7318599927343

If The Fates Allow - Music By Purcell And His Contemporaries

Helen Charlston; Sounds Baroque

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Format: SACD

Cat No: BIS2734

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Release Date:  23 May 2025

Label:  Bis / BIS Records

Packaging Type:  EcoPak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  7318599927343

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

Composer/Series:  If the Fates allow - Music by Purcell and his contemporaries

  • Description

    On her first solo recital for BIS, Gramophone Award-winner Helen Charlston performs a selection of songs by the English composer Henry Purcell, some very well-known, others less so, as well as pieces by other composers of the period such as John Blow, John Eccles, Christopher Simpson and Daniel Purcell, Henry's son. Her choice focuses on songs that tell stories exploring the struggle between heart and mind: do we fall in love through reason or because fate destined it to be so? Concerning her special relationship with Purcell, Charlston explains that she finds herself making space for his songs in almost every programme she creates. She adds that his addictive music holds a power over her she cannot and does not want to escape, and this specific programme is a special acknowledgement of the fact that Purcell's music has become an essential part of her identity as a singer. For this release, Helen Charlston is joined by the ensemble Sounds Baroque: Jonathan Manson (bass viol), William Carter (theorbo/baroque guitar) and Julian Perkins (harpsichord/organ), three musicians whose expertise and love for this music, she says, overflow in every note they play.

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