Pepusch - Venus and Adonis
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Label: Ramee
Cat No: RAM1502
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 9th September 2016
Contents
Artists
Clara HendrickPhilippa Hyde
Richard Edgar-Wilson
The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen
Conductor
Robert RawsonWorks
Venus and AdonisArtists
Clara HendrickPhilippa Hyde
Richard Edgar-Wilson
The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen
Conductor
Robert RawsonAbout
As part of the battle for supremacy amongst London’s theatres, Pepusch recruited ‘a select Band of the best Masters of Instrumental Musick’ and two of the city’s leading singers, the ‘Italian lady’ Margarita de L’Epine en travesti as Adonis and the contralto Jane Barbier as Venus. The work bristles with Italian virtuosity and dynamism and unlike most English-language dramatic music at the time, Venus and Adonis makes ample use of dramatic recitative. A clear model for Handel’s later Acis and Galatea, this world-premiere recording of Pepusch’s wonderful masque reestablishes the work as a milestone in the history of English opera.
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