Composer: Henry Purcell
Performer: Nicholas Mulroy, George Pooley, Jeremy Budd, Grace Davidson, Kirsty Hopkins, Stuart Young, Daniel Collins, Ben Davies
Orchestra: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Coro
Release: 2018
Size: 1.1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Catch – Since the Duke is return’d, Z271
Welcome, vicegerent of the mighty king, Z340
02. Welcome, Vicegerent of the Mighty King
03. Ah! Mighty Sir
04. When the Summer in His Glory
05. Music the Food of Love
06. Let mine eyes run down with tears, Z24
07. Sleep, Adam, Sleep and Take Thy Rest, Z. 195
08. Beati omnes qui timent Dominum, Z131
O sing unto the Lord, Z44
09. Symphony / O Sing unto the Lord a New Song
10. Sing unto the Lord, and Praise His Name
11. The Lord is Great
12. O Worship the Lord
13. Tell it Out Among the Heathen
14. Great God and just, Z186
Welcome Song – Fly, bold rebellion, Z324
15. Symphony
16. Fly, Bold Rebellion
17. Rivers From Their Channels Turn’d
18. If Then We’ve Found
19. Come Then, Change Your Notes
20. Be Welcome Then, Great Sir
21. Welcome to all Those Wishes Fulfill’d
Charles II’s formal Restoration in 1660 marked both an end and a beginning: the end of England’s republican experiment and the beginning of a long process of monarchical reconstruction; and with a politically accident-prone king on the throne, Charles’s public relations machine could never rest. Purcell joined its small team of composer operatives just as the wave of Stuart propaganda swelled massively, and he surfed the wave with breathtaking panache, from his first court ode – the simple but rousing Welcome, Vicegerent of the mighty King – to the ambitious Fly, bold rebellion involving verse settings in up to seven parts and a six-part chorus.