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Written by Henry Purcell, also Cold Song (Sting), Dido and Aeneas: Act III. “Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me” (Dido) / “When I am laid in earth” (Dido) (Anne Sofie von Otter) and The Cold Song (Klaus Nomi)
Released on Harmonia Mundi France, also Kantate, BWV 20, "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort": O Menschenkind: Duetto - Aria (Collegium Vocale Gent), Kantate, BWV 20, "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort": Ewigkeit, du machts mir bange: Aria (Collegium Vocale Gent) and Kantate, BWV 20, "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort": Gesetzt es dau'rte der Verdammten Qual: Recitativo (Collegium Vocale Gent)
Written by John Dryden, also Cold Song (Sting), The Cold Song (Klaus Nomi) and King Arthur: Act IV. Passacaglia - "How happy the lover" - Ritornello - "For love every creature" - "In vain are our graces" (Les Arts Florissants)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Henry Purcell wrote 541 songs on fono
John Dryden wrote 51 songs on fono
Henry Purcell’s most frequent co-writer is Nahum Tate (36 songs together)
John Dryden’s most frequent co-writer is Henry Purcell (35 songs together)
Credits
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- Written by
- Henry Purcell and John Dryden
- Performed by
- Alfred Deller, Wieland Kuijken and William Christie
- Released on
- Harmonia Mundi France
- Written by
- Henry Purcell and John Dryden
- Performed by
- Alfred Deller, Wieland Kuijken and William Christie
- Released on
- Harmonia Mundi France
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Same writer: Henry Purcell
Same label: Harmonia Mundi France
Same writer: Henry Purcell
Same writer: John Dryden
Same label: Harmonia Mundi France
Same writer: John Dryden
King Arthur: Act IV. Passacaglia - "How happy the lover" - Ritornello - "For love every creature" - "In vain are our graces"
Les Arts Florissants, Jonathan Best, Richard Duguay, Véronique Gens, Mhairi Lawson, Violaine Lucas, David Le Monnier, Mark Padmore, Valérie Picard, Anne Pichard, Jean-Marie Puissant, Carys Lloyd Roberts, Sheena Wolstencroft
1995Same label: Harmonia Mundi France
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle" was performed by Alfred Deller
King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle" was performed by Alfred Deller
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2MusicBrainz King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle" was performed by Wieland Kuijken
King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle" was performed by Wieland Kuijken
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3MusicBrainz King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle" was performed by William Christie
King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle" was performed by William Christie
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4MusicBrainz King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle" was written by Henry Purcell
King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle" was written by Henry Purcell
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5MusicBrainz King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle" was written by John Dryden
King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle" was written by John Dryden
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6MusicBrainz King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle" is part of the release Music for a While / O Solitude
King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle" is part of the release Music for a While / O Solitude
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7MusicBrainz Harmonia Mundi France is the label of the song King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle"
Harmonia Mundi France is the label of the song King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle"
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8MusicBrainz King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle" was released on 1984
King Arthur, Z. 628 No. 38: Aria "Fairest isle" was released on 1984
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