• Conductor – Harry Christophers
• Countertenor Vocals – Michael Chance
• Design – ATX Design
• Engineer [Balance] – Antony Howell
• Harpsichord [Continuo] – Paul Nicholson
• Liner Notes – Bruce Wood
• Producer – Mark Brown
• Soprano Vocals – Ann Murray, Gillian Fisher, Lorna Anderson
• Tenor Vocals – Ian Partridge, John Mark Ainsley

Notes

Recorded October 1990.
Recorded from the Novello Purcell Society Edition at pitch A=415

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (SPARS Code): DDD
• Barcode: 5012106701328
• Matrix / Runout: 70132-1
• Matrix / Runout: 70132-2