Abdelazar: Suites by Henry Purcell | Coviello Classics COV21202

Abdelazar: Suites by Henry Purcell

£18.95

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Label: Coviello Classics

Cat No: COV21202

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 11th June 2012

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About

The melody of the 'Rondeau' from Abdelazer is one of the best-known tunes today and everyone can sing it. If we try to find out who is the composer, we come across the name of Benjamin Britten whose symphonic variations from 'A young person’s guide to the orchestra' are world-famous. It is, however, not Britten’s composition but Henry Purcell’s.

During the last five years of his short life, Henry Purcell wrote more than 43 so-called ‘stage musics’ for theatre. In his final year in 1695, he composed the music for the tragedy Abdelazer by Aphra Behn. The tragedy Abdelazer tells the story about a slave who becomes king after many intrigues and murders. Unfortunately, only the first part of Purcell’s flamboyant suite has survived.

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