Honor Sheppard & Maurice Bevan sing Purcell and Contemporaries!

Songs and duets of the Restoration period in England. They are performed by soprano Honor Sheppard and baritone Maurice Bevan with harpsichordist Robert Elliott. Taken from a 1971 recording. John Eccles (1668-1735): “Wise Nature owns thy undisputed sway” 0:00 “Nature fram’d thee sure for loving” 2:02 “The Jolly Breeze” 4:35 John Weldon (1676-1736): “The Wakeful Nightingale” 6:04 Robert King (circa 1660-1726): “Celinda” 7:58 Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707): “Alas, here lies the poor Alonzo slain” 9:13 John Blow (1649-1708): “Kellsea Coom” 11:19 “Tell me no more you love” 12:25 “Philander” 14:42 “The Self Banish’d” 16:37 “Couch’d by the pleasant Helliconian spring” 18:44 William Croft (1678-1727): “Who would value pleasures?” 21:48 “Ah! How sweet” 24:58 Daniel Purcell (1664-1717): “Lovely Charmer” 26:48 Henry Purcell (1659-1695): “I spy Celia” 29:21 “The Genius, lo!” 33:06 “Bess of Bedlam” 36:26 “Why, my Daphne, why complaining?” 41:35