Pathways of Baroque Music: The Secular Voice

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1▶CD: The Madrigal - 1550–1650/A glorious experimental laboratory
2▶CD: The Birth of Opera - From the madrigal opera to the Venetian opera
3▼CD: England in the 17th century - Songs, Masques & Opéras
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1Oyez! Has any found a lad?, polyphonic madrigal
Thomas Tomkins1:58
2We be soldiers three, 3-voice song
[anonymous]1:55
3Come to me, grief, forever: Elegy for Sir Philip Sidney
William Byrd6:17
4The three ravens, folksong
Anonyme3:18
5Barbara Allen, folksong
Anonyme3:07
6Flow, my tears
John Dowland4:02
7Go from my window
John Dowland0:37
8Sorrow, stay
John Dowland3:56
9Packington's Pound
Anonyme1:23
10They were three ravens (polyphonic setting by Ravenscroft)
Anonyme4:36
11She weepeth sore in the night
William Lawes1:52
12Venus and Adonis, Masque for the entertainment of the King: Overture
John Blow3:18
13Venus and Adonis, Masque for the entertainment of the King: Act 3. Venus: "Adonis, uncall'd for sighs"
John Blow5:17
14Dido & Aeneas, opera: Act 3. Dido's Death
Henry Purcell8:16
15Timon of Athens, masque: "Hark, how the songsters"
recording of:
Timon of Athens, Z. 632: 2. Duet "Hark! How the songsters of the grove"
lyricist:
Thomas Shadwell
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Timon of Athens (semi-opera)
Henry Purcell1:57
16King Arthur, semi-opera: Act 3. Cold Genius: "What power art thou" | Cupid: "Thou doting fool forbear"
Henry Purcell4:08
17King Arthur, semi-opera: Act 5. Venus: "Fairest Isle"
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V, Scene II, 38. “Fairest Isle” (Venus)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
librettist:
John Dryden (English poet)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V
Henry Purcell3:38
18The Fair Queen, semi-opera: Act 2. Prelude
Henry Purcell1:23
19The Fair Queen, semi-opera: Act 2. Chorus: "May the God of Wit" & Echo
Henry Purcell2:25
20The Fair Queen, semi-opera: Act 4. Autumn: "See, see my many colour'd fields"
Henry Purcell2:43
21The Fair Queen, semi-opera: Act 4. Winter: "Next Winter comes slowly". Chorus
Henry Purcell3:32
22If Music Be The Food Of Love
recording of:
If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379
lyricist:
Col. Henry Heveningham
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1692)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 379)
Henry Purcell2:24
23Music For A While
recording of:
Music for a While
lyricist:
John Dryden (English poet)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
Henry Purcell4:04
4▶CD: A Century of French Opera - The Tragédie lyrique and the Comédie-ballet (1650-1750)
5▶CD: The Reign of Opera Seria - A European hegemony (Italy, England, Germany)

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