Duration144 Min

Britten: The Purcell Realizations

Graham Johnson

Duration144 Min

Henry Purcell, Benjamin Britten, John Weldon

The Knotting Song, Z. 371
1
Henry Purcell
James Bowman, Graham Johnson
02:08
King Arthur, Z. 628: Fairest Isle
2
Henry Purcell
Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson
02:24
If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379c
3
Henry Purcell
John Mark Ainsley, Graham Johnson
04:14
Turn Then Thine Eyes, Z. 425
4
Henry Purcell
John Mark Ainsley, Graham Johnson
01:39
Oedipus, Z. 583: Song. Music for a While
5
Henry Purcell
Sarah Walker, Graham Johnson
03:20
Pious Celinda Goes to Prayers, Z. 410
6
Henry Purcell
Ian Bostridge, Graham Johnson
01:31
A Fool's Preferment, Z. 571: Song. I'll Sail upon the Dog-Star
7
Henry Purcell
Richard Jackson, Graham Johnson
01:29
On the Brow of Richmond Hill, Z. 405
8
Henry Purcell
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson
01:58
Mad Bess, Z. 370
9
Henry Purcell
Sarah Walker, Graham Johnson
05:29
If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379a
10
Henry Purcell
Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson
02:13
Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Z. 587: There's Not a Swain of the Plain
11
Henry Purcell
Ian Bostridge, Graham Johnson
00:57
Not All My Torments Can Your Pity Move, Z. 400
12
Henry Purcell
James Bowman, Graham Johnson
02:45
The Mock Marriage, Z. 605: Man Is for the Woman Made
13
Henry Purcell
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson
01:12
Pausanias, Z. 585, Act II: Sweeter Than Roses
14
Henry Purcell
Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson
03:47
O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice!, Z. 406
15
Henry Purcell
John Mark Ainsley, Graham Johnson
06:34
The Indian Queen, Z. 630: I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly
16
Henry Purcell
Susan Gritton, Graham Johnson
02:17
I Take No Pleasure in the Sun's Bright Beams, Z. 388
17
Henry Purcell
Ian Bostridge, Graham Johnson
01:49
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Hark the Echoing Air!
18
Henry Purcell
Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson
02:31
The Rival Sisters, Z. 609: Take Not a Woman's Anger Ill
19
Henry Purcell
John Mark Ainsley, Graham Johnson
01:33
King Arthur, Z. 628: How Blest Are Shepherds
20
Henry Purcell
John Mark Ainsley, Graham Johnson
03:33
Oroonoko, Z. 584: Duet. Celemene
21
Henry Purcell
Susan Gritton, Ian Bostridge, Graham Johnson
03:57
Come Ye Sons of Art, Away, Z. 323: III. Sound the Trumpet
22
Henry Purcell
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Mark Ainsley, Graham Johnson
02:29
I Spy Celia, Z. 499
23
Henry Purcell
Ian Bostridge, Richard Jackson, Graham Johnson
04:10
Lost Is My Quiet for Ever, Z. 502
24
Henry Purcell
Susan Gritton, Sarah Walker, Graham Johnson
03:22
What Can We Poor Females Do?, Z. 518
25
Henry Purcell
Susan Gritton, Sarah Walker, Graham Johnson
01:15
The Maid's Last Prayer, Z. 601: Duet. No, Resistance Is But Vain
26
Henry Purcell
Sarah Walker, Richard Jackson, Graham Johnson
05:40
King Arthur, Z. 628: Duet. Shepherd, Leave Decoying
27
Henry Purcell
Sarah Walker, Susan Gritton, Graham Johnson
01:20
The Queen's Epicedium, Z. 383
28
Henry Purcell
Ian Bostridge, Graham Johnson
07:31
The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation, Z. 196
29
Henry Purcell
Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson
07:34
Saul and the Witch at Endor, Z. 134
30
Henry Purcell
Sarah Walker, John Mark Ainsley, Simon Keenlyside, Graham Johnson
11:55
Lord, What Is Man?, Z. 192
31
Henry Purcell
Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson
06:14
We Sing to Him Whose Wisdom Form'd the Ear, Z. 199
32
Henry Purcell
James Bowman, Graham Johnson
01:59
Evening Hymn, Z. 193
33
Henry Purcell
Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson
04:43
Job's Curse, Z. 191
34
Henry Purcell
Simon Keenlyside, Graham Johnson
05:15
A Morning Hymn, Z. 198
35
Henry Purcell
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson
03:00
Alleluia (Formerly Attrib. Purcell as Z. S14)
36
John Weldon
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson
02:20
In the Black Dismal Dungeon of Despair, Z. 190
37
Henry Purcell
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson
04:31
Dulcibella, When E'er I Sue for a Kiss, Z. 485
38
Henry Purcell
Ian Bostridge, Richard Jackson, Graham Johnson
02:14
When Myra Sings, Z. 521
39
Henry Purcell
Ian Bostridge, Richard Jackson, Graham Johnson
02:51
Don Quixote, Z. 578: Pt. 1. Let the Dreadful Engines of Eternal Will
40
Henry Purcell
Simon Keenlyside, Graham Johnson
07:59

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Graham Johnson

Piano

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