Henry Purcell – The Fairy Queen Recorded at St. Silas Church, London, from 18th to 21st November, 1992. About this work: The Fairy-Queen (1692; Purcell catalog number Z.629) is a masque or semi-opera by Henry Purcell; a “Restoration spectacular”. The libretto is an anonymous adaptation of William Shakespeare’s wedding comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The [...]
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