CD-Charts Position 1

Purcell, Britten: Vocal Works

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from: Asv Living Era

Release Date November 21, 2006

CD-Charts Position 2

Catherine Bott ~ Purcell - Sweeter than Roses ~ Restoration Theatre Songs, Blow · Eccles · Locke

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by: John Blow, Matthew Locke, Henry Purcell, Giovanni B. Draghi, Raphael Courteville, John Weldon, Catherine Bott, Pamela Thorby, Anthony Robson, Rachel Podger Pavlo Beznosiuk, Richard Egarr, Mark Levy Paula Chateauneuf

Release Date May 02, 1997

CD-Charts Position 3

Purcell: Sweeter Than Roses; Britten: Winter Words

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from: Asv Living Era

Release Date January 23, 1996

CD-Charts Position 4
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Angels Hide Their Faces: Dawn Upshaw Sings Bach and Purcell

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from: Nonesuch

Release Date March 27, 2001
Her voice blends beautifully with the light, brittle timbre of the harpsichord. Upshaw shows grace and control without sounding as if she's being held back. This is a perfect genre for her unique voice.

One of the things I love about Upshaw's voice is that it is not typical of most classical singers, and she is able to easily cross over into mor epopular styles. But this recording establishes her finess in the purely classical style as well.

CD-Charts Position 5
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Purcell: Songs & Airs / Argenta, North, Boothby, Nicholson, Toll

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by: Henry Purcell, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

Release Date June 05, 2001
I have many collections of Purcell's Music. This collection stands up to them at half the price. Solid buy.

CD-Charts Position 6
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O Solitude: Songs & Airs

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from: EMI Classics Imports

Release Date January 09, 2001
Whenever I listen to any renditions of English art songs, going from Elizabethan times to the modern, as by Percy Grainger, I always dispair at how uninteresting they are when compared to the great German, French, and Italian art song repetoires. It seems as if the English can never quite wrest their genre from its folk roots and become a 'classic' music realization. I cringe at the Shakspearean 'hey nonny nonnies' and the 19th century compositions, none of which are as good even as Stephen Foster at his best.

But here is Purcell, and I believe I've found an author of English song I can really enjoy. To be sure, he has not entirely kicked the straw from all of the lyrics, but out of this 74 minutes of performance, I can easily listen to it ... Read More:

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Tribute to the Bluebusters

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by: Bunny Maloney

Release Date May 30, 1995
Whenever I listen to any renditions of English art songs, going from Elizabethan times to the modern, as by Percy Grainger, I always dispair at how uninteresting they are when compared to the great German, French, and Italian art song repetoires. It seems as if the English can never quite wrest their genre from its folk roots and become a 'classic' music realization. I cringe at the Shakspearean 'hey nonny nonnies' and the 19th century compositions, none of which are as good even as Stephen Foster at his best.

But here is Purcell, and I believe I've found an author of English song I can really enjoy. To be sure, he has not entirely kicked the straw from all of the lyrics, but out of this 74 minutes of performance, I can easily listen to it ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 8
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Tribute to the Bluebusters

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by: Bunny Maloney

Release Date May 30, 1995
Whenever I listen to any renditions of English art songs, going from Elizabethan times to the modern, as by Percy Grainger, I always dispair at how uninteresting they are when compared to the great German, French, and Italian art song repetoires. It seems as if the English can never quite wrest their genre from its folk roots and become a 'classic' music realization. I cringe at the Shakspearean 'hey nonny nonnies' and the 19th century compositions, none of which are as good even as Stephen Foster at his best.

But here is Purcell, and I believe I've found an author of English song I can really enjoy. To be sure, he has not entirely kicked the straw from all of the lyrics, but out of this 74 minutes of performance, I can easily listen to it ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 9
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Listen Up!

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by: HP the Vet

Release Date May 24, 2005
Whenever I listen to any renditions of English art songs, going from Elizabethan times to the modern, as by Percy Grainger, I always dispair at how uninteresting they are when compared to the great German, French, and Italian art song repetoires. It seems as if the English can never quite wrest their genre from its folk roots and become a 'classic' music realization. I cringe at the Shakspearean 'hey nonny nonnies' and the 19th century compositions, none of which are as good even as Stephen Foster at his best.

But here is Purcell, and I believe I've found an author of English song I can really enjoy. To be sure, he has not entirely kicked the straw from all of the lyrics, but out of this 74 minutes of performance, I can easily listen to it ... Read More:

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Shag Power Anthology

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by: Various Artists

Release Date June 15, 1999
Whenever I listen to any renditions of English art songs, going from Elizabethan times to the modern, as by Percy Grainger, I always dispair at how uninteresting they are when compared to the great German, French, and Italian art song repetoires. It seems as if the English can never quite wrest their genre from its folk roots and become a 'classic' music realization. I cringe at the Shakspearean 'hey nonny nonnies' and the 19th century compositions, none of which are as good even as Stephen Foster at his best.

But here is Purcell, and I believe I've found an author of English song I can really enjoy. To be sure, he has not entirely kicked the straw from all of the lyrics, but out of this 74 minutes of performance, I can easily listen to it ... Read More: