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Henry Purcell

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Henry Purcell (c. 10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music, best known for his more than 100 songs, the opera "Dido and Aeneas," and his incidental music for a version of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" called "The Fairy Queen." Purcell's musical style is distinctively English, though it incorporates elements from Italian and French traditions. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest English opera composers and

Top songs

  1. Abdelazer: Rondeau
  2. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 / Act III: "When I Am Laid in Earth" Dido's Lamento (Arr. by Mathieu Herzog for Cello and Strings)
  3. Overture
  4. Symphony
  5. We the spirits of the air
  6. Trumpet Tune
  7. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: When I am laid in earth, "Dido's Lament" (arr. L. Stokowski)
  8. Abdelazar Suite, Z. 570: VI. Air
  9. Fourth act tune: Air
  10. Second Music - Air
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  1. Trumpet Overture
  2. Abdelazer, Z.570: 2. Rondeau
  3. Suite d'Abdelazer: or, the moor's revenge: Rondeau
  4. When I Am Laid in Earth
  5. Trumpet air - Let loud renown with all her thousand tongues
  6. King Arthur, Z. 628, "The British Worthy": Air
  7. Music for a while (From Oedipus, Z. 583)
  8. Dido's Lament
  9. Fairest Isle
  10. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament, Arr. for Cello & Orchestra by Julian Riem)
  11. Dance
  12. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture
  13. Burial Service: March, Z. 860A
  14. Trumpet Voluntary
  15. Symphony - Seek not to know wha must not be reveal'd
  16. Suite From Abdelzar: I. Rondeau
  17. March from Music for the funeral of Queen Mary
  18. You who at the altar stand - All dismal sounds
  19. I come to sing great Zempoalla's story
  20. Scorn'd Envy, ther's nothing
  21. While thus we bow
  22. Trumpet Tune in C major, Z. 697
  23. Minuet
  24. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Prelude
  25. Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: When I Am Laid in Earth "Dido's Lament" (Transcr. L. Stokowski)
  26. King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3: What Power art thou?
  27. Round O ZT684 (from Abdelazer)
  28. Purcell: Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: II. Adagio
  29. March
  30. we come to sing great Zempoalla's story
  31. Trumpet Tune and Air
  32. Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: "Thy Hand, Belinda...When I Am Laid In Earth"
  33. Thrid Act tune: Rondeau
  34. Trumpet Voluntary The Prince Of Denmark March
  35. Music for a While
  36. Trumpet Sonata In D Major, Z. 850: I. Allegro
  37. Dido and Aeneas / Act 3: "Thy hand Belinda - When I am laid in earth"
  38. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 / Act 3: "When I Am Laid In Earth" Dido's Lamento (Arr. For Cello And Strings By Mathieu Herzog)
  39. Prelude
  40. Lamento (After "When I Am Laid in Earth" from Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626)
  41. Purcell / Arr Pluhar: Come, ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), Z. 323/5: "Strike the viol"
  42. Purcell / Arr Pluhar: Oedipus, King of Thebes, Z. 583/2: "Music for a while"
  43. Second Act Tune
  44. When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament)
  45. Dido and Aeneas: Overture
  46. Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z. 15
  47. Hear my prayer, O Lord
  48. they tell us that you mighty powers aboce
  49. Amphitryon, Z. 572, "The 2 Sosias": VIII. Borree
  50. Purcell: March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March
  51. The joys of wedlock soon are past
  52. O Solitude! Z.406a
  53. Purcell : Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary II Z27 : I March
  54. Why should men quarrel
  55. Miserere mei, Z. 109
  56. Sound the trumpet
  57. Ground in C minor, ZD 221
  58. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III: When I am laid in earth
  59. Ah! Ah! How happy are we
  60. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Second Act Tune. Air
  61. Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, "When I am laid in earth" (Dido's lament)
  62. I attempt form Love's sickness to fly in vain
  63. To bless the genial bed - Come all, come at my call
  64. Come Ye Sons of Art, Z.323: III. Sound the Trumpet - Trumpet, trombone, baroque guitar, cello and organ
  65. I'm glad I have met him
  66. Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas - When I am laid in earth (Didos Lament)
  67. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: No. 36, Recit. Thy Hand, Belinda – No. 37, Song. When I Am Laid in Earth "Dido's Lament"
  68. Ye twice ten hundred deities
  69. The Yorkshire Feast Song
  70. Make haste, make haste to put on love's chains
  71. Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z. 860: Funeral March I
  72. What flatt'ring noise is this
  73. Abdelazar Suite, Z. 570: II. Rondeau
  74. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Song. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido)
  75. Trumpet Tune in C major, ZT 697 (arr. for brass ensemble and organ)
  76. Oedipus: Music For A While, Z583
  77. Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z. 50
  78. Dido and Aeneas / Act 3: When I Am Laid In Earth - Dido's Lament)
  79. Circe, Z. 575: Magicians' Dance
  80. Purcell: "O solitude, my sweetest choice", Z. 406
  81. Round O, Z.684
  82. Suite No. 1 In G Major, Z. 660: I. Prelude
  83. Wake Quivera, wake
  84. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture
  85. 12 Sonatas of III parts Z790-801: Sonata No. 1 in G minor Z790
  86. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament)
  87. By ancient prophecies
  88. Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: "Shake the cloud from off your brow"
  89. King Arthur, Or The British Worthy, Z.628 / Act 3: What Power Art Thou (Genius)
  90. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: Lament. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido)

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