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Songs from the Pleasure Garden

Philip Langridge - tenor
David Owen Norris - piano
Jennifer Langridge - cello
Malcolm Layfield & Tristan Gurney - violins

 
 
 
       

Philip Langridge is joined by a fine cast of musicians for this recording of songs from the Georgian era, centred around the rural paradises in and around London, the Pleasure Gardens.

Featuring works by some of the foremost composers of the day, this is a hugely entertaining and dramatic collection of songs where love, lust and lament are the main players.

William Boyce William Jackson
William Croft John Blow
John Eccles Daniel Purcell
George Munro Maurice Green
James Hook Thomas Arne
Thomas Linley Stephen Storace
Philip Langridge David Owen Norris Jennifer Langridge Malcolm Layfield Tristan Gurney

Philip Langridge is one of the world’s most distinguished singers, whose musical and dramatic qualities ensure that he is in constant demand throughout Europe, the USA and Japan. In recognition of these qualities, he was made a Commander of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours of 1994.

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Release date: May 2007
Order code: SIGCD101
Barcode: 635212010129

 

Songs from the Pleasure Garden
1. Orpheus with his Lute Maurice Greene [2.54]
2. Orpheus and Euridice William Boyce [1.42]
3. How Severe is my Fate
 William Croft [3.07]
4. Spring Gardens William Boyce [3.04]
5. Belinda John Eccles [1.44]
6. Celia the Fair George Monro [2.07]
7. The Steadfast Shepherd James Hook [2.56]
8. A Shepherd loved a nymph so fair George Frederick Pinto [2.23]
9. The Curfew Tolls the Bell Stephen Storace [3.30]
10. Think not, my love Thomas Linley [3.34]
11. Let no mortal sing to me
 William Jackson [2.58]
12. Go lov'ly Rose Johann Peter Salomon [3.21]
13. Grant me, ye Gods John Blow [4.06]
14. What is't to Us? John Blow [2.46]
15. Cupid, Make your Virgins Tender Daniel Purcell [4.36]
16. The Non-Parreill William Boyce [1.05]
17. Go, Rose, My Chloe’s Bosom Grace Maurice Greene [1.42]
18. Jenny Thomas Arne [3.14]
19. Cymon and Iphigenia Thomas Arne [11.00]
Total [61.19]

 

 

 

 

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