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James Bowman is a member of the second generation of modern countertenors, an admirer of Alfred Deller who has cultivated that master's melancholy, moderate-sized style rather than the big Baroque castrato sound favored by younger countertenors. Well into his seventh decade, which is old for a countertenor, he offers here a retrospective recital of personal favorites, with liner notes of his own explaining the significance each piece holds in his musical life. This is something more singers ought to try; given the chance to hear performances of classical music as creative responses to given situations, audiences will do so. Still, this is probably a disc for those already interested in this particular performer rather than those looking for an initiation into the wonderful world of the male high voice. The first part of Songs for Ariel focuses mostly on theatrical music by Purcell and Handel, music that really requires more firepower than Bowman brings to it. The modern English pieces that make up the second half of the disc are more successful; they were mostly written with Deller and his followers in mind, and Bowman shows his considerable elegance of phrasing in, for example, the subtle, unsettling octave leaps of Peter Warlock's The Night. The album's title piece, by Michael Tippett, was actually written for Deller, but Bowman seems less than enthusiastic about it. He excels, however, in the "Woodcutters Song" from Ralph Vaughan Williams' The Pilgrims Progress, which was not originally written for countertenor; Bowman was assured by Vaughan Williams' widow that he would have composed music for countertenor had he lived to witness the renaissance of the genre. There are beautiful moments on the album that will be cherished by Bowman's admirers; among them is the opening Salve regina chant, which Bowman remembered from boyhood performances as a chorister at Ely Cathedral. The sound environment of the Abbaye de Saint-Michel en Thierache in Aisne, France, is especially flattering to Bowman's voice.
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Salve Regina (Anon)
Anon, Composer - James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
If my complaints could passions move (John Dowland)
James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - John Dowland, Composer - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
Sweeter than roses (Henry Purcell)
James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
Here the deities approve (Henry Purcell)
James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
I attempt from loves sickness to fly in vain (Henry Purcell)
James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
Fairest Isle (Henry Purcell)
James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
Cantata 'Ho fuggito amore' (Georg Friedrich Händel)
James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Georg Frideric Handel, Composer - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Georg Frideric Handel, Composer - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
Aria 'Tacero, pur che fedele' (Georg Friedrich Händel)
James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Georg Frideric Handel, Composer - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
A Hymn to the Virgin (Edmund Rubbra)
James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
The Woodcutters Song (Various Composers)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
I know a bank (Benjamin Britten)
Benjamin Britten, Composer - James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
Down by the Salley Gardens (Benjamin Britten)
Benjamin Britten, Composer - James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
The Night (Peter Warlock)
James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Peter Warlock, Composer - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
Come unto these yellow sands [Songs for Ariel] (Sir Michael Tippett)
James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
Full fathom five [Songs for Ariel] (Sir Michael Tippett)
James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
Where the bee sucks [Songs for Ariel] (Sir Michael Tippett)
James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
King David (Herbert Howells)
James Bowman, Soloist, MainArtist - Herbert Howells, Composer - Kenneth Weiss, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
Epithaph for Salomon Pavey (Various Composers)
James Bowman, MainArtist, FeaturedArtist - Andrew Gant, Composer, Soloist - Kenneth Weiss, MainArtist, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
Album review
James Bowman is a member of the second generation of modern countertenors, an admirer of Alfred Deller who has cultivated that master's melancholy, moderate-sized style rather than the big Baroque castrato sound favored by younger countertenors. Well into his seventh decade, which is old for a countertenor, he offers here a retrospective recital of personal favorites, with liner notes of his own explaining the significance each piece holds in his musical life. This is something more singers ought to try; given the chance to hear performances of classical music as creative responses to given situations, audiences will do so. Still, this is probably a disc for those already interested in this particular performer rather than those looking for an initiation into the wonderful world of the male high voice. The first part of Songs for Ariel focuses mostly on theatrical music by Purcell and Handel, music that really requires more firepower than Bowman brings to it. The modern English pieces that make up the second half of the disc are more successful; they were mostly written with Deller and his followers in mind, and Bowman shows his considerable elegance of phrasing in, for example, the subtle, unsettling octave leaps of Peter Warlock's The Night. The album's title piece, by Michael Tippett, was actually written for Deller, but Bowman seems less than enthusiastic about it. He excels, however, in the "Woodcutters Song" from Ralph Vaughan Williams' The Pilgrims Progress, which was not originally written for countertenor; Bowman was assured by Vaughan Williams' widow that he would have composed music for countertenor had he lived to witness the renaissance of the genre. There are beautiful moments on the album that will be cherished by Bowman's admirers; among them is the opening Salve regina chant, which Bowman remembered from boyhood performances as a chorister at Ely Cathedral. The sound environment of the Abbaye de Saint-Michel en Thierache in Aisne, France, is especially flattering to Bowman's voice.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:28
- Main artists: James Bowman Kenneth Weiss
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Satirino Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2006 Satirino Records (P) 2006 Satirino Records
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