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Product details

  • Audio CD (8 Jan 2001)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Universal Classics
  • ASIN: B000055XGE
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 123,626 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. First Booke of Songes, 1597 - 17. Come again: sweet love doth now inviteBarbara Bonney 2:45£0.79
Listen  2. First Booke of Songes, 1597 - 4. If my complaints could passions moveBarbara Bonney 4:39£0.79
Listen  3. First Booke of Songes, 1597 - 21. Away with these self-loving ladsBarbara Bonney 2:04£0.79
Listen  4. Second Booke of Songes, 1600 - 2. Flow my tearsBarbara Bonney 4:46£0.79
Listen  5. Never Weather Beaten SailBarbara Bonney 2:22£0.79
Listen  6. The cypress curtain of the nightBarbara Bonney 5:27£0.79
Listen  7. It was a lover and his lasseBarbara Bonney 3:27£0.79
Listen  8. O Lord, how vain are all our frail delightsBarbara Bonney 7:27Album Only
Listen  9. Fantasy No.9Phantasm 3:37£0.79
Listen10. Though Amaryllis Dance in GreenBarbara Bonney 3:07£0.79
Listen11. If music be the food of love (First setting: 1692)Barbara Bonney 2:13£0.79
Listen12. Abdelazer - AirThe Academy of Ancient Music 1:40£0.79
Listen13. Abdelazer - AirThe Academy of Ancient Music 1:23£0.79
Listen14. The Fairy Queen / Part 3: The Sweet Passion - O let me weep, for ever weepBarbara Bonney 7:37Album Only
Listen15. King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 5 - Fairest Isle (Venus)Barbara Bonney 2:35£0.79
Listen16. She loves and she confesses tooBarbara Bonney 2:19£0.79
Listen17. Dido and Aeneas / Act 3 - "Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth"Barbara Bonney 4:49£0.79

On this CD:
  1. King Arthur
    Composed by Henry Purcell
    Performed by Academy of Ancient Music
    with Barbara Bonney
    Conducted by Christopher Hogwood

  2. Abdelazer
    Composed by Henry Purcell
    Performed by Academy of Ancient Music
    with Barbara Bonney
    Conducted by Christopher Hogwood

  3. Dido and Aeneas
    Composed by Henry Purcell
    Performed by Academy of Ancient Music
    with Barbara Bonney
    Conducted by Christopher Hogwood

  4. (17) Fantasias in four parts
    Composed by John Jenkins
    with Barbara Bonney

  5. If music be the food of love
    Composed by Henry Purcell
    Performed by Academy of Ancient Music
    with Barbara Bonney
    Conducted by Christopher Hogwood

  6. O, O let me weep!
    Composed by Henry Purcell
    Performed by Academy of Ancient Music
    with Barbara Bonney
    Conducted by Christopher Hogwood

  7. She loves, and she confesses
    Composed by Henry Purcell
    Performed by Academy of Ancient Music
    with Barbara Bonney
    Conducted by Christopher Hogwood

  8. Psalmes, Sonets and Songs
    Composed by William Byrd
    with Barbara Bonney

  9. (21) Ayres
    Composed by Thomas Campion
    with Barbara Bonney, Jacob Heringman

  10. First Booke of Ayres, 'Divine and Morall Songs'
    Composed by Thomas Campion
    with Barbara Bonney, Jacob Heringman

  11. It was a lover and his lass
    Composed by Thomas Morley
    with Barbara Bonney, Jacob Heringman

  12. Consort Music
    Composed by John Dowland
    with Barbara Bonney, Jacob Heringman

  13. (The) First Book of Songs or Ayres
    Composed by John Dowland
    with Barbara Bonney, Jacob Heringman

  14. (The) Second Booke of Songs or Ayres
    Composed by John Dowland
    with Barbara Bonney, Jacob Heringman

  15. Come again
    Composed by Edward Johnson
    with Barbara Bonney

  16. O Lord how vain are all our delights
    Composed by William Byrd
    with Barbara Bonney

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

With an early-January release date, it may be a bit early to nominate a record of the year but this has all the makings of a winner. Away from the clamour of grand opera and soaring symphonies, Fairest Isle takes us into the quiet, intimate world of English Elizabethan song, and you could hope for no better guide than Barbara Bonney. Her clear, beautifully rounded voice is superbly controlled, making light of a superb technique--if you want to hear art concealing art, look no further. This is intensely private music, in a programme which cleverly side-steps any risk of listener fatigue by starting with lute accompaniment (infinitely tender playing by Jacob Heringman), moving on to a viol quartet, then finally to the richer sound of the Academy of Ancient Music under Christopher Hogwood. Leavening the mix are three instrumental interludes. The piece which gives the disc its title is a blithe, dance-like song. Better known are some of the classics of English song: Dowland's "Come again" and "Flow my Tears", Morley's "It was a lover and his lass", and Purcell's "If music be the food of love" and "When I am laid in earth", a heart-in-mouth performance that makes time stand still. --Keith Clarke

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A disc to treasure, 19 Mar 2001
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I wouldn't previously have associated Barbara Bonney with 16th and 17th century English music, but as this her latest gem of a disc reveals, she is totally at home in the repertoire. Ms Bonney's lovely clear voice is ideally suited to the intimate style of this music and, for me, she captures the poetry, subtlety and contrasting moods of the songs beautifully.

With sensitive accompaniment, some enjoyable instrumental numbers, excellent sound quality and generous CD notes (including the full text of the songs in three languages), what more can I say about this disc? - except buy it.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb collection. Buy it!, 28 Sep 2001
By Rev John P Adams (Torrington, Devon United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
An imaginative collection of songs beautifully sung by Barbara Bonney, with interludes for viols and strings. The recording is excellent too. If you like this kind of music this is a must buy, which you will listen to again and again.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A delight from beginning to end!, 5 Jul 2001
By A Customer
This is a truly superb recital. The beauty of Bonney's singing is stunning. She shapes each performance with immense sensitivity to text, and delivers those texts with unrivalled clarity. The accompaniments (by leaders in the early music field) are superb; I particularly admired the contributions of the viol consort, Phantasm, though Heringman and Hogwood et al. are also in splendid form. Definitely not to be missed.
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