目录
| # | 曲目 | 时长/大小 |
|---|---|---|
1 | If music be the food of love, Z.379a | 00:02:43 57M |
| 2 | Lovely Selina | 00:03:01 59M |
| 3 | The Yorkshire Feast Song (‘Of old, when heroes thought it base’), Z.333: The pale and purple rose | 00:03:19 76M |
| 4 | A Hymn to God the Father (‘Wilt Thou forgive that sin’) | 00:02:38 51M |
| 5 | Venus and Adonis: Overture | 00:02:42 63M |
| 6 | In the black dismal dungeon of despair, Z.190 | 00:04:33 91M |
| 7 | Fly, bold rebellion (Welcome song for Charles II), Z.324: Be welcome then, great Sir | 00:03:34 72M |
| 8 | Powerful Morpheus | 00:03:50 72M |
| 9 | Arise, my muse (Birthday ode for Queen Mary), Z.320: Arise my muse | 00:02:13 44M |
| 10 | The Yorkshire Feast Song (‘Of old, when heroes thought it base’), Z.333: So when the qlitt’ring queen of night | 00:04:43 92M |
| 11 | An Ode on the death of Mr Henry Purcell: So ceas’d the rival crew when Purcell came | 00:03:06 58M |
| 12 | Te Deum and Jubilate, Z.232: Vouchsafe, O Lord | 00:03:45 73M |
| 13 | King Arthur, Z.268: Chaconne – First Music | 00:03:09 73M |
| 14 | The Fairy Queen, Z.629: O let me weep (The Plaint) | 00:08:28 180M |
| 15 | Now does the glorious day appear, Z.332: By beauteous softness | 00:03:46 74M |
| 16 | Poor Celadon, he sighs in vain (Loving above himself) | 00:04:02 77M |
| 17 | Celebrate this Festival (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), Z.321: Crown the altar | 00:02:16 48M |
| 18 | Sleep, downy sleep, come close mine eyes (Anthem for the evening) | 00:02:44 53M |
| 19 | Now that the sun hath veiled his light (An Evening Hymn) | 00:05:17 98M |
专辑简介
首席男高音蒂姆·米德（Tim Mead）与 La Nuova Musica 和大卫·贝茨（David Bates）合作，带来了《Beauteous Softness》这张专辑，其中收录了十七世纪英国作曲家普赛尔、布罗、汉弗雷和韦伯等人创作的内敛而深刻动人的歌曲。
蒂姆·米德是当今最炙手可热的男高音之一，他曾主演过亨德尔《弥赛亚》（2020年）的全套录音。La Nuova Musica也是现今最令人激动的巴洛克乐团之一，由大卫·贝茨（David Bates）担任艺术总监。他们在Pentatone的首张专辑格鲁克的《奥菲欧与欧丽狄琪》（Orfeo ed Euridice）在2019年12月同时获得了BBC音乐杂志的“最佳唱片”和《留声机》编辑的“最佳唱片”，而亨德尔的《无名英雄》（Unsung Heroes）（2021年）则获得了BBC音乐杂志的 \”本月最佳唱片\”，并被《留声机》评选为2022年最佳古典音乐专辑。
