Henry Purcell

For SAATBB soli, SSAATB chorus and instruments. Edited by Peter Dennison. This vocal score includes a piano reduction of the instrumental score.

3 parts, 1694 - 96. Facsimile: Printed scores, Samuel Briscoe. Introduction by Curtis Price

Purcell composed this brilliant theme as incidental music for his work Abdelazar (1693). Three centuries later Benjamin Britten used it in his symphonic work The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra...

The opera 'Dido and Aeneas' by Henry Purcell (1659-1695) was written for a school performance at a girls boarding school. This piece is not very requiring. The aria 'Remember Me' is composed on a chro...

Das Rondo aus dem Stück Abdelazer oder die Rache des Mohren ist eines der bekanntesten Stücke von Purcell - nicht zuletzt, weil Benjamin Britten es für seinen berühmten Young Person's Guide to the Orc...

A varied suite of pieces by the famous English composer. Especially the 3rd movement is world-famous since its use in Benjamin Britten's 'Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra'.

Recorded on CD TRL130603

Recorded on CD TRL130601

Orchestration 2 Descant/Treble Recorders Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola or Violin 3, Cello/Double Bass) Piano [continuo] The continuo part is not essential providing the string parts are complete...

Dieses Rondeau war ursprünglich ein instrumentaler Tanz für Streicher aus der Bühnenmusik zu Aphra Behns Stück Abdelazer oder Die Rache des Mohren. Das vollständige Werk, das Purcell 1695, seinem letz...

A super simple presentation of a classic Baroque tune! In the key of G, each section plays the melody in very comfortable ranges. The perfect piece to make a young orchestra sound good on classic repe...