Purcell: Choral Works / Simon Preston & The English Concert

　　普賽爾是最早把英語頌歌、讚美詩譜寫入樂的作曲家。這些曲子的功能是表達對上帝或是君主的崇敬，對戰爭獲勝與締結和平盟約的感謝，或是音樂本身帶給人的喜悅。當然，這類音樂的氣氛一定要大量仰賴小號、定音鼓等樂器的「助陣」，而在普賽爾為皇家生日慶典所譜的曲子裡，呈現出他如何絕妙精巧地應用這兩種樂器。　　這套專輯收錄有普賽爾《歌頌上帝》、《讚美主，啊，耶路撒冷》、《我的心在寫詩》、《D大調感恩贊與歡樂頌》等作品，在普列斯頓的指揮下，呈現出普賽爾合唱曲中具有活力而且色彩豐富的特質。細節清晰的錄音效果為專輯帶來更高的聽覺享受。

Purcell: Benedicte omnia opera (from Morning Service in B flat major Z. 230)

Purcell: Te Deum laudamus & Jubilate Deo

Purcell: Service in B flat major (from the Evening Service)

Purcell: Evening Service in G minor Z.231

Purcell: O God, thou hast cast us out Z.36

Purcell: O Lord God of hosts Z.37

Purcell: Remember not, Lord our offences Z.50

Purcell: Lord, how long wilt thou be angry Z.25

Purcell: O God, thou art my God Z.35

Purcell: Man that is born of woman Z.30

Purcell: Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts Z.58c

Purcell: Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei Z.135

Purcell: My heart is inditing Z.30

Purcell: O sing unto the Lord Z.44

Purcell: My beloved spake Z.28

Purcell: They that go down to the sea in ships Z.57

Purcell: Praise the Lord, o Jerusalem Z.46

Choir Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

Organ Pinnock, Trevor

Orchestra The English Concert

Conductor Preston, Simon

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