Voces8- Purcell Collection
The young, virtuoso A Cappella ensemble VOCES8 presents a sumptuous collection of early works by Henry Purcell one of Englands greatest composers. Joined by the specialist early-music ensemble Les Inventions, the group explores Purcell's astoundingly diverse output anthems, odes, funeral music, semi-operas, masques, sonatas, consort-music, songs and catches populate his extraordinarily multifaceted oeuvre.
Tracklist:
- Praise The Lord, O Jerusalem
- To The Hills And The Vales
- By Beauteous Softness Mix’d With Majesty
- O God, Thou Art My God
- How Happy The Lover
- Cold Song’ (What Power Art Thou...)
- Behold, O Mightiest Of Gods
- My Heart Is Inditing Of A Good Matter
- Bid The Virtues
- Hail! Bright Cecilia
- Strike The Viol
- Second Dirge Anthem (Morley) – Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets Of Our Hearts
- Fairest Isle
- Full Fathom Five
The young, virtuoso A Cappella ensemble VOCES8 presents a sumptuous collection of early works by Henry Purcell one of Englands greatest composers. Joined by the specialist early-music ensemble Les Inventions, the group explores Purcell's astoundingly diverse output anthems, odes, funeral music, semi-operas, masques, sonatas, consort-music, songs and catches populate his extraordinarily multifaceted oeuvre.
Tracklist:
- Praise The Lord, O Jerusalem
- To The Hills And The Vales
- By Beauteous Softness Mix’d With Majesty
- O God, Thou Art My God
- How Happy The Lover
- Cold Song’ (What Power Art Thou...)
- Behold, O Mightiest Of Gods
- My Heart Is Inditing Of A Good Matter
- Bid The Virtues
- Hail! Bright Cecilia
- Strike The Viol
- Second Dirge Anthem (Morley) – Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets Of Our Hearts
- Fairest Isle
- Full Fathom Five