Paul-Antoine Benos-Dijan - Begin the Song! a Purcell Academy (CD)

For his debut recording, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian and his friends from Le Consort invite us to rediscover a 17th-century repertoire for which they have a particular love, drawn from the Golden Age of English music. Half a century after Alfred Deller's legendary revivals, they have placed their art entirely at the service of the sense of wonder they continually experience when confronted by these sublime works.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Purcell: Now Does the Glorious Day Appear, Z. 332 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 7, By Beauteous Softness
2. Purcell: Come, Ye Sons of Art Away, Z. 323: No. 5, Strike the Viol
3. Croft: Ode for the Peace of Utrecht: No. 2, Adagio from "With Noise of Cannon"
4. Eccles: The Judgement of Paris: O Ravishing Delight
5. Eccles: Semele: Thunder Is Heard at a Distance
6. Blow: An Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: No. 3, So Ceas'd the Rival Crew
7. Purcell: Now Does the Glorious Day Appear, Z. 332 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 4, Ritornello of the Aria ?This Does Our Fertile Isle with Glory"
8. Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: O Let Me Weep "The Plaint"
9. Purcell: Fly, Bold Rebellion, Z. 324: No. 7, Be Welcome Then, Great Sir
10. Clarke: Come, Come Along for a Dance and a Song: The Glory of the Arcadian Groves
11. Purcell: Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Music for a While
12. Blow: A Second Musical Entertainment Perform'd on St. Cecilia's Day: No. 2, Begin the Song!
13. Purcell: Welcome to All the Pleasures, Z. 339: No. 3, Here the Deities Approve
14. Barrett: How Wretched Is Our Fate
15. Croft: Ye Tuneful Numbers: No. 1, Symphony
16. Croft: Ye Tuneful Numbers: No. 3, Air "Tell Her I'm Wounded"
17. Croft: Ode for the Peace of Utrecht: No. 5, Duet "Peace Is the Song"
18. Purcell: Abdelazer, Z. 570: Air in G minor
19. Purcell: O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice!, Z. 406
20. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Fairest Isle
21. Purcell: Now Does the Glorious Day Appear, Z.332 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 11, Instrumental Introduction to the Chorus ?Now, Now with One United Voice"
22. Purcell: Come, Ye Sons of Art Away, Z. 323: No. 3, Sound the Trumpet
23. Ravenscroft: The Three Ravens