for SSATB soloists, SSATB choir, 2 trumpets, strings and continuo Written for St Cecilia's Day 1694, Purcell's Te Deum and Jubilate in D was the first work of its kind to be scored for orchestra, and it became the model for future settings of the text by Blow, Croft, and Handel. Orchestral material is available on hire/rental.

Thomas Ades made these four Purcell realisations for medium voice and piano for recitals with the countertenor Iestyn Davies in 2012 and 2017. Four Songs is comprised of two of Purcell's Tempest songs 'Come Unto these Yellow Sands' and 'Full Fathom Five', alongside the much-loved 'An Evening Hymn' and 'By Beauteous Softness'. The whole collection lasts around 12 minutes. Ades described Purcell's manner of setting English text as 'magnificent' remarking that 'the way that emotion, the rhythm of the words, is rendered into music is incomparably natural and powerful.' All of these...