Reprinted in one edition, here is a collection of 45 of the distinctive Purcell realizations by Benjamin Britten, with vocal parts edited by Peter Pears, that have been out of print for some years. Includes 9 songs from Harmonia Sacra, 24 solo songs and six duets from Orpheus Britannicus, “The Queen's Epicedium,” and selections from Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen.

• 'Tis holiday
• A Morning Hymn
• Ah, Belinda! I am prest with torment
• Alleluia
• But ere we this perform
• Dialogue of Corydon and Mopsa
• Evening Hymn
• Fairest Isle
• Fear no danger to ensue
• Hark the ech'ing air
• How blest are shepherds
• I attempt from love's sickness
• I spy Celia
• I take no pleasure
• I'll sail upon the Dog-star
• If music be the food of love (1st version)
• If music be the food of love (3rd version)
• In the black dismal dungeon of despair
• Job's ...