Purcell: Harmonia Sacra

“Rosemary Joshua brings to these accounts all the aplomb of a Baroque diva, with her sharply etched diction, perspicuous dramatic insights and varied vocal timbres…It would be easy for Joshua to steal the show, but the instrumentalists respond to her pliant vocal lines with sensitively articulated continuo playing.”. BBC Music Magazine

Works:

 •  Purcell: Air in G minor
 •  Purcell: An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193
 •  Purcell: Chacony in G minor - for Two Violins, Viola and Bass Z730
 •  Purcell: Great God and just, Z186
 •  Purcell: Ground in C minor, ZD221
 •  Purcell: Ground in D minor, ZD222
 •  Purcell: How have I stray'd, Z188
 •  Purcell: How long, great God?, Z189
 •  Purcell: In the black dismal dungeon of despair, Z190
 •  Purcell: Let the night perish (Job's Curse), Z191
 •  Purcell: Lord, what is man?, Z192
 •  Purcell: My op’ning eyes are purg’d, ZD72
 •  Purcell: My song shall be always, Z31
 •  Purcell: Sleep, Adam, and take thy rest, Z195
 •  Purcell: Suite in G minor
 •  Purcell: Tell me, some pitying angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), Z196
 •  Purcell: The earth trembled, Z197
 •  Purcell: The night is come, ZD77
 •  Purcell: Thou wakeful shepherd that dost Israel keep (A Morning Hymn), Z198
 •  Purcell: We sing to him, whose wisdom form'd the ear, Z199
 •  Purcell: With sick and famish'd eyes, Z200