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| AlbumTitle | Subtitle | Works | Performers | Record Label | Catalog No |
| Thomas Arne | Artaxerxes An English Opera (1762) | Artaxerxes | Catherine Bott. Philippa Hyde (sop), Patricia Spence (m sop), Christopher Robson (ct), Ian Partridge, Richard Edgar-Wilson (ten), Colin Campbell, Charles Gibbs (b), The Parley of Instruments dir. Roy Goodman | Hyperion Dyad | CDD22073 |
| English Mad Songs And Ayres | 1. Oh Solitude! (Purcell); 2. The Fatal Hour (Purcell); 3. Evening Hymn (Purcell); 4. With Sick and Famish'd Eyes (Purcell); 5. Be Welcome Then. Great Sir (Purcell); 6. Hark! The Echoing Air (Purcell); 7. Fame's an Echo (Arne); 8. Not on Beds of Facing Flow'rs (Arne); 9. O Come, O Come my Dearest (Arne); 10. Sleep, gentle Cherub. Sleep descend (Arne); 11. Bess of Bedlam (Purcell); 12. 21 Harpsichord solo: A New Ground (Purcell); 13. Music for a While (Purcell); 14. Lysander I Pursue (Blow); | Julianne Baird (sop), Colin Tilney (hpsd), Alison Mackay (v da g) | Dorian Recordings | DOR-90105 | |
| The Singing Club | Ravenscroft, Lawes, Purcell, Arne | 1. A round of three country dances in one (Thomas Ravenscroft); 2. There were three ravens (Thomas Ravenscroft); 3. Call George again, boys (John Hilton); 4. Drink tonight of the moonshine bright (William Lawes); 5. She weepeth sore in the night (William Lawes); 6. Dainty fine aniseed water (William Lawes ); 7. Where the bee sucks, there suck I (John Wilson); 8. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may (William Lawes); 9. Tis women makes us love, Z 281 (Henry Purcell); 10. Sir Walter enjoying his damsel, Z 273 (Henry Purcell); 11. Inigo Jones (Anon.); 12. Epitaph (Jonathan Battishill); 13. The Singing Club (Thomas Arne); 14. Foresters sound the cheerful horn (Henry Bishop); 15. To soften care (Thomas Arne); 16. To Anacreon in Heaven (John Stafford Smith); 17. Elegy on the death of Mr. Shenstone (Thomas Arne); 18. Much Ado about Nothing: Sigh no more, ladies (Thomas Arne); 19. There is a paradise on earth (Robert Lucas Pearsall); 20. O who will o'er the downs so free (Robert Lucas Pearsall); 21. Sweet and Low (Joseph Barnby) | The Hilliard Ensemble dir. Paul Hillier | Harmonia Mundi | HMA 1951153 |
| Arias for Guadagni | The First Modern Castrato | 1. O Lord, whose mercies numberless (David) (Act 1 Scene 5. Aria from Saul, HWV53) (Handel) ; 2. The raptur'd soul (Didymus) (Act 1 Scene 2. Aria from Theodora, HWV68) (Handel); 3. Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay (Hercules) (No 15. Air from The Choice of Hercules, HWV69) (Handel); 4. Destructive war (Cyrus) (Act 3 Scene 3. Aria from Belshazzar, HWV61) (Handel); 5. Ah che dissi! (Enea) (Act 1 Scene 19a. Accompagnato from Didone abbandonata) (Hasse); 6. Se resto sul lido (Enea) (Act 1 Scene 19b. Aria from Didone abbandonata) (Hasse); 7. Odi col la frigia tromba? (Enea) (Act 3 Scene 8a. Fanfare & Recitative from Didone abbandonata) (Hasse); 8. A trionfar mi chiama (Enea) (Act 3 Scene 8b. Aria from Didone abbandonata) (Hasse); 9. Say, lovely Dream! (Extract from The Fairies) (John Christopher Smith); 10. Vengeance, O come inspire me! (Act 2. Aria from Alfred) (Thomas Arne); 11. Orchester-Sinfonie in D major H663 (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach); 12. Ah! non turbi il mio riposo (Telemaco) (Act 2 Scene 3. Aria from Telemaco) ( Gluck); 15. The Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Act 2 Scene 2a. Ballo from Orfeo ed Euridice) (Gluck) 16. Che puro ciel! (Orfeo) (Act 2 Scene 2b. Arioso from Orfeo ed Euridice) (Gluck) 17. Ahim! Dove trascorsi? (Orfeo) (Act 3 Scene 1a. Recitative from Orfeo ed Euridice) (Gluck) 18. Che far senza Euridice? (Orfeo) (Act 3 Scene 1b. Aria from Orfeo ed Euridice) (Gluck) 19. Pensa a serbarmi, o cara (Gaetano Guadagni) | Iestyn Davies (ct), Arcangelo dir. Jonathan Cohen | Hyperion | CDA67924 |
| English 18th century Violin Sonatas | 1. Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 1, No. 1 (Geminiani); 2. Suite in A minor (Richard Jones); 3. Solo in E major (Arne); 4. Sonata in D minor (Gibbs); 5. Sonata in E minor/major, Op. 1, No. 1 (Giardini); 6. Rondo in D major (Hellendaal); 7. Sonata in A major (Linley) | The Locatelli Trio | Hyperion | CDA66583 | |
| Syrens, Enchanters and Fairies | 18th Century Overtures from the London Stage | 1.The Fairies: Overture (J. C. Smith); 2. The Fairies: March (J. C. Smith); 3. The Sirens: Overture (J. A. Fisher); 4. Thomas and Sally: Overture (Thomas Arne); 5. The Maid of the Mill (Erskine); 6. The Enchanter: Overture (J. C. Smith); 7. The Enchanter: Dead March (J. C. Smith); 8. The Guardian Outwitted: Overture (Thomas Arne); 9. The Tempest: Overture (J. C. Smith); 10. The Overture: Hornpipe (J. C. Smith); 11. Atatterxes: Overture (Thomas Arne) | Capella Savaria dir. Mary Térey-Smith | Dorian | DOR-93251 |
| Orpheus with his lute | Music for Shakespeare from Purcell to Arne | 1. Overture to Titus Andronicus (Jeremiah Clarke); 2. Take, O take those lips away (John Weldon); 3. Can life be a blessing? (John Eccles); 4. Pardon, goddess of the night (Thomas Chilcot); 5. Orpheus with his lute (Maurice Greene); 6. Orpheus with his lute (Thomas Chilcot); 7. Hark, hark, the lark (Thomas Chilcot); 8. To fair Fidele's grassy tomb (Thomas Arne); 9. Concerto No 9 in E minor (Robert Woodcock); 10. When daisies pied and violets blue (Richard Leveridge); 11. When daisies pied and violets blue (Thomas Arne); 12. When icicles hang on the wall (Thomas Arne); 13. You spotted snakes (John Christopher Smith); 14. Full fathom five (John Christopher Smith); 15. All fancy sick (Willem De Fesch); 16. Dry those eyes which are o'erflowing (John Weldon); 17. Dear pretty youth (Henry Purcell); 18. Honour, riches, marriage-blessing (Thomas Arne); 19. Where the bee sucks, there lurk I (Thomas Arne) | Catherine Bott (sop), Rachel Brown (fl), The Parley Of Instruments dir. Peter Holman | Hyperion | CDA67450 |