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composer:Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
librettist:John Dryden (English poet)
part of:King Arthur, Z. 628: Act IV

Recordings

DateTitleArtistLength
recordings
1978-10King Arthur: Act IV, Scene. 2: Alto: "How Happy The Lover"Paul Elliott, Honor Sheppard, Maurice Bevan, Rosemary Hardy, Mark Deller, Deller Choir7:45
1991-06King Arthur: Act IV. Passacaglia “How happy the lover” / Ritornello / “For love ev’ry creature” / “No joys are above” / “In vain are our graces” / “Then use the sweet blessing” / “No joys are above”Henry Purcell6:08
1995-02King 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 Wolstencroft7:13
2013-08-12 – 2013-08-16How Happy the LoverVoces8, Les Inventions6:19
2018-01King Arthur, Z.628, Act IV: Passacaglia - "How Happy the Lover"Olivier Berten, Sebastian Myrus, Vox Luminis4:55
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act IV: Passacaglia - How Happy The Lover - Ritornello - For Love Every CreatureHenry Purcell; Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists6:10
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act IV. Passacaglia "How happy the lover"Cyril Auvity, Hanna Bayodi, Le Concert Spirituel, Joseph Cornwell, Véronique Gens, Peter Harvey, Béatrice Jarrige, Hervé Niquet5:54