Par PURCELL HENRY. Purcell composée de six de ses plus beaux odes à honorer les anniversaires de la Reine Marie dans les années successives de 1689. Arrivé, ye, fils de l'art (1694) suivi des récents succès d'étape et contient certains du compositeur plus pétillant et mémorable écriture instrumentale et vocale. Cette édition performante faisant autoritaire est préparée par le principal expert, Purcell Robert King./ Répertoire / Conducteur

'. . . lush chords and sonorities ecstatic rhythmic energy within constantly changing metres intricate birdsong-like arabesques and a primary-coloured approach to the orchestra.'Stephen Banfield The Musical Times November 1986

Song Offerings by Jonathan Harvey is a piece of great energy and sensuality. It was first performed by Spectrum with Rosemary Hardy soprano and conducted by Guy Protheroe in London at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the 22nd March 1985. The piece is written for soprano and 8 instrumentalists.

'With its rich textures bubbling with activity not unlike Janácek thrilling at nature's evergreen renewal the piece seeks to put into music `the energy and beauty of spring'. It is an approachable example of the music of the 1980s deserving of a re-hearing.'Richard Fairman Financial Times 22 April 1993