Purcell: Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II, Volume IV. Album by The Sixteen

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Purcell: Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II, Volume IV. Album by The SixteenAlbum Description Despite only living until the age of 36, Purcell is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable musical geniuses of all time. The Sixteen continues its exploration of his music written for royalty, illuminating two more of Purcells Welcome Songs Swifter, Isis, swifter flow and The summers absence unconcerned we bear. In his music for Nathaniel Lees tragedy Theodosius we witness the young Purcell displaying his playhouse wares in strokes

Jeremy Budd Acis

Haydn comes to life in the first in a series of new live recordings from the Handel and Haydn Society

Clément Janequin

TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 2hrs 48mins

Revel in the some of Handel’s finest writing from the universally loved Hallelujah chorus to the exuberance of I will sing unto the Lord from Israel in Egypt and the longest of his choruses – the magnificent The Lord our enemy has slain from the first version of Esther

Pianto della Madonna ‘Iam moriar

Fourth Act Tune: Air

There is a flower

with its unique blend of ancient and modern

Communio: Lux aeterna

one of the crowning glories of music from the Tudor period

John Sheppard (1515-1559)

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