Anna Dennis, Sounds Baroque & Julian Perkins – Sweeter Than Roses: Songs by Henry Purcell (2019) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Director and keyboardist Julian Perkins and his acclaimed ensemble Sounds Baroque join with soprano Anna Dennis to this celebration of the songs Henry Purcell. Kown for his undisputed mastery in setting the English language, Purcell also absorbed influences from both French and italian styles, and the programm is complemented with close contemporaries who also worked in Lodon – a guitar suite from italian Francesco Corbetta and a harpsichord suite from Giovanni Battista Draghi, along with two songs from the earlier Stuart court composr Henry Lawes.

Tracklist:
01. Sweeter Than Roses, Z. 585/1 3:34
02. Cupid, the Slyest Rogue Alive, Z. 367 2:39
03. On the Brow of Richmond Hill, Z. 405 1:40
04. She Loves and She Confesses Too, Z. 413 2:25
05. No Reprieve 4:20
06. A Lover’s Legacy 1:48
07. Suite in C Major: I. Caprice de Chacone 2:50
08. Suite in C Major: II. Gigue 1:06
09. Suite in C Major: III. Menuet 0:45
10. Suite in C Major: IV. Autre Chacone 1:36
11. Urge Me No More, Z. 426 3:48
12. In the Black, Dismal Dungeon of Despair, Z. 190 4:18
13. Now That the Sun Hath Veil’d His Light (An Evening Hymn), Z. 193 4:20
14. Suite in E Minor: I. Prelude 0:47
15. Suite in E Minor: II. Allmand 3:19
16. Suite in E Minor: III. Corrant 1:55
17. Suite in E Minor: IV. the Complaint 2:35
18. Suite in E Minor: V. Aire 1:16
19. Suite in E Minor: VI. Jigg 2:05
20. Love Arms Himself in Celia’s Eyes, Z. 392 3:05
21. Celia’s Fond, Too Long I’ve Lov’d Her, Z. 364 2:37
22. I Came, I Saw and Was Undone (The Thraldom), Z. 375 4:15
23. Oh! Fair Cedaria, Hide Those Eyes, Z. 402 4:13
24. King Arthur, Z. 628: How Blest Are Shepherds (arr. for Chamber Ensemble) 6:15