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Purcell would seem like a natural fit for Andrea Scholl's voice, but this album of songs, arias, and orchestral selections from Purcell's semi-operas and incidental music is the counter tenor's first foray into recording this repertoire, and it's a fabulous success. This is a recording that takes a while to establish its momentum, but it grows in stature as it progresses. The first few tracks are very fine, but by the time Scholl has finished "What power art thou," (the "Cold Song" from King Arthur), the first of many tracks where one might have to repress the urge to hit replay to experience its wonder again immediately, the music and the performance have cast a net of enchantment that doesn't let up. A few other selections that may elicit a similarly intense response include "One Charming Night," from The Fairy Queen, "Music for a While," from Oedipus, and "Dido's Lament." Seeing this last on the tracklist might reasonably cause a skeptical response, because there are so many superb recordings by sopranos and mezzo-sopranos, and the idea of a counter tenor singing a role that is virtually always, if not always, sung by a woman in the theater seems odd. Scholl's broadly paced and deeply felt singing is fully persuasive, though, and makes it possible to hear the solo not only as a woman's grief at love lost, but as a more universal expression of profound, dignified sorrow. Stefano Montanari conducts Accademia Bizantina in a performance every bit as invested in probing the depths of the music as Scholl's. The violence the orchestra evokes in the "Cold Song" is genuinely startling, fierce enough to make one concerned about the string instruments' withstanding such a battering; it's hugely effective. Scholl is joined on two tracks by counter tenor Christophe Dumaux, with whom he blends beautifully. Their duet, "O dive custos," has a gorgeous Monteverdian lyricism and immediacy. Decca's sound is wonderfully clean, warm, and present.
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Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Henry Heveningham, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Come ye sons of art (Henry Purcell)
Nahum Tate, Author - Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Christophe Dumaux, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Come, ye sons of art, away (1694) Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary II (Henry Purcell)
Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, ComposerLyricist - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 5 (Henry Purcell)
Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - John Dryden, Author - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3 (Henry Purcell)
Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - John Dryden, Author - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
The Fairy Queen / Act 2 (Henry Purcell)
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elkanah Settle, Author - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country. (1695), Z585 - original version (Henry Purcell)
Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Richard Norton, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Dido and Aeneas / Act 3 (Henry Purcell)
Nahum Tate, Author - Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
The Gordian Knot Untied (Henry Purcell)
Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Ode for St Cecilia's Day, "Welcome to all the pleasures", Z339 - original version (Henry Purcell)
Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - C. Fishburn, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Oedipus (Henry Purcell)
Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - John Dryden, Author - Nathaniel Lee, Author - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, ComposerLyricist - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Christophe Dumaux, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Katherine Philips, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Mark Brown, Producer, Recording Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stefano Montanari, Leader, MainArtist - Bishop William Fuller, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
Purcell would seem like a natural fit for Andrea Scholl's voice, but this album of songs, arias, and orchestral selections from Purcell's semi-operas and incidental music is the counter tenor's first foray into recording this repertoire, and it's a fabulous success. This is a recording that takes a while to establish its momentum, but it grows in stature as it progresses. The first few tracks are very fine, but by the time Scholl has finished "What power art thou," (the "Cold Song" from King Arthur), the first of many tracks where one might have to repress the urge to hit replay to experience its wonder again immediately, the music and the performance have cast a net of enchantment that doesn't let up. A few other selections that may elicit a similarly intense response include "One Charming Night," from The Fairy Queen, "Music for a While," from Oedipus, and "Dido's Lament." Seeing this last on the tracklist might reasonably cause a skeptical response, because there are so many superb recordings by sopranos and mezzo-sopranos, and the idea of a counter tenor singing a role that is virtually always, if not always, sung by a woman in the theater seems odd. Scholl's broadly paced and deeply felt singing is fully persuasive, though, and makes it possible to hear the solo not only as a woman's grief at love lost, but as a more universal expression of profound, dignified sorrow. Stefano Montanari conducts Accademia Bizantina in a performance every bit as invested in probing the depths of the music as Scholl's. The violence the orchestra evokes in the "Cold Song" is genuinely startling, fierce enough to make one concerned about the string instruments' withstanding such a battering; it's hugely effective. Scholl is joined on two tracks by counter tenor Christophe Dumaux, with whom he blends beautifully. Their duet, "O dive custos," has a gorgeous Monteverdian lyricism and immediacy. Decca's sound is wonderfully clean, warm, and present.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:29
- Main artists: Andreas Scholl Accademia Bizantina Stefano Montanari
- Composer: Henry Purcell
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2010 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
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