Purcell: The Fairy Queen

Simon Heighes compares the available versions of Purcell's semi-opera on CD and DVD, and makes a recommendation.

25 March 2014

40 minutes

Role	Contributor
Composer	Henry Purcell

This clip is from

CD Review—Building a Library: Purcell: The Fairy-Queen

Discovering Purcell—Composer of the Week
Listen to archive programmes examining the life and works of Henry Purcell.

Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 77 No.1
Duration: 48:44
Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Duration: 47:43
Nielsen: Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia semplice)
Duration: 57:22
Sibelius: Symphony No.1
Duration: 52:36