Purcell: Music for a while - Jaroussky (edited)

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High resolution and stereo sound: www.youtube.com "Music for a while" Z.583/2, song from Henry Purcell's incidental music for John Dryden's play "Œdipus" (1678-79), written in collaboration with Nathaniel Lee. Purcell composed four songs for this play, probably when it was restaged in 1692; "Musick for awhile" (original spelling) is the second one. Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor. Yoko Nakamura, harpsichord. (Probably recorded in 2006. If you have more details about this performance, please ...