Henry Purcell's only Opera proper, Dido and Aeneas is a magnificent example of English Baroque music, with lively dances and passionate aria sections that demonstrate Purcell's masterful compositional...
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This publication is on the ABRSM singing exam syllabus (grade 7).
Die Auswahl der Stücke für diese Sammlung wurde sorgfältig mit dem Ziel vorgenommen, eine möglichst große Vielfalt an Komponisten vornehmlich aus dem 20. Jahrhundert darzubieten. Die ausgewählten Lied...
In the aftermath of the destruction of Troy, Aeneas escapes across the Mediterranean to Carthage, the great Phoenician city built around the eighth century BC, and ruled by Dido as its queen. He and D...
The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 6)
The selection of songs has been carefully considered to represent a variety of composers from primarily the twentieth century. Songs were chosen that are appropriate challenges to the advancing teenag...
Jan de Haan's Westminster Suite consists of three distinct pieces of the work of Henry Purcell: the festive fanfare at the beginning is followed by the magnificent Anthem of the Funeral Music for Quee...
King Arthur was the only one of Purcell's professionally produced operas to have been designed as a semi-opera; the others were all adaptations of earlier plays. Dryden made a real attempt to integrat...