Purcell: Complete Odes & Welcome Songs, Vol 4 /Fisher * Bonner * Bowman * Kenny * Covey-Crump * C Daniels * George * Pott * King's Consort * King [Import]

Henry Purcell (Composer), Robert King (Conductor), James Bowman (Performer), Jonathan Peter Kenny (Performer), King's Consort (Performer), Gillian Fisher (Performer), Tessa Bonner (Performer), Charles Daniels (Performer), Rogers Covey-Crump (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: James Bowman, Jonathan Peter Kenny, King's Consort, Gillian Fisher, Tessa Bonner, et al.
• Conductor: Robert King
• Composer: Henry Purcell
• Audio CD (November 18, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B000002ZOL
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #574,718 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ye Tuneful Muses: Symphony

2. Ye Tuneful Muses: Ye Tuneful Muses, Raise Your Heads

3. Ye Tuneful Muses: Be Lively Then And Gay

4. Ye Tuneful Muses: In His Just Praise Your Noblest Songs Let Fall

5. Ye Tuneful Muses: From The Rattling Of Drums And The Trumpet's Loud Sounds

6. Ye Tuneful Muses: To Music's Softer But Yet Kind

7. Ye Tuneful Muses: With Him He Brings The Partner Of His Throne

8. Ye Tuneful Muses: Happy In A Mutual Love

9. Ye Tuneful Muses: Whilst In Music And Verse Our Duty We Show

10. Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire: Symphony

11. Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire

12. Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire: Her Charming Strains Expel Tormenting Care

13. Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire: Thus Virgil's Genius Lov'd The Country Best

14. Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire: Whilst Music Did Improve Amphion's Song

15. Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire: When Orpheus Sang All Nature Did Rejoice

16. Celestial Music Did The Gods Inspire: Let Phyllis By Her Voice But Charm The Air

17. From Hardy Climes: Symphony

18. From Hardy Climes: From Hardy Climes And Dangerous Toils Of War

19. From Hardy Climes: As Fame, Great Sir, Before You Ran

20. From Hardy Climes: Wake Then, My Muse, Wake Instruments And Voice

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Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just the way Purcell wanted it, January 11, 2000

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This review is from: Purcell: Complete Odes & Welcome Songs, Vol 4 /Fisher * Bonner * Bowman * Kenny * Covey-Crump * C Daniels * George * Pott * King's Consort * King (Audio CD)

The first ode on this CD - Ye tuneful muses, was composed in 1686. It combines several characteristical features of Purcell's style: vocal numbers over a ground bass followed by imitative choruses and string ritornelli, and daringly low ranges for bass solos. The ode even includes an ingenious interpretation of a street song. The presentation here, as on the rest of the volumes in this series, is trim: the small numbers of singers and instrumentalists are believed to be historically accurate. The next ode - Celestial music did the gods inspire - was commissioned in 1689 for the performance at one of London's schools (Dido and Aeneas was written in the same year, but for a different school). The best moment is the alto solo accompanied by two recorders. The final ode - From hardy climes (written to celebrate the marriage of the Prince of Denmark - is that a "hardy clime?"), opens with a beautiful symphony, full of inventive string writing. Among several vocal solos is one of the most beautiful Purcell melodies - The sparrow and the gentle dove, meltingly sung by Charles Daniels.