034571154473

Purcell & Blow: Countertenor Duets

James Bowman, Michael Chance; Robert King: The King's Consort

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDH55447

Release Date:  01 April 2014

Label:  Helios / Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571154473

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

  • Description

    This recording of duets by the great composers of the Restoration is one of the gems of Hyperion’s catalogue. It features the celebrated countertenors James Bowman and Michael Chance at the peak of their powers, and the combination of their two voices with the sympathetic accompaniment of The King’s Consort creates something uniquely glorious.
    Purcell was a countertenor himself and in his writing for the voice produced some of his most felicitous music. John Blow, Purcell’s predecessor and successor as organist of Westminster Abbey, reached his compositional zenith with the extended duet (almost a small cantata) on the subjects of Purcell’s tragic early death and inextinguishable influence.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. <b>HENRY PURCELL | Sound the trumpet, til around</b> from <i>Come ye sons of Art,
      • 2. <b>HENRY PURCELL | In vain the Amrous Flute and soft Guitar</b> from <i>Hail! brig
      • 3. <b>HENRY PURCELL | O solitude, my sweetest choice!</b> Z406 [5'44]
      • 4. <b>HENRY PURCELL | Sing, sing ye druids</b> from <i>Bonduca, or The British Heroin
      • 5. <b>HENRY PURCELL | O dive custos Auriacae domus</b> An elegy upon the death of Queen Mar
      • 6. <b>HENRY PURCELL | No, resistance is but vain</b> from <i>The Maids Last Prayer, o
      • 7. <b>HENRY PURCELL | Hark how the songsters</b> from <i>Timon of Athens</i> Z6
      • 8. <b>HENRY PURCELL | Incassum Lesbia, incassum rogas</b> The Queens Epicedium Z383 [7'49]
      • 9. <b>JOHN BLOW | Ah, heavn! What ist I hear?</b> [3'22]
      • 10. <b>JOHN BLOW | Ode on the death of Mr Henry Purcell</b> [22'05]