Purcell - Theatre Music Vol.1 | Naxos 8570149

Purcell - Theatre Music Vol.1

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8570149

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 3rd March 2008

Contents

Artists

Aradia Ensemble

Conductor

Kevin Mallon

Works

Purcell, Henry

Amphitryon, Z572 'The Two Sosias'
Circe, Z575
Sir Barnay Whigg, Z589
» Blow, Boreas, Blow
The Gordion Knot Untied, Z597

Artists

Aradia Ensemble

Conductor

Kevin Mallon

About

Written mostly during the last five years of his life, Purcell’s Theatre Music is a rich and varied collection of some of the composer’s finest melodic inspirations. They include solemn overtures, cheerful and sad songs, as well as delightful dances, either incorporated into the action of the play or performed as preludes and interludes.

This first volume of the series includes many gems, such as the erotic musical diversion in Amphitryon which takes the form of a Pastoral Dialogue betwixt Thyrsis and Iris, the amorous shepherd begging for, and finally being granted, his heart’s desire; and the series of dances in The Gordian Knot Unty’d, the most delightful of which are the Rondeau, Minuett and the final Chacone.

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