tracks b1i baritone vocals, soloist Geoffrey Shaw
bass vocals [choir] Geoffrey Shaw
bass vocals [choir] Maurice Bevan
bass vocals [choir] Nigel Beavan
bass vocals, soloist Robert Lloyd
bassoon William Waterhouse
composed by Henry Purcell
conductor David Munrow
countertenor vocals [choir] Andrew Giles
countertenor vocals [choir] David James
countertenor vocals [choir] John York Skinner
countertenor vocals, soloist Charles Brett
countertenor vocals, soloist James Bowman
tracks b1i countertenor vocals, soloist John York Skinner
harpsichord [continuo], organ [continuo] Christopher Hogwood
oboe Anthony Camden
oboe Tess Miller
orchestra, soloist, choir The Early Music Consort Of London
painting, cover Peter Lely
photography by [cover: painting] Snark International
photography by [sleeve notes: black & white] Geoffrey Capner
photography by [sleeve notes: black & white] Reg Wilson
photography by [sleeve notes: black & white] Roger-Viollet
producer John Willan
recorded by Robert Gooch
recorder David Munrow
recorder David Pugsley
recorder John Turner
sleeve notes [english] Maurice Bevan
sleeve notes [french] Rémi Jacobs
soprano vocals [choir] Christine Pound
soprano vocals [choir] Mary Beverly
soprano vocals [choir] Rosemary Hardy
soprano vocals [choir] Sally Dunkley
tracks b1i soprano vocals, soloist Mary Beverly
soprano vocals, soloist Norma Burrowes
tenor vocals [choir] Martyn Hill
tenor vocals [choir] Paul Elliott
tenor vocals [choir] Rogers Covey-Crump
tracks b1i tenor vocals, soloist Martyn Hill
theorbo James Tyler
timbales David Corkhill
trumpet Iaan Wilson
trumpet Michael Laird
viola Carolyn Sparey
viola Katherine Hart
viola Trevor Jones
viola da gamba Ian Gammie
viola da gamba Jane Ryan
viola da gamba Nigel North
viola da gamba Oliver Brookes
viola da gamba [continuo] Oliver Brookes
violin [1st] Eleanor Sloan
violin [1st] June Baines
violin [1st] Monica Huggett
violin [1st] Simon Standage
violin [2nd] Catherine Mackintosh
violin [2nd] Duncan Druce
violin [2nd] Micaela Comberti
violin [2nd] Nicola Cleminson
violone Francis Baines
Phonographic Copyright (p) Pathé Marconi EMI
Made By Pathé Marconi EMI
Printed By Offset France
℗ 1976 Pathé Marconi EMI / Made and printed in France / Stereo / SQ Quadra
Recorded in London in June 1975

The gatefold sleeve comes with an extra page inserted (glued) in the middle.
The sleeve notes are in French and English. It also contains the sung-texts in French and English.



Price Code: PM 321 (Boxed separately)
Matrix / Runout: 2C 069 - 06.302 A (Label side A)
Matrix / Runout: 2C 069 - 06.302 B (Label side B)
Matrix / Runout: M6 311 338 4 060 32 SQ A 21 B (Runout side A, stamped)
Matrix / Runout: M6 337626 4 6032 SQB 21B RL (Runout side B, stamped; except RL = etched)