The English composer Purcell started writing music at the tender age of eight, and went on to become one of the prolific composers of the seventeenth century...

(go to Purcell's Biography)

 
Recordings
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Greatest Works
Dido and Aeneas, The Sicilian Usurper,
Abdelazer, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day,
The Fairy Queen

 
Greatest Performers
Alfred Deller, Gustav Leonhardt, Consort of Viols, Choir of New College Oxford, Trevor Pinnock

Playlist
Listen to our playlist, featuring some of our editors' favourite Purcell pieces.

 
Images
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Purcell Works List
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