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Listen to Les Indes galantes, RCT 44, Act III: Forêts paisibles by Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi & Purcell Choir, see lyrics, music video & more!

Les Indes galantes, RCT 44, Act III: Forêts paisiblesChantal Santon-Jeffery, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi & Purcell Choir

Listen to Scylla et Glaucus, Op. 11, Act III: Chantez Scylla, chantez by Cyrille Dubois, Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi, see lyrics, music video & more!

Scylla et Glaucus, Op. 11, Act III: Chantez Scylla, chantezCyrille Dubois, Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

Listen to Polydore, Prologue: Puisse la plus belle chaîne (Chorus) by Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi, see lyrics, music video & more!

Polydore, Prologue: Puisse la plus belle chaîne (Chorus)Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

Listen to Polydore, Act I Scene 4: Dieu protecteur de cet empire . (Sthénélus, Polymnestor, Chorus) by Cyrille Dubois, Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi, see lyrics, music video & more!

Polydore, Act I Scene 4: Dieu protecteur de cet empire . (Sthénélus, Polymnestor, Chorus)Cyrille Dubois, Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

Listen to Polydore, Act I Scene 4: Jeux et plaisirs, rassemblez-vous . (Chorus) by Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi, see lyrics, music video & more!

Polydore, Act I Scene 4: Jeux et plaisirs, rassemblez-vous . (Chorus)Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

Listen to Les Boréades, Act V: Descente d'Apollon et chœur. Quel éclat ! Quels brillants concerts ! (Borée, Chœur) by Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi & Orfeo Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

Les Boréades, Act V: Descente d'Apollon et chœur. Quel éclat ! Quels brillants concerts ! (Borée, Chœur)Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi & Orfeo Orchestra

Listen to Les Boréades, Act V: Trio et chœur. Tu causes ses maux et nos peines (Calisis, Borilée, Borée, Chœur) by Philippe Estèphe, Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra & Benedikt Kristjánsson, see lyrics, music video & more!

Les Boréades, Act V: Trio et chœur. Tu causes ses maux et nos peines (Calisis, Borilée, Borée, Chœur)Philippe Estèphe, Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra & Benedikt Kristjánsson

Listen to Les Boréades, Act V: Scène et chœur. Chaque instant, qu’un nouveau supplice (Borée, Alphise, Chœur) by Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra & Sabine Devieilhe, see lyrics, music video & more!

Les Boréades, Act V: Scène et chœur. Chaque instant, qu’un nouveau supplice (Borée, Alphise, Chœur)Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra & Sabine Devieilhe

Listen to Les Boréades, Act V: Chœur et récit. Le ravage avec nous a volé sur la terre (Borée, Chœur) by Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi & Orfeo Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

Les Boréades, Act V: Chœur et récit. Le ravage avec nous a volé sur la terre (Borée, Chœur)Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi & Orfeo Orchestra

Listen to LLes Boréades, Act IV: Chœur. Parcourez la terre (Chœur) by Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi & Orfeo Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

LLes Boréades, Act IV: Chœur. Parcourez la terre (Chœur)Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi & Orfeo Orchestra

Upcoming Release

Listen to Rameau: Castor et Pollux (1737 Version) by Judith Van Wanroij, Véronique Gens, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Tassis Christoyannis, Olivia Doray, Hasnaa Bennani, Jehanne Amzal, David Witczak, Attila Varga-Tóth, Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi & Purcell Choir

ALBUMRameau: Castor et Pollux (1737 Version)Judith Van Wanroij, Véronique Gens, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Tassis Christoyannis, Olivia Doray, Hasnaa Bennani, Jehanne Amzal, David Witczak, Attila Varga-Tóth, Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi & Purcell Choir

More albums from Purcell Choir

Listen to Rameau: Les Boréades by Philippe Estèphe, Tassis Christoyannis, Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra, Gwendoline Blondeel, Sabine Devieilhe, Benedikt Kristjánsson & Reinoud Van Mechelen

ALBUMRameau: Les BoréadesPhilippe Estèphe, Tassis Christoyannis, Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra, Gwendoline Blondeel, Sabine Devieilhe, Benedikt Kristjánsson & Reinoud Van Mechelen

Listen to Leclair: Scylla et Glaucus, Op. 11 by Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi, Judith Van Wanroij, Cyrille Dubois, Véronique Gens & Purcell Choir

ALBUMLeclair: Scylla et Glaucus, Op. 11Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi, Judith Van Wanroij, Cyrille Dubois, Véronique Gens & Purcell Choir

ALBUMJouissons de nos beaux ans !Cyrille Dubois, Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir & György Vashegyi

Listen to Stuck: Polydore by Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi, Hélène Guilmette, Tassis Christoyannis, Thomas Dolié, Cyrille Dubois, David Witczak, Chloé Briot & Judith Van Wanroij

ALBUMStuck: PolydoreOrfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi, Hélène Guilmette, Tassis Christoyannis, Thomas Dolié, Cyrille Dubois, David Witczak, Chloé Briot & Judith Van Wanroij

Listen to Gervais: Grands Motets by Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

ALBUMGervais: Grands MotetsPurcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

Listen to Lemoyne: Phèdre by Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir & György Vashegyi

ALBUMLemoyne: PhèdreOrfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir & György Vashegyi

Listen to Les Indes Galantes by Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Katherine Watson, Véronique Gens, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

ALBUMLes Indes GalantesChantal Santon-Jeffery, Katherine Watson, Véronique Gens, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

Listen to Stölzel: Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld by Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

ALBUMStölzel: Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die SchuldPurcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

Listen to Conti: Missa Sancti Pauli by Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

ALBUMConti: Missa Sancti PauliPurcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

Listen to Un opéra pour trois rois by Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

ALBUMUn opéra pour trois roisPurcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

Listen to Mondonville: Grands Motets by Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

ALBUMMondonville: Grands MotetsPurcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

Listen to Méhul: Adrien by Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

ALBUMMéhul: AdrienPurcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

Listen to Rameau: Les fêtes de Polymnie by Véronique Gens, Emöke Baráth, Aurélia Legay, Mathias Vidal, Purcell Choir, Orfeo Zenekar & György Vashegyi

ALBUMRameau: Les fêtes de PolymnieVéronique Gens, Emöke Baráth, Aurélia Legay, Mathias Vidal, Purcell Choir, Orfeo Zenekar & György Vashegyi

Listen to Haydn, M.: Der Kampf der Buße und Bekehrung by Sylvia Hamvasi, Tünde Szabóki, Elisabeth Scholl, Zita Varadi, Maria Zadori, Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir & György Vashegyi

ALBUMHaydn, M.: Der Kampf der Buße und BekehrungSylvia Hamvasi, Tünde Szabóki, Elisabeth Scholl, Zita Varadi, Maria Zadori, Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir & György Vashegyi

Listen to Responsories for the Holy Week by Purcell Choir & Members of Orfeo Orchestra

ALBUMResponsories for the Holy WeekPurcell Choir & Members of Orfeo Orchestra

Listen to Missa Solemnis in C major - Offertorium Bone Deus - Missa Solemnis in D minor (Hungaroton Classics) by György Vashegyi, Purcell Choir & Erdõdy Chamber Orchestra

ALBUMMissa Solemnis in C major - Offertorium Bone Deus - Missa Solemnis in D minor (Hungaroton Classics)György Vashegyi, Purcell Choir & Erdõdy Chamber Orchestra

Listen to Responsories for the Holy Week by Orfeo Orchestra & Purcell Choir

ALBUMResponsories for the Holy WeekOrfeo Orchestra & Purcell Choir

Listen to Sacred Music for the Season of Lent by Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi & Purcell Choir

ALBUMSacred Music for the Season of LentOrfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi & Purcell Choir

Listen to Missa Lux et origo - Cantici Fratris Sole (Hungaroton Classics) by Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi, Andrea Csereklyei, Atala Schöck, Gabriella Rém, László Kálmán, Dávid Csizmár & István Kovács

ALBUMMissa Lux et origo - Cantici Fratris Sole (Hungaroton Classics)Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi, Andrea Csereklyei, Atala Schöck, Gabriella Rém, László Kálmán, Dávid Csizmár & István Kovács

Listen to Messe des Morts by Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir & György Vashegyi

ALBUMMesse des MortsOrfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir & György Vashegyi

Listen to Messe a 8 voix et 8 violons et flutes, Motet Miseremi Mei by Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

ALBUMMesse a 8 voix et 8 violons et flutes, Motet Miseremi MeiPurcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi

Listen to Messe pour M. Mauroy - 5 Répons by Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir & György Vashegyi

ALBUMMesse pour M. Mauroy - 5 RéponsOrfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir & György Vashegyi

Listen to Messa dedicata al patriarcha Santo Benedetto by Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir & György Vashegyi

ALBUMMessa dedicata al patriarcha Santo BenedettoOrfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir & György Vashegyi

About Purcell Choir

Hometown

Budapest, Hungary

Born

1990

Genre

Classical

Based in Budapest, the Purcell Choir is among Eastern Europe's leading choral ensembles specializing in early music. György Vashegyi formed the Purcell Choir in 1990 for a performance of Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas. He established the period instrument Orfeo Orchestra the following year. Vashegyi's intent was to establish ongoing organizations for the performance of Baroque and Classical-era music in an authentic way. It made its recording debut in 1998 on the album Istvánffy: St. Benedict Mass; Kraus: Requiem. Vashegyi remains the group's director, but the choir has also appeared with other conductors. It released a recording of Michael Haydn's oratorio Kaiser Constantin I: Feldzug und Sieg in 2022.