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The enchanted island : music for a Restoration "Tempest" / [music by Henry Purcell, Matthew Locke, Pelham Humfrey, Giovanni Battista Draghi and others].

Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication Info[England] : Philips, ℗1998.
Description1 audio disc (59:09) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorPickett, Philip.
Other author/creatorShakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.
Included WorkPurcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Tempest.
Included WorkLocke, Matthew, 1621 or 1622-1677. Incidental music. Selections.
Other author/creatorMusicians of the Globe.
Portion of title Music for a Restoration "Tempest."
Other title Tempest : a Restoration version of Shakespeare's last play
Contents First musick: Introduction ; Galliard ; Gavot / Locke -- Second musick: Sarabande ; Lilk ; Curtain tune / Locke -- First act tune: Rustick air / Locke -- Flourish of musick / Purcell -- Devil's masque: Where does the black fiend ambition reside -- Air: Arise, ye subterranean winds / Anon. -- Dance of winds / Lully, arr. P. Holman -- Second act tune: Minoit / Locke -- Song and chorus: Come unto these yellow sands -- Song and chorus: Full fathom five -- Air: Dry those eyes / Anon. -- Dance of fantastick spirits / G.B. Draghi?, arr. P. Holman -- Air: Kind fortune smiles / Anon. -- Third act tune: Corant / Locke -- Dance of spirits / John Weldon, arr. P. Holman -- Air: Dear pretty youth / Purcell -- Fourth act tune: Martial jigg / Locke -- Soft music on the rocks / Purcell -- Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite: My Lord, great Neptune / Humfrey -- Dance of Trytons and Nereides / Purcell -- Great nephew Aeolus -- Dance of four Trytons / Purcell -- See, see the heavens smile -- Dance of twelve Trytons / Purcell -- Song: Where the bee sucks / Humfrey -- Conclusion: Canon 4 in 2 / Locke.
General noteProgram notes in English, German and French; and texts with German and French translations included.
Performer Musicians of the Globe ; Philip Pickett ; singers: Libby Crabtree, Helen Parker, Rachel Elliott, Nicky Kennedy, Roderick Williams, Simon Grant, Andrew King, Paul Agnew.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, 11/1995.
Technical detailsCompact disc.
UPC 028945650524
Publisher number456 505-2 Philips

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