Ceruleo - Purcell: Love Restor'd (2022)

Early music ensemble Ceruleo presents an album of music from restoration-era England. Featuring songs by Henry Purcell along with works by John Blow, Francesco Corbetta, and John Eccles, the album looks at the dramatic character of English Restoration music and its relationship to the theatrical tradition of the time. Providing a snapshot of the music that might have been heard in English theatres and concert halls, Ceruleo creates a performance – like the stage works of Purcell and Blow – which freely flits between deep emotion, humour and melancholy, all interspersed with instrumental dance music.
Tracklist
1. The Glorious Day is Come: Couch’d by the Pleasant Helliconian Spring (2:06)
2. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Oh the Sweet Delights of Love (1:44)
3. A New Ground in E Minor, Z .682 (2:49)
4. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: O Let Me Weep (6:57)
5. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Overture (1:49)
6. Celebrate This Festival, Z. 321: Crown the Altar, Deck the Shrine (2:35)
7. Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind, Z. 331: Many Such Days May She Behold (2:31)
8. Laudate Nomen Domini (3:19)
9. The Queen’s Epicedium (5:37)
10. O dive custos Auriacae domus, Z. 504 (6:14)
11. Chaconne (3:12)
12. She Loves and She Confesses Too, Z. 413 (2:43)
13. Haste, Give Me Wings (2:51)
14. Suite No. 2 in D Minor: Ground (2:47)
15. The Maid's Last Prayer, Z. 601: No, resistance is but vain (4:56)
16. Suite No. 6 in D Major, Z. 667: I. Prelude (0:51)
17. Suite No. 6 in D Major, Z.667: II. Almand (2:31)
18. Suite No. 6 in D Major, Z. 667: III. Hornpipe (1:03)
19. Don Quixote, Z. 578, Act IV: From Rosy Bow'rs (5:44)
20. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: If Love’s a Sweet Passion (4:24)