Sunday, 2 August 2020

Purcell - The Fairy Queen (John Eliot Gardiner) [2CD]


Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

 

THE FAIRY QUEEN, semi-opera, Z. 629


performed by

Eiddwen Harrhy, Jennifer Smith, Judith Nelson, Elisabeth Priday, sopranos

Timothy Penrose, Ashley Stafford, countertenors

Wynford Evans, Martyn Hill, tenors

Stephen Varcoe, David Thomas, basses


The Monteverdi Choir

The English Baroque Soloists

(on period instruments)

John Eliot Gardiner, dir.


Edition: Archiv Produktion 1982
Recording: Stadthalle, Gottingen, 6/1981
TT: 137'42''