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	ESSENTIAL PURCELL Hyperion CD KING2 - Ł5.00 Welcome, welcome glorious morn : Be welcome then, great Sir : Oh, fair Cedaria : Hear my prayer : Dido's Lament : Let mine eyes run down : The sparrow and the gentle dove : If music be the food Rejoice in the Lord alway : Hosanna to the highest : Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets : Fairest isle Mark, how readily : Sound the trumpet : She loves and she confesses : O how blest is the isle Remember not, Lord : An Evening Hymn : Vouchsafe, O Lord : Hail bright Cecilia with Barbara Bonney, Gillian Fisher, Susan Gritton, Eamonn O'Dwyer, Nicholas Witcomb, James Bowman, Michael Chance, John Mark Ainsley, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Mark Padmore, Michael George Choir of New College Oxford Choir of The King's Consort The King's Consort Robert King conductor
	PURCELL: The Complete Sacred Music Hyperion CDS 44141/51 (11 CDs) - Ł55.00 Reissued in one box with 160 page booklet Mark Kennedy, Eamonn O'Dwyer, Nicholas Witcomb trebles Lynne Dawson, Susan Gritton sopranos James Bowman countertenor Paul Agnew, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Mark Padmore tenors Michael George bass The Choir Of New College, Oxford Choir Of The King's Consort The King's Consort Robert King conductor
	This is now only available as part of the complete set. PURCELL: The Complete Sacred Music Hyperion CDS 44141/51 (11 CDs) - £55.00 Reissued in one box with 160 page booklet O sing unto the Lord : O praise God in his holiness : Praise the Lord O Jerusalem : It is a good thing to give thanks : O give thanks : Let mine eyes run down : My beloved spake Nicholas Witcomb, Jerome Finnis trebles James Bowman countertenor Charles Daniels tenor Michael George, Robert Evans basses Choir of New College Oxford The King's Consort Robert King conductor
	This is now only available as part of the complete set. PURCELL: The Complete Sacred Music Hyperion CDS 44141/51 (11 CDs) - £55.00 Reissued in one box with 160 page booklet Blessed are they that fear the Lord : Behold now, praise the Lord : I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord : My song shall be alway : Te Deum and Jubilate Deo in D Nicholas Witcomb, Daniel Lochmann trebles James Bowman countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump tenor Michael George bass Choir of New College Oxford The King's Consort Robert King conductor
	PURCELL: Complete Anthems and Services vol 3 Hyperion CDA 66623 - Ł11.00 Blow up the trumpet : The Lord is king : Begin the song : Thy word is a lantern : The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation : Hear my prayer : Lord, I can suffer thy rebukes : O Lord, our Governor Remember not, Lord, our offences : Hosanna to the highest : O God, thou hast cast us out Nicholas Witcomb, Daniel Lochmann, Mark Kennedy trebles Lynne Dawson soprano James Bowman countertenor Charles Daniels tenor Michael George, Robert Evans basses Choir of The King's Consort The King's Consort Robert King conductor
	This is now only available as part of the complete set. PURCELL: The Complete Sacred Music Hyperion CDS 44141/51 (11 CDs) - £55.00 Reissued in one box with 160 page booklet Behold, I bring you glad tidings : Since God so tender a regard : Early, O Lord, my fainting soul : Sleep, Adam, and take thy rest : Awake, ye dead : The earth trembled : The way of God is an undefiled way : Lord, not to us, but to thy name : Lord, what is man? : Sing unto God : O, all ye people, clap your hands : My heart is inditing Nicholas Witcomb, Mark Kennedy, Philip Hallchurch trebles Susan Gritton soprano James Bowman countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels tenors Michael George, Stephen Varcoe, Robert Evans basses Choir of New College Oxford The King's Consort Robert King conductor
	PURCELL: Complete Anthems and Services vol 5 Hyperion CDA 66656 - Ł11.00 O Lord, rebuke me not : With sick and famish'd : How long, great God : Awake, and with attention : O God, thou art my God : We sing to him : Praise the Lord, O my soul : O, I'm sick of life : O God, the king : Let the night perish : When on my sick bed : Rejoice in the Lord alway Nicholas Witcomb treble Susan Gritton soprano James Bowman countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels tenors Michael George bass Choir of New College Oxford The King's Consort Robert King conductor
	PURCELL: Complete Anthems and Services vol 6 Hyperion CDA 66663 - Ł11.00 Why do the heathen : Lord, who can tell : O Lord, grant the king a long life : Hear me, O Lord : Thou wakeful shepherd : Who hath believed our report? : I will love thee, O Lord : Great God and just : Plung'd in the confines : O praise the Lord, all ye heathen : My heart is fixed, O God Nicholas Witcomb, Mark Kennedy, Eamonn O'Dwyer trebles James Bowman countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Paul Agnew tenors Michael George bass Choir of New College Oxford The King's Consort Robert King conductor
	This is now only available as part of the complete set. PURCELL: The Complete Sacred Music Hyperion CDS 44141/51 (11 CDs) - £55.00 Reissued in one box with 160 page booklet I was glad when they said unto me (two versions) : O consider my adversity : Beati omnes qui timent Dominum : In the black dismal dungeon of despair : Save me, O God : Te Deum and Jubilate in B flat : Thy way, O God, is holy : Music performed at the Funeral of Queen Mary Mark Kennedy, Eamonn O'Dwyer trebles Susan Gritton soprano James Bowman countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels tenors Michael George bass Choir of The King's Consort The King's Consort Robert King conductor
	This is now only available as part of the complete set. PURCELL: The Complete Sacred Music Hyperion CDS 44141/51 (11 CDs) - £55.00 Reissued in one box with 160 page booklet In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust : Blessed is the man : Benedicite in B flat : Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes : Full of wrath his threatening breath : Bow down thine ear, O Lord : Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G minor : Be merciful unto me : They that go down to the sea in ships Mark Kennedy, Eamonn O'Dwyer trebles James Bowman countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Mark Padmore tenors Michael George bass Choir of The King's Consort The King's Consort Robert King conductor
	PURCELL: Complete Anthems and Services vol 9 Hyperion CDA 66693 - Ł11.00 The Lord is my light : The Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof : Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven : O Lord God of hosts : Let God arise Z23 : Cantate Domino & Deus Misereatur in B flat : Blessed be the Lord my strength : O Lord our governor : In guilty night Mark Kennedy, Eamonn O'Dwyer, Aaron Webber trebles Susan Gritton soprano James Bowman countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Mark Padmore tenors Michael George bass Choir of The King's Consort The King's Consort Robert King conductor
	This is now only available as part of the complete set. PURCELL: The Complete Sacred Music Hyperion CDS 44141/51 (11 CDs) - £55.00 Reissued in one box with 160 page booklet I will give thanks unto the Lord : I will sing unto the Lord : How have I stray'd : Benedictus, Kyrie and Creed in B flat : Hear my prayer, O God : Out of the deep : Blessed is he that considereth : The Lord is king, and hath put on glorious apparel : Unto thee will I cry Mark Kennedy, Eamonn O'Dwyer, Aaron Webber trebles Susan Gritton soprano James Bowman countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Mark Padmore tenors Michael George bass Choir of The King's Consort The King's Consort Robert King conductor
	PURCELL: Complete Anthems and Services vol 11 Hyperion CDA 66716 - Ł11.00 Praise the Lord, O my soul : Close thine eyes and sleep secure : Lord, how long wilt thou be angry Hear me, O Lord, and that soon : Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat : Turn thou us, O good Lord : O Lord, thou art my God : An Evening hymn : Awake, awake, put on thy strength Mark Kennedy, Eamonn O'Dwyer, Aaron Webber trebles Susan Gritton soprano James Bowman countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Mark Padmore tenors Michael George bass Choir of The King's Consort The King's Consort Robert King conductor
	PURCELL: Mr Henry Purcell's most admirable composures Not currently available – due to be reissued in November 2008 We sing to him : What shall I do to show her : How long, great God : Not all my torments : Music for a while : Fairest Isle : The knotting song : The Plaint : With him he brings : Ah, how sweet it is to love : Celia has a thousand charms : The fatal hour comes on : If music be the food of love : One charming night : Since from my dear Astrea's sight Here the deities approve : Evening Hymn James Bowman countertenor The King's Consort Robert King director, harpsichord, chamber organ
	PURCELL: The Complete Secular Solo Songs Hyperion CDS 44161/3 (3 CDs) - Ł24.00 All Purcell's 87 secular songs reissued in a 3 CD box set Barbara Bonney, Susan Gritton sopranos James Bowman countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels tenors Michael George bass The King's Consort Robert King director, organ, harpsichord
	PURCELL: Complete Secular Solo Songs volume 1 Hyperion CDA 66710 - Ł11.00 Draw near, you lovers : While Thirsis, wrapp'd : Love, thou can'st hear : I loved fair Celia : What hope for us remains : Pastora's beauties : A thousand sev'ral ways : Urge me no more : Farewell, all joys : If music be the food (first version) : Amidst the shades : They say you're angry : Let each gallant heart : This poet sings : Ah, how pleasant : My heart, whenever you appear : On the brow of Richmond Hill : Rashly I swore : Since the pox : Beneath a dark and melancholy grove : Musing on cares : Whilst Cynthia sang : How I sigh : Ye happy swains : Beware, poor shepherds : See how the fading glories : Cease, anxious world : Oh, fair Cedaria Barbara Bonney, Susan Gritton sopranos James Bowman countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels tenors Michael George bass The King's Consort Robert King director, organ, harpsichord
	PURCELL: Complete Secular Solo Songs volume 2 Hyperion CDA 66720 - Ł11.00 I love and I must : When her languishing eyes : Not all my torments : Ah! Cruel nymph : Sylvia, now your scorn : Since one poor view : I resolve against cringing : Gentle shepherds : If grief has any pow'r : She that would gain : Fly swift, ye hours : Hears not my Phillis : Phillis, talk no more : Celia's fond : In vain we dissemble : When my Aemelia : Farewell, ye rocks : What a sad fate : I take no pleasure : Love's pow'r in my heart : How delightful's the life : She, who my poor heart : Love arms himself : When first my shepherdess : Through mournful shades : If music be the food (second version) : Scarce had the rising sun : Who but a slave : High on a throne : Incassum lesbia Barbara Bonney, Susan Gritton sopranos James Bowman countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels tenors Michael George bass The King's Consort Robert King director, organ, harpsichord
	PURCELL: Complete Secular Solo Songs volume 3 Hyperion CDA 66730 - Ł11.00 She loves and she confesses : Amintas, to my grief : Corinna is divinely fair : Amintor, heedless of his flocks : He himself courts : No, to what purpose : Sylvia, 'tis true : Lovely Albina : Spite of the godhead : If music be the food (third version) : Phillis, I can ne'er forgive it : Bacchus is a pow'r From silent shades : Let formal lovers : I came, I saw : Who can behold Florella's charms : Cupid, the slyest rogue : If pray'rs and tears : In Cloris all soft charms : Let us, kind Lesbia : Love is now become a trade : Ask me to love no more : O solitude : Olinda in the shades Pious Celinda : When Strephon found : The fatal hour : Sawney is a bonny lad : Young Thirsis' fate Barbara Bonney, Susan Gritton sopranos James Bowman countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels tenors Michael George bass The King's Consort Robert King director, organ, harpsichord
	PURCELL: Complete Odes and Welcome Songs CDS 44031/8 (8 CDs) - Ł60.00 Eight CDs in a cardboard outer containing all 24 Odes and Welcome Songs. "A treasure house of shamefully neglected music. Over nine hours of wonderful invention...this major recording achievement must be an irresistible temptation." (BBC Music Magazine) Tessa Bonner, Gillian Fisher, Susan Hamilton, Mary Seers, Evelyn Tubb sopranos James Bowman, Michael Chance, Jonathan Kenny, Nigel Short countertenors John Mark Ainsley, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Rufus Müller, Mark Padmore, Andrew Tusa tenors Robert Evans, Michael George, Simon Keenlyside, Charles Pott basses Choir of New College Oxford The King's Consort Robert King director
	This is now only available as part of the complete set. PURCELL: Complete Odes and Welcome Songs CDS 44031/8 (8 CDs) - Ł60.00 Welcome to all the pleasures : Now does the glorious day appear : Arise my Muse Gillian Fisher, Tessa Bonner sopranos James Bowman, Michael Chance countertenors John Mark Ainsley, Charles Daniels tenors Michael George, Charles Pott basses The King's Consort Robert King director, organ, harpsichord
	This is now only available as part of the complete set. PURCELL: Complete Odes and Welcome Songs CDS 44031/8 (8 CDs) - Ł60.00 Hail, bright Cecilia : The Duke of Gloucester's Birthday Ode Gillian Fisher, Tessa Bonner sopranos James Bowman countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump high tenor John Mark Ainsley tenor Michael George, Simon Keenlyside basses Choir of New College Oxford The King's Consort Robert King conductor
	PURCELL: Complete Odes volume 3 Hyperion CDA 66412 - Ł11.00 Sound the trumpet, beat the drum : Fly bold rebellion : Celebrate this festival Gillian Fisher, Tessa Bonner sopranos James Bowman, Jonathan Kenny countertenors Rogers Covey-Crump, Rufus Müller tenors Michael George, Charles Pott basses The King's Consort Robert King director, organ, harpsichord
	This is now only available as part of the complete set. PURCELL: Complete Odes and Welcome Songs CDS 44031/8 (8 CDs) - Ł60.00 Ye tuneful Muses : Celestial music did the gods inspire : From hardy climes Gillian Fisher, Tessa Bonner sopranos James Bowman, Jonathan Kenny countertenors Charles Daniels, Rogers Covey-Crump tenors Michael George, Charles Pott basses The King's Consort Robert King director, organ, harpsichord
	PURCELL: Complete Odes volume 5 Hyperion CDA 66476 - Ł11.00 The summer's absence unconcerned we bear : Great parent, hail : Welcome, glorious morn Gillian Fisher, Evelyn Tubb sopranos James Bowman, Jonathan Kenny countertenors John Mark Ainsley, Rogers Covey-Crump tenors Michael George, Charles Pott basses The King's Consort Robert King director, organ, harpsichord
	PURCELL: Complete Odes volume 6 Hyperion CDA 66494 - Ł11.00 From those serene : Laudate Ceciliam : Raise, raise the voice : Love's goddess sure Gillian Fisher, Mary Seers sopranos James Bowman, Nigel Short countertenors Mark Padmore, Andrew Tusa tenors Michael George, Robert Evans basses The King's Consort Robert King director, organ, harpsichord
	This is now only available as part of the complete set. PURCELL: Complete Odes and Welcome Songs CDS 44031/8 (8 CDs) - Ł60.00 Swifter Isis, swifter flow : What shall be done in behalf of the man : The Yorkshire Feast Song Gillian Fisher, Susan Hamilton sopranos James Bowman, Nigel Short countertenors Charles Daniels, Rogers Covey-Crump tenors Michael George, Robert Evans basses The King's Consort Robert King director, organ, harpsichord
	This is now only available as part of the complete set. PURCELL: Complete Odes and Welcome Songs CDS 44031/8 (8 CDs) - Ł60.00 Come, ye Sons of Art, away : Welcome, Vicegerent : Why are all the muses mute Gillian Fisher, Tessa Bonner sopranos James Bowman, Michael Chance countertenors John Mark Ainsley, Mark Padmore tenors Michael George, Robert Evans basses Choir of New College Oxford The King's Consort Robert King director, organ, harpsichord
	PURCELL: Countertenor Duets Hyperion CDA 66253 - Ł11.00 Purcell Sound the trumpet : In vain the am'rous flute : O solitude : Sing, sing ye druids : O dive custos : No, resistance is but vain : Hark how the songsters : Incassum lesbia : Blow Ah heav'n, what is't I hear : An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell James Bowman, Michael Chance countertenors The King's Consort Robert King director, organ, harpsichord

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