Purcell_the_tempest_z_631_curtain_tune [BEST]

While the Curtain Tune sets the stage, the full work is celebrated for several other notable movements often found in recordings such as the one by John Eliot Gardiner :

This specific movement is intended to evoke the atmospheric and supernatural elements of Shakespeare's The Tempest , which was adapted for the late 17th-century stage by Thomas Shadwell. purcell_the_tempest_z_631_curtain_tune

: One of the few songs in the collection that scholars universally agree was composed by Henry Purcell. While the Curtain Tune sets the stage, the