Julianne Baird, soprano ; Colin Tilney, harpsichord ; Alison Mackay, viola da gamba
Compact disc.
Program notes by Colin Tilney, biographical notes, and texts, all in English with French and German translations (36 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Recorded at St. Timothy's Anglican Church, Toronto, Ont., Canada, Jan. 1987.
Oh solitude! (3:57) ; The fatal hour (3:30) ; Evening hymn (3:47) ; With sick and famish'd eyes (4:59) ; Be welcome then, great sir (3:09) ; Hark! the echoing air (2:20) / Henry Purcell -- Fame's an echo (2:46) ; Not on beds of fading flow'rs (3:32) ; O come, o come my dearest (1:39) ; Sleep, gentle cherub, sleep descend (2:45) / Thomas Ame [i.e. Arne] -- Bess of Bedlam (3:57) ; A new ground : harpsichord solo (2:29) ; Music for a while (3:05) / Purcell -- Lysander I pursue / John Blow (5:46)