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Title:
Arise, my muse [CD].
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Publication Date:
2014
Publication Information:
London : Wigmore Hall Live, [2014]
℗2014
Physical Description:
1 audio disc (59:23) ; 4 3/4 in.
Abstract:
Famed for the crystalline beauty of his voice and the breath-taking daring of his artistry, British countertenor Iestyn Davies returned to Wigmore Hall with a program reaching back to the Restoration Court to reveal the wealth of musical riches of the late Seventeeth-century London.
General Note:
Songs, principally from English odes, and instrumental works; the suite from Venus and Adonis from a masque; Fairest isle from an opera.
Title from disc label.
Program notes principally by Andrew Stewart, biographical notes on the performers, and texts (15 pages) inserted in container.
Performers:
Iestyn Davies, countertenor ; Richard Egarr, harpsichord ; Pamela Thorby, Tabea Debus, recorders ; Bojan Čičić, Stephen Pedder, violins ; Julia Kuhn, viola, violin ; Mark Levy, viola da gamba ; William Carter, theorbo, baroque guitar.
Contents:
Ode for Queen Mary's birthday : Z320. Arise, my muse : voice, 2 violins, viola, viola da gamba, harpsichord & baroque guitar (2:03) ; Come ye sons of art, away : Z323. Strike the viol : voice, 2 recorders, 2 violins, viola, viola da gamba, harpsichord & baroque guitar (4:13) ; Welcome to all the pleasures : Z339. Here the deities approve : voice, 2 violins, viola, viola da gamba, harpsichord & baroque guitar (4:09) ; Yorkshire feast song : Z333. The pale and the purple rose : voice, 2 recorders, 2 violins, viola, harpsichord & baroque guitar (3:20) / Henry Purcell -- Sonata XXI, 3 violins, harpsichord & theorbo / Giovanni Gabrieli (4:02) -- Hail! bright Cecilia : Z328. 'Tis nature's voice : voice, viola da gamba, harpsichord & theorbo (3:47) ; Celebrate this festival : Z321. Crown the altar : voice, harpsichord & theorbo (2:42) ; If music be the food of love : Z379b, 1st setting/1st version : voice, viola da gamba, harpsichord & theorbo (1:51) ; Fantasia : three parts on a ground : Z731, 3 violins, viola da gamba, harpsichord & theorbo (5:08) / Henry Purcell -- Come, come along for a dance and a song. The glory of the Arcadian groves : voice, 2 recorders, viola da gamba, harpsichord & theorbo / Jeremiah Clarke (2:06) -- Amphion Anglicus. Poor Celadon, he sighs in vain : voice, 2 violins, viola da gamba & theorbo / John Blow (4:06) -- Ye tuneful numbers : a song with symphonies. Symphony ; Air : Ye tuneful numbers ; Air : Tell her I'm wounded ; Recitative : But oh why shou'd I blame this cruel fair ; Air : When thousands more, the same must share : [variously: voice, 2 violins, viola da gamba, harpsichord, theorbo] / William Croft (10:02) -- Suite from Venus and Adonis. Overture ; Cupid's entry ; Entry : A dance by a huntsman ; A dance of Cupids ; Act tune (Act 1) ; Act tune (Act 2) ; A ground : [variously: 2 recorders, 2 violins, viola, viola da gamba, harpsichord, theorbo] / John Blow (12:00) -- O solitude, my sweetest choice! : Z406, voice & theorbo / Henry Purcell (5:57) -- Encore. Spoken introduction (Iestyn Davies) (:11) -- King Arthur : Z628. Fairest isle : voice, 2 recorders, 2 violins, viola, viola da gamba, harpsichord & theorbo / Henry Purcell (5:07).
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Language:
English
