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This Italian release features an international cast of singers, not a one of them English, in an unusual look at the music of Henry Purcell, who, despite his early death, has left a great deal of music that remains to be explored. Under examination here is a repertory that annotator Dinko Fabris characterizes with the barely extant word "intimist": it is household music, in which Fabris and the performers rightly emphasize the unusual quality of not having a strong barrier between sacred and secular. Thus you get genuine songs by Purcell, some of which might have had theatrical origins, but which would have been used by amateur performers in a British noble home, along with sacred songs accompanied by organ continuo, little keyboard and lute pieces, and three works by other composers. This last group may be unusual in a recording titled merely Purcell, but it makes sense in the overall context. The result is a quiet Purcell program that has many small pleasures. What you'll think of it may depend largely on your reaction to the voice of Polish-born Joanna Klisowska: she has one of those modern early music voices that affects a countertenor sound and slips into vibrato, as it were, only grudgingly and at the last minute. Bass Peter Kooij is more conventional, and you might try sampling one of his songs, such as Music for a While (track 12), to get the flavor of the whole. There's a lot of music here that even Purcell enthusiasts will not have heard, and that in itself is the chief recommendation for this release.
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Begin the Song (The Resurrection) (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Peter Kooij, Artist - Pietro Prosser, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Ground (John Banister)
John Banister, Composer - Pietro Prosser, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Tell me, some pitying angel, Z. 196, "The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation" (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Pietro Prosser, Artist, MainArtist - Joanna Klisowska, Artist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Suite No. 1 in G major, Z. 660 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Lorenzo Feder, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Henry Purcell, Composer - Lorenzo Feder, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Henry Purcell, Composer - Lorenzo Feder, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Henry Purcell, Composer - Lorenzo Feder, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Close thine eyes and sleep secure (Upon a Quiet Conscience), Z. 184 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Peter Kooij, Artist, MainArtist - Pietro Prosser, Artist - Joanna Klisowska, Artist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
The Prophetess, Z. 627 "The History of Dioclesian", Act III (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Pietro Prosser, Artist, MainArtist - Lorenzo Feder, Artist - Cristiano Contadin, Artist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Lord, What Is a Man (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Pietro Prosser, Artist - Joanna Klisowska, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Air With Division Su Basso Di Follia (Anthony Poole)
Pietro Prosser, Artist, MainArtist - Cristiano Contadin, Artist - Anthony Poole, Composer
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Oedipus, King of Thebes, Z. 583 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Peter Kooij, Artist, MainArtist - Pietro Prosser, Artist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Ground in C minor, Z. D221 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Lorenzo Feder, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z. 585: No. 1. Sweeter than Roses (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Pietro Prosser, Artist - Joanna Klisowska, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Sonata No. 4 in D Minor (Gottfried Finger)
Gottfried Finger, Composer - Pietro Prosser, Artist - Cristiano Contadin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Gottfried Finger, Composer - Pietro Prosser, Artist, MainArtist - Cristiano Contadin, Artist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Gottfried Finger, Composer - Pietro Prosser, Artist - Cristiano Contadin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Gottfried Finger, Composer - Pietro Prosser, Artist - Cristiano Contadin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Gottfried Finger, Composer - Pietro Prosser, Artist - Cristiano Contadin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Now that the sun hath veiled his light, Z. 193, "An Evening Hymn on a Ground" (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Peter Kooij, Artist - Pietro Prosser, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
Albumbeschreibung
This Italian release features an international cast of singers, not a one of them English, in an unusual look at the music of Henry Purcell, who, despite his early death, has left a great deal of music that remains to be explored. Under examination here is a repertory that annotator Dinko Fabris characterizes with the barely extant word "intimist": it is household music, in which Fabris and the performers rightly emphasize the unusual quality of not having a strong barrier between sacred and secular. Thus you get genuine songs by Purcell, some of which might have had theatrical origins, but which would have been used by amateur performers in a British noble home, along with sacred songs accompanied by organ continuo, little keyboard and lute pieces, and three works by other composers. This last group may be unusual in a recording titled merely Purcell, but it makes sense in the overall context. The result is a quiet Purcell program that has many small pleasures. What you'll think of it may depend largely on your reaction to the voice of Polish-born Joanna Klisowska: she has one of those modern early music voices that affects a countertenor sound and slips into vibrato, as it were, only grudgingly and at the last minute. Bass Peter Kooij is more conventional, and you might try sampling one of his songs, such as Music for a While (track 12), to get the flavor of the whole. There's a lot of music here that even Purcell enthusiasts will not have heard, and that in itself is the chief recommendation for this release.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:08
- Main artists: Pietro Prosser Lorenzo Feder Peter Kooij Joanna Klisowska Cristiano Contadin
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Stradivarius
- Genre: Klassiek
(C) 2013 Stradivarius (P) 2013 Stradivarius
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