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The songs and instrumental dance pieces on this German release come from a genre that has probably suffered historically from being saddled with the clunky name of semi-opera. The semi-opera was a spoken play with song-and-dance extravaganzas related to the masque genre. Henry Purcell was closely associated with the semi-opera, and there are various gems scattered around his output in the genre even though it's hard to bring an entire work to life. (It would be worth reconstructing one of these evening's entertainments in full.) Here, the Lautten Compagney Berlin and its director Wolfgang Katschner take some chances in an attempt to restore to the music what necessarily excerpted performances leave out. The music comes from four semi-operas, Timon of Athens, The History of Dioclesian, King Arthur, and The Fairy Queen, mixed slightly together but no more so than might have been done in a theater of the time. The recording is well worth hearing even if not to everybody's taste. Basically, Katschner juices up the music rhythmically, substituting plucked strings for recorders in some of the upper parts, calling forth some curious sounds from the plucked contrabass of Annette Rheinfurth and adding percussion. The results might not set a new standard for performing Purcell, but they work well here thanks to the presence of soprano Dorothee Mields, whose English diction renders the enclosed texts barely necessary for native speakers (they're also given in German, and the notes but not the song texts appear in French). Her approach (and it seems to be her contribution rather than part of the overall plan) is a dramatic style that takes plenty of time at the beginning of slow songs and generally seizes the stage effectively. The dance mood of the instrumental pieces emerges clearly, and the recording is evocative enough to make you mostly forget the fact that the music has been tampered with a little bit. The sound, from Berlin's Pfingskirche, is clear but not really in keeping with the theatrical atmosphere.
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Timon Of Athens, Z. 632 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Thomas Shadwell, Author - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Dioclesian, Z. 627 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Betterton, Author - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Henry Purcell, Composer - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z. 628 / Act IV (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - John Dryden, Author - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Henry Purcell, Composer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Henry Purcell, ComposerLyricist - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Pausanius, Z. 585 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Richard Norton, Author - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Timon Of Athens, Z. 632 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Thomas Shadwell, Author - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Henry Purcell, Composer - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Shadwell, Author - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Henry Purcell, Composer - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Shadwell, Author - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Henry Purcell, Composer - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Shadwell, Author - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Henry Purcell, Composer - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Shadwell, Author - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Dioclesian, Z. 627 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Betterton, Author - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act II (Henry Purcell)
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Henry Purcell, Composer - Elkanah Settle, Author - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Imogen Holst, Contributor, Work Editor - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Contributor, Work Editor - Henry Purcell, Composer - Peter Pears, Contributor, Work Editor - Elkanah Settle, Author - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Imogen Holst, Contributor, Work Editor - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Contributor, Work Editor - Henry Purcell, Composer - Peter Pears, Contributor, Work Editor - Elkanah Settle, Author - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Dioclesian, Z. 627 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Lautten Compagney, Ensemble, MainArtist - Thomas Betterton, Author
℗ 2010 Carus
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act III (Henry Purcell)
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Henry Purcell, Composer - Elkanah Settle, Author - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Dioclesian, Z. 627 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Betterton, Author - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Henry Purcell, Composer - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Betterton, Author - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act III (Henry Purcell)
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Henry Purcell, Composer - Elkanah Settle, Author - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Henry Purcell, Composer - Elkanah Settle, Author - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Timon Of Athens, Z. 632 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Shadwell, Author - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Dioclesian, Z. 627 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Betterton, Author - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z. 628 / Act III (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - John Dryden, Author - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Dioclesian, Z. 627 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Betterton, Author - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
The Mock Marriage, Z. 605 (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Thomas Scott, Author - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act IV (Henry Purcell)
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Henry Purcell, Composer - Elkanah Settle, Author - Dorothee Mields, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Henry Purcell, Composer - Elkanah Settle, Author - Wolfgang Katschner, Conductor, MainArtist - Lautten Compagney Berlin, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Carus
Approfondimenti
The songs and instrumental dance pieces on this German release come from a genre that has probably suffered historically from being saddled with the clunky name of semi-opera. The semi-opera was a spoken play with song-and-dance extravaganzas related to the masque genre. Henry Purcell was closely associated with the semi-opera, and there are various gems scattered around his output in the genre even though it's hard to bring an entire work to life. (It would be worth reconstructing one of these evening's entertainments in full.) Here, the Lautten Compagney Berlin and its director Wolfgang Katschner take some chances in an attempt to restore to the music what necessarily excerpted performances leave out. The music comes from four semi-operas, Timon of Athens, The History of Dioclesian, King Arthur, and The Fairy Queen, mixed slightly together but no more so than might have been done in a theater of the time. The recording is well worth hearing even if not to everybody's taste. Basically, Katschner juices up the music rhythmically, substituting plucked strings for recorders in some of the upper parts, calling forth some curious sounds from the plucked contrabass of Annette Rheinfurth and adding percussion. The results might not set a new standard for performing Purcell, but they work well here thanks to the presence of soprano Dorothee Mields, whose English diction renders the enclosed texts barely necessary for native speakers (they're also given in German, and the notes but not the song texts appear in French). Her approach (and it seems to be her contribution rather than part of the overall plan) is a dramatic style that takes plenty of time at the beginning of slow songs and generally seizes the stage effectively. The dance mood of the instrumental pieces emerges clearly, and the recording is evocative enough to make you mostly forget the fact that the music has been tampered with a little bit. The sound, from Berlin's Pfingskirche, is clear but not really in keeping with the theatrical atmosphere.
© TiVo
A proposito dell'album
- 1 disco(i) - 29 traccia(e)
- Durata totale: 01:15:56
- Artisti principali: Dorothee Mields Lautten Compagney Berlin Wolfgang Katschner
- Compositore: Henry Purcell
- Etichetta: Carus
- Genere: Classica
© 2010 Carus ℗ 2010 Carus
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