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The theatres of London were vital centres for Restoration music after the return of the Stuart monarchy, following the fall of Cromwell's puritan dictatorship. Reinvigorated by the arrival of women actors and sumptuous decoration, they attracted a broad audience, which had been starved of entertainment after the years of religious rigour and the virtual ban on public performances. The most sought-after composer of the period was Locke, whose experience in this field went back into the Cromwell years. While Puritans did close theatres, some pieces had been able to overcome the ban, like the masque Cupid and Death set to music by Gibbons, which was played for the Portuguese ambassador in 1657 - then again in 1659, with additional music by Locke. When the theatres re-opened in 1660, there was a demand for music for every play, but more as an ornament than as an integral part of the plot. Each one required a series of airs and instrumental pieces to be played at the start and between each act. Locke wrote more than twenty airs of this type, although they can't be pinpointed to any specific plays. Most of his stage music, like Curtain Tune and Lilk, survive in various manuscripts from the period, and comprises stage music for plays performed in the final decade of the 17th Century. These are the inter-act pieces, airs or "curtain-raisers" which Bertrand Cuiller's Caravansérail ensemble plays here - Cuiller, remember, learned the harpsichord with Pierre Hantaï and Christophe Rousset. His last solo album, Rameau's complete works for harpsichord, was declared Classica's Shock of the Year 2015. The airs here are sung by Scottish soprano Rachel Redmond, a great performer of baroque music.
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Curtain Tune (Matthew Locke)
Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Matthew Locke, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
The Virtuous Wife, Z. 611 (Henry Purcell)
Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Henry Purcell, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
Romulus and Hersilia (Giovanni Battista Draghi)
Rachel Redmond, Soprano - Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Giovanni Battista Draghi, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Henry Purcell)
Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Henry Purcell, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
Rachel Redmond, Soprano - Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Giovanni Battista Draghi, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
Aureng-Zebe, Z. 573 (Henry Purcell)
Rachel Redmond, Soprano - Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Henry Purcell, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
Lilk (Matthew Locke)
Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Matthew Locke, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
The Virtuous Wife, Z. 611 (Henry Purcell)
Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Henry Purcell, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
Oh Solitude, Z.406 (Henry Purcell)
Rachel Redmond, Soprano - Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Henry Purcell, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
The Virtuous Wife, Z. 611 (Henry Purcell)
Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Henry Purcell, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
The Mock Marriage, Z. 605 (Henry Purcell)
Rachel Redmond, Soprano - Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Henry Purcell, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
From drinking of Sack by the Pottle (Samuel Akeyrode)
Rachel Redmond, Soprano - Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Samuel Akeyrode, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
First Music
Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
Saraband
Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
Second Music
Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Anonymous, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
Rachel Redmond, Soprano - Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Louis Grabu, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
Timon of Athens, Z.632 (Henry Purcell)
Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Henry Purcell, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
Regulus, Z. 586 (Henry Purcell)
Rachel Redmond, Soprano - Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Henry Purcell, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
Venus and Adonis (John Blow)
Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - John Blow, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
Cupid and Death (Matthew Locke)
Rachel Redmond, Soprano - Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Matthew Locke, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
The Tempest (Matthew Locke)
Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Matthew Locke, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Henry Purcell)
Rachel Redmond, Soprano - Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Henry Purcell, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
King Arthur, Z. 628 (Henry Purcell)
Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Henry Purcell, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
Psyché (Matthew Locke)
Rachel Redmond, Soprano - Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - Matthew Locke, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
The Tempest (James Hart)
Rachel Redmond, Soprano - Le Caravansérail - Bertrand Cuiller, Conductor - James Hart, Composer
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
Albumbeschreibung
The theatres of London were vital centres for Restoration music after the return of the Stuart monarchy, following the fall of Cromwell's puritan dictatorship. Reinvigorated by the arrival of women actors and sumptuous decoration, they attracted a broad audience, which had been starved of entertainment after the years of religious rigour and the virtual ban on public performances. The most sought-after composer of the period was Locke, whose experience in this field went back into the Cromwell years. While Puritans did close theatres, some pieces had been able to overcome the ban, like the masque Cupid and Death set to music by Gibbons, which was played for the Portuguese ambassador in 1657 - then again in 1659, with additional music by Locke. When the theatres re-opened in 1660, there was a demand for music for every play, but more as an ornament than as an integral part of the plot. Each one required a series of airs and instrumental pieces to be played at the start and between each act. Locke wrote more than twenty airs of this type, although they can't be pinpointed to any specific plays. Most of his stage music, like Curtain Tune and Lilk, survive in various manuscripts from the period, and comprises stage music for plays performed in the final decade of the 17th Century. These are the inter-act pieces, airs or "curtain-raisers" which Bertrand Cuiller's Caravansérail ensemble plays here - Cuiller, remember, learned the harpsichord with Pierre Hantaï and Christophe Rousset. His last solo album, Rameau's complete works for harpsichord, was declared Classica's Shock of the Year 2015. The airs here are sung by Scottish soprano Rachel Redmond, a great performer of baroque music.
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:49
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Le Caravansérail, Bertrand Cuiller and Rachel Redmond
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Area: Angleterre
- Genre: Klassiek
- Period: Baroque Music
2017 harmonia mundi harmonia mundi 2017
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