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1.Perotin / The Hilliard Ensemble by: Perotin, Anonymous, Paul Hillier, Charles Daniels, David James, The Hilliard Ensemble, John Potter, Rogers Covey-Crump, Gordon Jones, Mark Padmore April 18, 2000
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I am a musical novice. I was brought up listening to Pink Floyd, Santana, Joni Mitchell, and so on. I could not read music to save my life. Then someone introduced me to some Josquin Des Pres Rennaissance Polyphony - Missa L'homme arme sexti toni, Agnus Dei, to be specific - and I was totally hooked. A few years later, someone introduced me to this CD, and I was even more taken. For some reason, I really like the Perotin-composed pieces - tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 9. The Beata viscera (track 8) is other-worldly, and quite possibly one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard in my entire life! You don't have to be a musical scholar to enjoy this - it's simply beautiful!

2.Essential Purcell by: Henry Purcell, New College Choir Oxford, King's Consort, Robert King, Roy Goodman, Charles Daniels, John Mark Ainsley, James Bowman, Peter Buckoke, Jane Coe, Rogers Covey-Crump, Gillian Fisher, Michael George, Miles Golding, Jane Norman, Barbara Bonney, Mark Caudle, William Carter, King's Consort Choir, Helen Gough, Paul Nicholson, Angela East, Barry Guy, Tessa Bonner, Jerome Finnis, Rupert Bawden, Lucy Howard, Richard Campbell, Susan Addison, James O'Donnell, Stephen Saunders April 10, 1995
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Seriously, whether if you have no idea exactly what kind of composer Purcell was, or only plan to buy only one CD of his music (God forbid!), this record will knock you off, in a very pleasant and surprising way. I don't like to write superlatives, but this CD has unanimously 5 stars with non-ceasing praises, and guess what: it is THAT good. So good that is gives a good case for few of those who believes that Purcell was a greater composer than Handel or even Bach! Just listen to "Vouchsafe, O Lord, To Keep Us This Day" (second last track) and be awed; it is comparable to one of the best of Bach's cantata's single movement. If you truly like good music, you cannot afford to NOT have this CD: you will thank me and other reviewers here later, GUARANTIED. Have a nice day.

3.Officium - Jan Gabarek & The Hilliard Ensemble by: Cristobal de Morales, Pierre de LaRue, Perotin, Guillaume Dufay, Gregorian Chant, Jan Garbarek, Rogers Covey-Crump, David James, Gordon Jones, John Potter September 13, 1994
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This album is one of the most uniquely beautiful works I have ever heard. Buy it.

4.Audivi Vocem from: ECM Records June 24, 2008
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This album is one of the most uniquely beautiful works I have ever heard. Buy it.

5.Ancient Airs and Dances: 16th Century Songs & Dances for Lute from: Hyperion UK May 11, 2004
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This is a marvelous CD of Paul O'Dette playing the original lute versions of the airs and dances Respighi choose for his Ancient Airs and Dances (written from 1917 to 1932). Especially wonderful is the "Bergamasca" played on the archlute.

6.The Essential Hyperion (Label Highlight Compilation) by: Henry Purcell, Charles Villiers Stanford, John Sheppard, Joseph Haydn, Erik Satie, Robert Schumann, Shostakovich, Dmitri February 13, 1995
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If I had to choose one CD to spend a month locked in isolation with, this would be the one. Its varied but it flows well together. It's restive and soothing. The quality is beyond excellent!!! At the price, anyone is a fool not to own it, and give it lavishly as gifts. Its gorgeous, lush and fabulous! Everyone that hears it in our home, falls in love with it!

7.Purcell: Odes for St. Cecilia's Day - Music for Queen Mary / Taverner Consort by: Henry Purcell, Emma Kirkby, Charles Daniels, David Thomas, John Mark Ainsley, Michael Chance, Choir & Players Taverner Consort, Roger Covey-Crump, Michael George, Simon Grant, Paul Elliott, Kevin Smith June 08, 1999
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The mind boggles when listening to Purcell. Certainly his was a genius that could vie with any great contrapuntist. It is sad that he had to go so early in his life. But then I guess we wouldn't have seen the rise and rise of Handel. Having said that, this recording is a marvellous one, one of uncommon brilliance I might add. It does not represent a summary of his work and style, even if restricted to just his vocal music, such was the originality and fertility of his invention. But it is revealing of the enormity of his command of music. Why this composer isn't as well-known as Mozart or Bach, or yes even Handel, I will never know. I assure all that the quality of these recordings is unrivalled. Careful attention is paid to detail, and a first-rate line up of soloists ... Read More

8.Machaut: Messe de Notre Dame / The Hilliard Ensemble from: Hyperion UK November 16, 1993
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Having become extremely familiar with the Ensemble Gilles Binchois Messe (which includes the Gregorian propers and thus gives the entire mass), I could not bear to listen to the mangled Latin of this Hilliard performance of this mass and am returning it. I would have loved to have a second performance of a beloved piece.

9.Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / London Baroque - Medlam, Chiaroscuro - Caudle by: Claudio Monteverdi, London Baroque, Charles Medlam, Nigel Rogers, Emma Kirkby, Mario Bolognesi, Rogers Covey-Crump, Catherine Denley, Jennifer Smith, Stephen Varcoe, Guillemette Laurens February 15, 1994
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This work by Monteverdi is often considered the first opera. As a composer, Monteverdi is a bridge between the Renaissance and Baroque periods. His music represents definite developments beyond the more typical constraints of Renaissance polyphony and sacred composition, and anticipates some of the types of orchestration and composition that will come to fulfillment in the Baroque period. He was a prolific composer of secular pieces, including this of the earliest operas, L'Orfeo. This piece demonstrates the kind of grand orchestration for which Monteverdi is noted. The performers on this piece include The London Baroque (a group of twelve musicians), directed by Charles Medlam; the London Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble (a group of nine musicians), directed by Theresa Caudle; and Chiaroscuro (not ... Read More

10.Purcell: Theatre Music from: Decca October 12, 2004
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Imagine the stupidest, most formulaic Hollywood movies you can think of: cheesy action pictures, fluffy, unfunny comedies, big but stiff epics. Now imagine that one of the greatest living composers was working in Hollywood, turning out astonishing, hauntingly beautiful and stirring musical scores for these throwaway movies. That's what you get with this set: music Henry Purcell composed for some two dozen often utterly forgettable plays (trust me--I've read a number of them!) Occasionally, when he teams up with a playwright worthy of his stature, such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, or William Congreve, the results are even better, but for the most part you can enjoy the music here without knowing anything about the original plays. This set originally appeared as separate LPs in the 70s and 80s, and has been ... Read More

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