The James Bowman Collection / Bowman, The King's Consort [Import]

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Henry Purcell (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), Andrea Gabrieli (Composer), Thomas [Poet] Ford (Composer), Francois Couperin (Composer), English Anonymous (Composer), Giovanni Gabrieli (Composer), James Bowman (Performer, Composer), Jonathan Peter Kenny (Performer), King's Consort (Orchestra), Robert King (Performer), Gillian Fisher (Performer), Evelyn Tubb (Performer), Susan Gritton (Performer), Mark Padmore (Performer), Thomas Ford (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: James Bowman, Jonathan Peter Kenny, Robert King, Gillian Fisher, Evelyn Tubb, et al.
• Orchestra: King's Consort
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, Henry Purcell, Anonymous, Andrea Gabrieli, et al.
• Audio CD (May 21, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B000002ZDV
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #275,094 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #82 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Odes

Track Listings

1. St. Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), for soloists, double chorus & double orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3b): Erbarme dich

2. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Almighty power

3. Why, why are all the muses mute? (Welcome Song for James II), for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 343: Britain, thou now art great

4. The Choice of Hercules, oratorio, HWV 69: Yet can I hear that dulcet lay

5. Come Tread the Paths of Pensive Pangs, song for voice & lute

6. Sono liete, fortunate, duet for soprano, alto & continuo, HWV 194: Crudeltà nè lontananza

7. O solitude, my sweetest choice, song, Z. 406

8. Cantata No. 169, 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben,' BWV 169 (BC A143): Stirb in mir

9. Deborah, oratorio, HWV 51: Impious mortal

10. Now does the glorious day appear (Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday), for soloists, chorus, violins & continuo, Z. 332: By beautous softn

11. O magnum mysterium, motet for 8 voices

12. Esther, oratorio, HWV 50b: Tune your harps

13. Since First I Saw Your Face, song for 4 voices & instruments

14. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Welcome as the Dawn of Day

15. Now that the sun hath veiled his light, sacred song for soprano & continuo ('An Evening Hymn'), Z. 193

16. Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Thou shalt bring them in

17. Leçon de Ténèbres 3, for 2 treble voices & continuo: Jerusalem, convertere

18. Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7: Or la tromba

19. On the brow of Richmond Hill, song, Z. 405

20. Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (Eternal Source of Light Divine), HWV 74: Eternal source of light

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars James Bowman forever, June 28, 2000

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"oferfr" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The James Bowman Collection / Bowman, The King's Consort (Audio CD)

An article title about James Bowman said "A singer in high places" - and it's so true.

James Bowman is a great singer, and one of my favourite performers. One can listen to his CDs over and over again, without tiring.

He feels at home in both English songs and other languages. This CD is a "summary" of some other collection CDs of him.

ýIN SHORT: Good buy for lovers of vocal music, or the baroque and classical. If you don't know his singing, you're missing a lot, and this CD is a great start.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great musician and singer, July 4, 2009

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Pierrot "Pierrot" (CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The James Bowman Collection / Bowman, The King's Consort (Audio CD)

Rarely have I run across a cd of this quality from the beginning to the end. Bowman is an artist who has a complete understanding of style and form but who also knows how to internalize his relationship with anything he does. The selections of Bach, Purcell and Handel are particularly breathtaking. Robert King and his Consort plays absolutely beautiful with Bowman and with the likes of soprano Gillian Fisher as his collaborator everything is complete. This is a stunning album with a great musician and singer; one of the best cds I own and a MUST on every shelf.