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Purcell: Serenading Songs & Grounds

Celine Scheen (soprano), Paulin Bundgen (counter-tenor), Jan van Elsacker (tenor), Stephan MacLeod (bass), Hana Blazikova (soprano), David Bouwel (organ)

Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubery

Purcell: Serenading Songs & Grounds
Seductively programmed, beguilingly 'orchestrated' and genially executed, this Gallic take on the English Orpheus won't persuade purists. Their loss!

BBC Music Magazine, April 20144 out of 5 stars

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Purcell: Serenading Songs & Grounds

Celine Scheen (soprano), Paulin Bundgen (counter-tenor), Jan van Elsacker (tenor), Stephan MacLeod (bass), Hana Blazikova (soprano), David Bouwel (organ)

Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubery

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Seductively programmed, beguilingly 'orchestrated' and genially executed, this Gallic take on the English Orpheus won't persuade purists. Their loss!

BBC Music Magazine, April 20144 out of 5 stars

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Recorded at Saligny Church, Auxerre, France, May 2009

Contents and tracklist

Purcell: Hark how the wild musicians sing, Z542
Work length6:50
Purcell: Soft notes and gently rais'd accent, Z. 510
Work length6:01
Purcell: 3-part Sonnata No. 6 in C major - Z795
Work length7:26
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, "the British Worthy", Act V
Work length3:06
Fairest Isle, all isles excelling
Track length3:06
Purcell: The Second Pt. Of Musick’s Hand-maid
Work length1:45
A New Irish Tune in G Major, Z. 646, "Lilliburlero"
Track length1:45
Excerpt,Purcell: King Arthur, Z628
Work length1:35
Hornpipe
Track length1:35
Purcell: A Ground in Gamut in G major, Z 645
Work length1:47
Purcell: Voluntary on the 100th Psalm, Z721
Work length3:13
Purcell: How pleasant is this flow'ry plain, Z. 543
Work length7:47
Purcell: 3 Parts Upon a Ground
Work length4:48
Purcell: A New Ground in E minor, Z. T682
Work length2:15
Excerpt,Purcell: Oedipus: incidental music, Z583
Work length3:44
Music for a while shall all your cares beguile
Track length3:44
Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, "The Enchanted Island", Act V
Work length4:32
No stars again shall hurt you
Track length4:32

Awards and reviews

April 2014

Seductively programmed, beguilingly 'orchestrated' and genially executed, this Gallic take on the English Orpheus won't persuade purists. Their loss!
4 out of 5 stars

June 2014

it is Purcell's tunes that count, not least the lovely 'Fairest Isle', sung here very beautifully by Hana Blazikova, and 'Music for a while'...featuring the delightful Celine Scheen. Throughout the Ensemble La Fenice directed by Jean Tubery give admirable support.
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