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The Judgment of Paris - Three Mad Songs

John Eccles

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England was really slow to embrace operas that had singing from start to finish; some attendees were mostly interested in seeing the plays and not too crazy about the opera part. In order to help stimulate acceptance of a theatrical form that was all the rage in continental Europe, a competition was held in 1700 for the best opera on the subject of The Judgment of Paris, with a libretto by no less than the great playwright who coined the very term "Music has charms to soothe a savage breast" in his play The Mourning Bride, William Congreve. Four composers responded to the challenge -- Daniel Purcell, Gottfried Finger, John Weldon, and John Eccles -- whose entry this Chandos recording, Eccles: The Judgment of Paris, represents. It is given by the Early Opera Company under Christian Curnyn and features a cast led by baritone Roderick Williams.
Eccles, then serving as the King's Master of Musick, did not win the big prize, Weldon's sing-songy effort did, which is more a referendum on the taste of London theatergoers in 1700 rather than the relative quality of the music in these operas. Although the Finger setting has not survived, the other three were revived under Anthony Rooley in 2001 and Eccles' The Judgment of Paris was adjudged the winner. There are many reasons why it is the obvious choice; it is a dramatically very clear, harmonically bewitching, and melodious opera. Eccles anticipated the expectations of his audience in producing something relatively direct but did not dumb down his style, which had been refined during a time of close association with Henry Purcell, dead five years by the time the competition was held. The Chandos recording, which is the first complete one of Eccles' work, is superb, fast moving, eminently listenable, and makes for a great tool for the English-speaking novice to get a grip on the appeal of Baroque opera. It is such a good recording that one is tempted to say it has more value than Chandos' entire "Opera in English" series combined, except that would be an unfair slam against what was a worthwhile endeavor. Nevertheless, Chandos' Eccles: The Judgment of Paris enters the field in its own category in regard to its importance to the operatic catalog overall and by virtue of its exceptionally fine recording. To sweeten the deal, three of Eccles' "mad songs" from other works are added to the end of the disc, including his iconic, almost "punk" song "I Burn, My Brain Consumes to Ashes" from The Comical History of Don Quixote (1694).

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Roderick Williams

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The Judgment of Paris (John Eccles)

1
Symphony for Mercury: —
00:01:22

Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

2
Symphony for Mercury: —
00:02:16

Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

3
Symphony for Mercury: Slow -
00:01:46

Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

4
Symphony for Mercury: Brisk
00:00:56

Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

5
From high Olympus, and the Realms above (Mercury, Paris)
00:03:25

Roderick Williams baritone (Mercury) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

6
O Ravishing Delight! (Paris)
00:02:37

Benjamin Hulett tenor (Paris) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

7
Fear not, Mortal: none shall harm thee (Mercury)
00:01:28

Roderick Williams baritone (Mercury) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

8
Happy thou of Human Race (Mercury, Paris)
00:01:51

Roderick Williams baritone (Mercury) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

9
Symphony for Juno: Saturnia, Wife of Thundring Jove, am I (Juno)
00:03:45

Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano (Juno) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

10
Symphony for Pallas: This way, Mortal, bend thy Eyes (Pallas)
00:02:27

Claire Booth soprano (Pallas) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

11
Symphony for Venus: Hither turn thee, garde Swain (Venus)
00:04:07

Lucy Crowe soprano (Venus) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

12
Hither turn thee, gentle Swain (Venus, Pallas, Juno)
00:01:52

Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano (Juno) - Claire Booth soprano (Pallas) - Lucy Crowe soprano (Venus) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

13
Distracted I turn, but I cannot decide (Paris) - Apart let me view then each heav'nly Fair (Paris)
00:02:28

Benjamin Hulett tenor (Paris) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

14
Symphony: Let Ambition fire thy Mind (Juno)
00:03:31

Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano (Juno) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

15
Awake, awake, thy Spirits raise (Pallas) - Symphony
00:01:12

Claire Booth soprano (Pallas) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

16
Hark, hark! the glorious Voice of War (Pallas) - Symphony
00:01:16

Claire Booth soprano (Pallas) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

17
Oh what Joys does Conquest yield! (Pallas)
00:01:05

Claire Booth soprano (Pallas) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

18
O how glorious 'tis to see (Chorus)
00:01:10

Chorus of Early Opera Company - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

19
Symphony
00:01:17

Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

20
Stay, lovely Youth, delay thy Choice (Venus) - Far from thee be anxious Care (Venus, Chorus)
00:02:59

Lucy Crowe soprano (Venus) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

21
Nature fram'd thee sure for Loving (Venus) - Fairest she, all Nymphs transcending (Venus)
00:03:48

Lucy Crowe soprano (Venus) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

22
I yield, I yield, O take the Prize (Paris)
00:01:09

Benjamin Hulett tenor (Paris) - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

23
Hither all ye Graces, all ye Loves (Grand Chorus)
00:01:53

Chorus of Early Opera Company - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

She Ventures, and He Wins (John Eccles)

24
She Ventures, and He Wins: Restless in Thought disturb'd in Mind
00:04:17

Lucy Crowe, soprano - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

The Way of the World (John Eccles)

25
The Way of the World: Love's but the frailty of the Mind
00:04:40

Claire Booth, soprano - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

The Comical History of Don Quixote, Z. 578 (John Eccles)

26
The Comical History of Don Quixote: I Burn, I burn, my Brain consumes to Ashes
00:03:28

Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano - Early Opera Company - Christian Curnyn, conductor

2009 Chandos 2009 Chandos

Albumbeschreibung

England was really slow to embrace operas that had singing from start to finish; some attendees were mostly interested in seeing the plays and not too crazy about the opera part. In order to help stimulate acceptance of a theatrical form that was all the rage in continental Europe, a competition was held in 1700 for the best opera on the subject of The Judgment of Paris, with a libretto by no less than the great playwright who coined the very term "Music has charms to soothe a savage breast" in his play The Mourning Bride, William Congreve. Four composers responded to the challenge -- Daniel Purcell, Gottfried Finger, John Weldon, and John Eccles -- whose entry this Chandos recording, Eccles: The Judgment of Paris, represents. It is given by the Early Opera Company under Christian Curnyn and features a cast led by baritone Roderick Williams.
Eccles, then serving as the King's Master of Musick, did not win the big prize, Weldon's sing-songy effort did, which is more a referendum on the taste of London theatergoers in 1700 rather than the relative quality of the music in these operas. Although the Finger setting has not survived, the other three were revived under Anthony Rooley in 2001 and Eccles' The Judgment of Paris was adjudged the winner. There are many reasons why it is the obvious choice; it is a dramatically very clear, harmonically bewitching, and melodious opera. Eccles anticipated the expectations of his audience in producing something relatively direct but did not dumb down his style, which had been refined during a time of close association with Henry Purcell, dead five years by the time the competition was held. The Chandos recording, which is the first complete one of Eccles' work, is superb, fast moving, eminently listenable, and makes for a great tool for the English-speaking novice to get a grip on the appeal of Baroque opera. It is such a good recording that one is tempted to say it has more value than Chandos' entire "Opera in English" series combined, except that would be an unfair slam against what was a worthwhile endeavor. Nevertheless, Chandos' Eccles: The Judgment of Paris enters the field in its own category in regard to its importance to the operatic catalog overall and by virtue of its exceptionally fine recording. To sweeten the deal, three of Eccles' "mad songs" from other works are added to the end of the disc, including his iconic, almost "punk" song "I Burn, My Brain Consumes to Ashes" from The Comical History of Don Quixote (1694).

© TiVo

Informationen zur Originalaufnahme : 62:14 - DDD - Enregistré les 22 et 23 juillet 2008 en l'église All Saints, East Finchley, Londres - Notes en français, anglais et allemand avec les textes chantés en anglais

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