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Henry Purcell (10th September 1659 – 21st November 1695), was an English composer of the Baroque period. He is generally considered to be one of England's greatest composers — indeed, he has often been called England's finest native composer. Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements, but devised a peculiarly English style of Baroque music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contri...read more

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Overture
Abdelazer: Rondeau
Symphony
We the spirits of the air
Trumpet Tune
Fourth act tune: Air
Second Music - Air
Trumpet Overture
When I Am Laid in Earth
Trumpet air - Let loud renown with all her thousand tongues
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: When I am laid in earth, "Dido's Lament" (arr. L. Stokowski)
King Arthur, Z. 628, "The British Worthy": Air
Fairest Isle
Dance
Dido's Lament
Suite d'Abdelazer: or, the moor's revenge: Rondeau
Abdelazer, Z.570: 2. Rondeau
Abdelazar Suite, Z. 570: VI. Air
Trumpet Voluntary
Symphony - Seek not to know wha must not be reveal'd
Music for a While (from Oedipus, Z. 583)
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 / Act III: "When I Am Laid in Earth" Dido's Lamento (Arr. by Mathieu Herzog for Cello and Strings)
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture
Burial Service: March, Z. 860A
I come to sing great Zempoalla's story
You who at the altar stand - All dismal sounds
Suite From Abdelzar: I. Rondeau
Trumpet Tune and Air
Scorn'd Envy, ther's nothing
While thus we bow
Minuet
Trumpet Tune in C major, Z. 697
March from Music for the funeral of Queen Mary
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament, Arr. for Cello & Orchestra by Julian Riem)
March
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Prelude
we come to sing great Zempoalla's story
Round O ZT684 (from Abdelazer)
Thrid Act tune: Rondeau
Trumpet Voluntary The Prince Of Denmark March
King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3: What Power art thou?
Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: "Thy Hand, Belinda...When I Am Laid In Earth"
Purcell: Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: II. Adagio
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 / Act 3: "When I Am Laid In Earth" Dido's Lamento (Arr. For Cello And Strings By Mathieu Herzog)
They tell us that you mighty powers above
Prelude
Purcell / Arr Pluhar: Come, ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), Z. 323/5: "Strike the viol"
Music for a While
Second Act Tune
Purcell / Arr Pluhar: Oedipus, King of Thebes, Z. 583/2: "Music for a while"
The joys of wedlock soon are past
Hear my prayer, O Lord
O Solitude! Z.406a
Purcell : Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary II Z27 : I March
Why should men quarrel
Trumpet Sonata In D Major, Z. 850: I. Allegro
Ah! Ah! How happy are we
I attempt from Love's sickness to fly in vain
To bless the genial bed - Come all, come at my call
Come Ye Sons of Art, Z.323: III. Sound the Trumpet - Trumpet, trombone, baroque guitar, cello and organ
Dido and Aeneas / Act 3: "Thy Hand Belinda - When I Am Laid In Earth"
Lamento (After "When I Am Laid in Earth" from Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626)
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Second Act Tune. Air
Ground in C minor, ZD 221
I'm glad I have met him
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas - When I am laid in earth (Didos Lament)
Ye twice ten hundred deities
The Yorkshire Feast Song
Make haste, make haste to put on love's chains
Miserere mei, Z. 109
What flatt'ring noise is this
When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament)
Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z. 15
Amphitryon, Z. 572, "The 2 Sosias": VIII. Borree
Purcell: March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March
Round O, Z.684
Dido and Aeneas: Overture
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III: When I am laid in earth
Wake Quivera, wake
By ancient prophecies
12 Sonatas of III parts Z790-801: Sonata No. 1 in G minor Z790
Suite No. 1 In G Major, Z. 660: I. Prelude
Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, "When I am laid in earth" (Dido's lament)
The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629
Dido and Æneas: "Ouverture"
Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: "Thy Hand Belinda - When I Am Laid In Earth"
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z. 860: Funeral March I
Trumpet Tune in C Major, ZT 697 (Arr. for Brass Ensemble and Organ)
Fantasy upon one note
First Music - Air
Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z. 50
Purcell / Arr Pluhar: The Mock Marriage, Z. 605/2: "Twas within a furlong"
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, Act 3: "When I am laid in earth" (Dido)
9 Fantasia a 4: V. Fantazia in B-Flat Major, Z. 736
Title Music from a Clockwork Orange
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Song. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido)
Amphitryon, or The Two Sosias, Z.572: Hornpipe - Scotch Tune
If music be the food of love
Hornpipe
Act II: Aeneas, Dido: Behold, upon my bended spear
Act II: Prelude
The Tempest: Arise, Arise Ye Subterranean Winds
Abdelazar Suite, Z. 570: II. Rondeau
Circe, Z. 575: Magicians' Dance
Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: "Shake the cloud from off your brow"
Purcell: "O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice", Z. 406
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: "Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid in earth" (Dido's lament)
O God, the King of glory, Z. 34
Overture to Dido and Anneas (Purcell)
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture
Cold Song’ (What Power Art Thou...)
Purcell: Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: I. Allegro
Come All Ye Songsters (Arr. Voice & Electric Guitar)
Purcell / Arr. Pluhar: Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Song. "Music for a While"
Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z. 632/13: "Curtain Tune on a Ground"
9 Fantasia A 4: V. Fantazia In B Flat Major, Z. 736
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: When I Am Laid in Earth (Arr. Trovesi for Chamber Ensemble)
Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Purcell / Arr. The King’s Singers: Music for a While, Z. 583
Oedipus: Music For A While, Z583
Rondeau
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Recitative. "Thy Hand, Belinda" - Song. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido)
Sweeter Than Roses
Chacony, Z. 730
Abdelazar Suite, Z. 570: II. Rondo
Come ye sons of art: Sound the trumpet
Act III - Duet (Another Two Aerial Spirits) and Chorus: We the Spirits of the Air
Purcell / Arr Pluhar: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626/38: "When I am laid in earth"
Staircase Overture, Z. 614
O God, thou art my God, Z. 35
Suite From Abdelzar: III. Minuet
O Solitude
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: If Love's a Sweet Passion
Abdelazar - Rondeau
I. Overture: II. Rondo
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Act 3: "When I am laid in earth" (Dido)
Dido and Aeneas / Act 3: "With drooping wings"
Air
Vingt pièces pour clavier: No. 13, Menuet - Transcr. for Three Marimbas
Fantasia Upon One Note
Dido and Aeneas / Act 3: Prelude - "Come away, fellow sailors"
Instrumental Music from Dioclesian, Z. 627: 2. Preludio
Hear my prayer
Purcell / Arr Pluhar: Secresy's Song, from The Fairy Queen, Z. 629/13: "One charming night"
Act III: Symphony while the Swans Come Forward
Rondeau (From "Abdelazer Suite")
Jig
Oedipus, Z. 583: Music for a while
King Arthur: Act III, scene 2: Cold Song. Genius : "What Power art thou"
Dido and Aeneas: When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament)
Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: Overture
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3 Scene 2: "When I am laid in earth"" (Dido)
Dido and Aeneas / Act 2: Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome vales"
Abdelazer Suite, Z. 570: Rondeau
Purcell: Abdelazer, Z. 570: II. Rondeau
Alternative Prelude for Suite No. 2 in G minor
King Arthur, Z. 628: Cold song - Arr. for Voice & Piano
Dido and Aeneas / Act 3: When I Am Laid In Earth - Dido's Lament)
Purcell / Arr Pluhar: "Now that the sun hath veiled his light" (An Evening Hymn on a Ground), Z. 193
Fantanzia upon One Note
Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Z. 792: II. Canzona. [Allegro] - Adagio
The plaint
Trumpet Overture to 'The Indian Queen', Z. 630
cold song
Act II: Spirit, Aeneas: Stay, Prince! and hear great Jove's command
I will sing unto the Lord
Purcell / Arr. Pluhar: Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 5, Ritornello. "Strike the Viol"
The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Trumpet Tune: Trumpet Tune
An Evening Hymn
Act II Masque of Spirits: No. 5 - Dance of the Winds
Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary II: The Queen's Funeral March (Procession)
Rondeau from Abdelazar
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: "What power art thou" (Cold Genius)
Overture in C, Z.574/1
The Triumphing Dance
Dido And Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II: Ritornelle
Hole in the Wall (From Abdelazer)
Not all my Torments
Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z. 50
Sound the Trumpet
King Arthur, Or The British Worthy, Z.628 / Act 3: What Power Art Thou (Genius)
Rondo
I Allegro
Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: The triumphing dance
Cold Song (Arr. Voice & Electric Guitar)
Purcell: Hail! bright Cecilia (Ode for St. Cecilia's Day), Z. 328/10: "In vain the am'rous flute"
The Noise of Foreign Wars
Act IV - Prelude and Song (Orazia): They Tell Us That Your Mighty Powers
First Music - First Aire
When I have often heard you Maids complaining
Christ is made the sure foundation
Chacony in G minor
Ciaccona in G Minor, Z.730 - Ed. Thurston Dart
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture (Adagio - Allegro moderato)
Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: "Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment"
Act III - Trumpet Overture
Purcell / Arr Pluhar: Who can from joy refrain? (Birthday Ode for the Duke of Gloucester), Z. 342/3: "A prince of glorious race descended"
Dido and Aeneas / Act 3: "Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth"
Suite From Abdelzar: VI. Air
A New Ground in E minor Z.T682
Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?, Z. 25
Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: "Whence could so much virtue spring?"
O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z. 406
Canzona
If Music Be The Food Of Love, Z.379
One Charming Night (Secrecy)
Act II: Sailors' Dance
My Beloved Spake
Remember not, Lord, our offences
Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: "Fear no danger"
Act IV: An Attendant and Chorus
Echo Dance of Furies
Ritornelle
King Arthur: Act V, sc.2: Chaconne
Appendix: Second Musick Rondeau
Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: "Ah! Belinda. I am prest with torment"
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629/40: "O let me weep" (The Plaint)
Trumpet Sonata In D Major, Z. 850: II. Adagio
A New Ground in E Minor, Z.T682
9 Fantasia A 4: VIII. Fantazia In D Minor, Z. 739
Purcell / Arr Pluhar: Come, ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), Z. 323/5: "Strike th
Dido and Aeneas : Overture
March and Canzona in C Minor, Z. 860: March
Voluntary (Purcell)
Burial Service: Man that is born of a woman, Z. 27
Purcell / Arr Pluhar: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626/3: "Ah! Belinda"
A New Irish Tune
"Sweeter Than Roses", Z.585
Act II: Mystery
Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture
Appendix: First Musick Hornpipe
Te Deum
Dido & Aeneas, Act 3: But Death, Alas! When I Am Laid in Earth
Full Fathom five
"Music For A While" From Oedipus
Purcell / Arr. Pluhar: The Mock Marriage, Z. 605: No. 2, Twas Within a Furlong
Purcell / Arr Pluhar: Hail! bright Cecilia (Ode for St Cecilia's Day), Z. 328/8: "Wondrous machine"
Dido and Aeneas / Act 2: "In our deep vaulted cell"
Act II: Sorceress: The Queen of Carthage, whom we hate
Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z. 632/2: "Hark! how the songsters of the grove"
The Gordian Knot Untied, Z.597: Chaconne - Air - Minuet
9 Fantasia A 4: IX. Fantazia In A Minor, Z. 740
Fantazia I in 3 parts
Strike the Viol
Motet for five Voices: Psalm 3: Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes tui
Act IV: Entry Of Phoebus
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Rondeau
Suite From Abdelzar: II. Air
I. Allegro
Dido And Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III: Dido: When I Am Laid In Earth
Dido and Aeneas / Act 3: The Witches' Dance
The Witches' Dance
In Nomine in 7 parts
O Solitude, my sweetest choice, Z.406
Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: "See, see, your royal guest appears"
If music be the food of love Z.379A (1st Version, 1692)
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z. 860: Man That Is Born of a Woman
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Purcell / Arr. Pluhar: Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Curtain Tune on a Ground
Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: "Cupid only throws the dart"
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