Purcell - Frost Fairs all over London. I was stunned by this piece. It sounds modern somehow - yet it's pure Henry Purcell in the 1690's. Petteri Salomaa (Bass-baritone) Les Arts Florissants & William Christie
Aradia Baroque Ensemble - Kevin Mallon
O Solitude O solitude, my sweetest choice! Places devoted to the night, Remote from tumult and from noise, How ye my restless thoughts delight! O solitude, my sweetest choice! O heav'ns! what content is mine To see these trees, which have appear'd
Performers: The Henry Purcell Quartet Henry Purcell (10 September 1659 -- 21 November 1695), was an English composer. Although incorporating Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, Purcell's legacy was a uniquely English form of
Alfred Deller interpreta Solitude de Henry Purcell (music for while)
L'Armonia Sonora in concert, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ - Amsterdam "Hymns and Laments" Henry Purcell Hana Blazíkovà, soprano , L'Armonia Sonora, dir. Mieneke van der Velden Filmed by Daniël Brüggen - Musicframe
The Ground just as Chaconne or Passacaglia, was the profilic variation form of the baroque, based on an ever repeating bass line walking to the infinity. I have found the inspiration clue for this piece walking in the royal tombs of the Cathedral de
≈ History ≈ {adapted from The Grove Dictionary, All Music Guide & The Rough Guide to Opera} The successful 1674 premiere on the London stage of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in an elaborate production by actor-manager Thomas Betterton and
