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Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind, Vocal Works of Purcell and MorleyThe Sixteen Chorus/Choir, Carys-Anne Lane Soprano
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When we last left Harry Christophers and his cracker jack a cappella chorus the Sixteen, they were making fabulous recordings for the wonderful Collins label. But that was back in the halcyon days of the CD boom, those far off times called the '90s, when everyone with a little capital and a lot of taste could start a record label. Back in the '90s, Christophers and the Sixteen made more than a dozen wonderful recordings for Collins, among them one of the most moving recordings of Henry Purcell's Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary ever made. But the digital boom went bust and so did Collins, taking with it all of Christophers and the Sixteen's discs.
But now, in the middle of the 2000s, they're back, and they've brought with them an even more wonderful recording of Purcell's funeral music. It's more wonderful because, good as the Collins recording sounded, this Coro recording sounds even better: deeper, richer, warmer, and even more detailed. It's more wonderful because, good as the earlier performances were, these performances sound even better: more passionate, more precise, and even more powerful. And it's more wonderful because while this is exactly the same recording that appeared on Collins, it somehow sounds more wonderful released on the Coro label. How this is possible is impossible to know, but that it does is indisputable. If you don't have Harry Christophers and the Sixteen's Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, here it is again. This time, don't miss it.
© James Leonard, All Music Guide
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Henry Purcell ComposerJehova, quam multi sunt, sacred song for tenor, bass, chorus and continuo, Z.135 Work
Carys-Anne Lane Soprano,
The Sixteen Chorus/Choir,
Simon Birchall Bass,
Symphony of Harmony & Invention Orchestra,
Simon Berridge Tenor
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| 1 | Jehova, quam multi sunt, sacred song for tenor, bass, chorus and continuo, Z.135 | 6:03 | $0.99 | |||
Henry Purcell ComposerMiserere Mei (canon a4), Z.109 Work |
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| 2 | Miserere Mei (canon a4), Z.109 | 1:14 | $0.99 | |||
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| 3 | 1.Man that is born of a woman | 2:38 | $0.99 | |||
| 4 | 2.In the midst of life | 4:53 | $0.99 | |||
| 5 | 3.Thou knowest, Lord | 3:36 | $0.99 | |||
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| 6 | Incassum, Lesbia, incassum rogas (on the death of Queen Mary), Z.383 | 7:22 | $0.99 | |||
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Neil MacKenzie Tenor,
Carys-Anne Lane Soprano,
Symphony of Harmony & Invention Orchestra,
David Woodcock Violin,
Libby Crabtree Soprano,
The Sixteen Chorus/Choir,
Simon Berridge Tenor,
Simon Birchall Bass,
Helen Orsler Violin
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| 7 | 1.Symphony | 5:06 | $0.99 | |||
| 8 | 2.Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind this Day | 2:59 | $0.99 | |||
| 9 | 3.Those Eyes that Form, that Lofty Mien | 1:21 | $0.99 | |||
| 10 | 4.Sweetness of Nature, and True Wit | 2:44 | $0.99 | |||
| 11 | 5.Long May She Reign Over This Isle | 2:47 | $0.99 | |||
| 12 | 6.May Her Blest Example Chase | 2:01 | $0.99 | |||
| 13 | 7.Many Such Days May She Behold | 3:08 | $0.99 | |||
| 14 | 8.May She to Heaven Late Return | 3:03 | $0.99 | |||
Henry Purcell ComposerO dive custos Auriacae domus (On the death of Queen Mary), for 2 sopranos and continuo, Z.504 Work
Carys-Anne Lane Soprano,
The Sixteen Chorus/Choir,
Libby Crabtree Soprano,
Symphony of Harmony & Invention Orchestra
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| 15 | O dive custos Auriacae domus (On the death of Queen Mary), for 2 sopranos and continuo, Z.504 | 6:41 | $0.99 | |||
James (Jacques) Paisible ComposerQueen's Farewell Work |
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| 16 | Queen's Farewell | 4:29 | $0.99 | |||
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| 17 | 1.March | 1:43 | $0.99 | |||
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| 18 | Queen's Farewell (Funeral Music for Queen Mary) | 2:50 | $0.99 | |||
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| 19 | 1.March | 1:34 | $0.99 | |||
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| 20 | 1.I am the resurrection and the life | 1:20 | $0.99 | |||
| 21 | 2.I know that my redeemer liveth | 1:39 | $0.99 | |||
| 22 | 3.We brought nothing into this world | 1:42 | $0.99 | |||
| 23 | 4.Man that is born of a woman | 1:16 | $0.99 | |||
| 24 | 5.In the midst of life | 1:25 | $0.99 | |||
| 25 | 6.Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts | 1:57 | $0.99 | |||
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| 26 | 2.Canzona | 2:27 | $0.99 | |||
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| 27 | 7.I heard a voice from heaven | 1:32 | $0.99 | |||









