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The Indian Queen was one of Henry Purcell's final works and may in fact have been left unfinished at his death. Defining the state of the text is complicated by the fact that the work is a so-called semi-opera, a defunct form that mixed spoken dialogue, singing, and dance; the function of the surviving music isn't always totally clear. For those reasons, the work hasn't often been recorded. Many of the individual numbers are splendid examples of Purcell's style, with his sparkling ensemble dances and exuberantly rhythmic major-key tunes that seem to shake off dour minor introductory sections. The concluding work by Daniel Purcell, The Masque of Hymen, may have been written as a finale to the unfinished Henry Purcell work, which is based on a poem by John Dryden and set in colonial Latin America (not that there's any reflection of that in either the music or the lyric style). The Sixteen and conductor Harry Christophers do not really specialize in opera, and the soloists are not brilliant. But the small scale of the production is suitable for the work, and Christophers has the right kind of zip for Purcell. This isn't a lost Purcell masterpiece with the gravity and unity of Dido and Aeneas, but the album will be welcomed by Purcell lovers.
© TiVo
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"To all lovers of music", catch for 3 voices, Z.282 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, Choir, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - Mark Dobell, MainArtist - Matthew Long, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Indian Queen, Z. 630 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - Robert Farley, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher - Kirsty Hopkins, MainArtist
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher - Kirsty Hopkins, MainArtist
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - Robert Farley, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Matthew Long, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - Eamonn Dougan, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - Mark Dobell, MainArtist - Matthew Long, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Matthew Long, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - Eamonn Dougan, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Julie Cooper, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - Robert Farley, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, MainArtist - Mark Dobell, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Julie Cooper, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher - Kirsty Hopkins, MainArtist
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Julie Cooper, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher - Kirsty Hopkins, MainArtist
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Henry Purcell, Composer - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Stuart Young, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Masque of Hymen (Daniel Purcell)
The Sixteen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Daniel Purcell, Composer - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ben Davies, MainArtist - Daniel Purcell, Composer - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Daniel Purcell, Composer - Julie Cooper, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Eamonn Dougan, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Daniel Purcell, Composer - Kings Music, MusicPublisher - Kirsty Hopkins, MainArtist
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Ben Davies, MainArtist - Daniel Purcell, Composer - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Eamonn Dougan, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Daniel Purcell, Composer - Kings Music, MusicPublisher - Kirsty Hopkins, MainArtist
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Daniel Purcell, Composer - Julie Cooper, MainArtist - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Mark Dobell, MainArtist - Daniel Purcell, Composer - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Stuart Young, MainArtist - Ben Davies, MainArtist - Daniel Purcell, Composer - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Robert Farley, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Daniel Purcell, Composer - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
The Sixteen, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor, MainArtist - Daniel Purcell, Composer - Kings Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Album review
The Indian Queen was one of Henry Purcell's final works and may in fact have been left unfinished at his death. Defining the state of the text is complicated by the fact that the work is a so-called semi-opera, a defunct form that mixed spoken dialogue, singing, and dance; the function of the surviving music isn't always totally clear. For those reasons, the work hasn't often been recorded. Many of the individual numbers are splendid examples of Purcell's style, with his sparkling ensemble dances and exuberantly rhythmic major-key tunes that seem to shake off dour minor introductory sections. The concluding work by Daniel Purcell, The Masque of Hymen, may have been written as a finale to the unfinished Henry Purcell work, which is based on a poem by John Dryden and set in colonial Latin America (not that there's any reflection of that in either the music or the lyric style). The Sixteen and conductor Harry Christophers do not really specialize in opera, and the soloists are not brilliant. But the small scale of the production is suitable for the work, and Christophers has the right kind of zip for Purcell. This isn't a lost Purcell masterpiece with the gravity and unity of Dido and Aeneas, but the album will be welcomed by Purcell lovers.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 37 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:08
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Sixteen Harry Christophers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Coro
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2015 The Sixteen Productions (P) 2015 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
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