Purcell : If music be the food of love, mélodies. Bott, Gauvin, Argenta, Bonney, Smith, Dawson, Hughes, Elliott, Agnew, Deller, Crook.

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
If music be the food of love, Z 379
Dance from the masque in Dioclesian, Z 627
Corinna is divinely fair, Z 365
I see she flies me, Z 573/1b
Curtain tune on a ground, Z 632/13
Not all my torments can your pity move, Z 400
Upon a quiet conscience, Z 184
Chacony a 4, Z 730
Sweeter than roses, Z 585/1
From rosy bowers, Z 578/9
Fantasy upon one note, Z 745
Through mournful shades and solitary groves, Z 424
Music for a while, Z 583/2
See, even Night herself is here, Z 629 (Fairy Queen)
Fantasy, Z 740
Now the night is chase away, Z 629 (Fairy Queen)
Prélude, Z 663
They tell us that your mighty powers above, Z 630 (Indian Queen)
Two in one upon a ground, Z 627/16
I take no pleasure in the sun’s bright beams, Z 388
A new ground, ZT 682
O lead me to some peaceful gloom, Z 574/17
Fantasy, Z 741
Young John the gard’ner, Z 292
If ever I more riches did desire, Z 544 (extrait)
Music for a while, Z 583/2

Nancy Argenta, soprano
Lynne Dawson, soprano
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Catherine Bott, soprano
Jennifer Smith, soprano
Alfred Deller, contre-ténor
Paul Agnew, ténor
Howard Crook, ténor
Ruby Hughes, soprano
Jonas Nordberg, théorbe
Elizabeth Kenny, théorbe, guitare
Peter Harvey, baryton
Anne-Marie Lasla, violone
Richard Boothby, viole
Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann, violoncelle
Nigel North, archiluth
Blandine Rannou, clavecin
Bertrand Cuiller, clavecin
Walter Bergmann, clavecin
Nicolas Achten, harpe
The Purcell Quartet
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, direction
Capriccio Stravagante
Skip Sempé, direction
Palladian Ensemble
Deller Consort
Ensemble Les Boréades
The King’s Consort
London Baroque