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Henry Purcell - Funeral Music For Queen Mary, Sacred Music, Dioclesian, Songs (Michael Chance, Choir Of Clare College) [2001]

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Henry Purcell - Funeral Music For Queen Mary, Sacred Music, Dioclesian, Songs (Michael Chance, Choir Of Clare College) [2001]

Henry Purcell - Funeral Music For Queen Mary, Sacred Music, Dioclesian, Songs
(Michael Chance, Choir Of Clare College, Cambridge) [2001]

EAC Rip | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | Covers | 2cd, 522 MB
Classical | Label: C Majeur / NCRV ‎/ Columns Classics | Catalog Number: 290170 | TT: 2:07;41

Compilations are highly useful in understanding the works of the inexhaustibly tuneful British composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695). He had a few big hits, like the Funeral Music for Queen Mary (which is included here) and the opera Dido and Aeneas (which isn't). But much of his best music is scattered around in small bits, residing within genres that are rather odd from today's perspective. Purcell spent much of his short adult life as a theater composer, and his incidental music, for example, is filled with perfect miniatures.
This two-disc set from the indefatigable Dutch authentic-performances label Brilliant Classics is rather mystifying in its selection criteria, however. On the first disc we get a series of single-section sacred pieces plus the Funeral Music for Queen Mary (here titled the "Funeral Sentences," confusing in that the instrumental pieces that go with the three texted Sentences are included as well). The second disc opens with nine songs from various sources, continues with an instrumental Chaconny in G minor, and ends with the odd combination of 15 selections from Purcell's incidental music for the play Dioclesian and one two-minute piece for Shakespeare's Timon of Athens. This is in no way a representative selection of Purcell's theatrical music; he wrote scores for several other plays, and none of the music from his compositions in opera-related genres is included. The Clare College Choir, Cambridge, under Timothy Brown delivers solid, straight-up-the-middle performances of the choral music on the first disc, with the Baroque Brass of London offering fine, somber readings of the Funeral Music's instrumental interludes. The second disc is less successful; sample the singing of countertenor Michael Chance on one of the first nine tracks before buying this, for his is an unusual, rather hooty instrument. The delightfully named ensemble Miscellany likewise has an unusual style; it is tense and restrained in Purcell's little theatrical pieces where most other ensembles play up the kinetic quality of his music. The price is very low, as usual with Brilliant Classics, and you can get some good music for your money. You'll feel better about both Purcell and your finances, however, if you try out some other recordings.

Performer:
Choir – Choir Of Clare College, Cambridge (tracks: 1-01 to 1-13)
Composed By – Henry Purcell
Conductor – Timothy Brown (3) (tracks: 1-01 to 1-13)
Countertenor Vocals – Michael Chance (tracks: 2-01 to 2-09)
Double Bass – Daniel Yeadon (tracks: 2-10 to 2-26)
Engineer – Bert Van De Wolf (tracks: 2-10 to 2-26), Nicholas Parker (tracks: 1-01 to 1-13), Tim Handley (tracks: 1-01 to 1-13)
Guitar – David Miller (7) (tracks: 2-10 to 2-26)
Harpsichord – Maggie Cole (tracks: 2-01 to 2-09), Neal Peres Da Costa (tracks: 2-10 to 2-26)
Lute [Archlute] – David Miller (7) (tracks: 2-10 to 2-26)
Orchestra – Baroque Brass Of London (tracks: 1-01 to 1-13)
Organ – Neal Peres Da Costa (tracks: 2-10 to 2-26)
Producer – Nicholas Parker (tracks: 1-01 to 1-13, 2-1 to 2-9), Ted Diehl (tracks: 2-10 to 2-26), Tim Handley (tracks: 1-01 to 1-13, 2-1 to 2-9)
Recorder – Ashley Solomon (tracks: 2-10 to 2-26), Rebecca Prosser (tracks: 2-10 to 2-26)
Theorbo – David Miller (7) (tracks: 2-10 to 2-26)
Viol – Richard Boothby (tracks: 2-01 to 2-09)
Viola – Jane Rogers (2) (tracks: 2-10 to 2-26)
Violin – Lucy Russell (tracks: 2-10 to 2-26), Rachel Podger (tracks: 2-10 to 2-26)

Tracklisting:
CD1 [54:51]
Sacred Music
1-01 Te Deum 11:36
1-02 Jubilate Deo 7:12
1-03 My Beloved Spake 9:35
1-04 O God, Thou Art My God 3:27
1-05 Lord, How Long Wilt Thou Be Angry 3:16
1-06 Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences 2:53
1-07 Hear My Prayer, O Lord 2:06
Funeral Sentences For Queen Mary
1-08 Funeral March 2:08
1-09 Man, That Is Born Of A Woman 2:21
1-10 In The Midst Of Life 3:40
1-11 Canzona 2:24
1-12 Tou Knowest, Lord 2:51
1-13 Funeral March 1:17

CD2 [72:50]
Songs
2-01 Strike The Viol 2:27
2-02 The Queen's Epicedium 8:22
2-03 Here The Deities Approve 3:01
2-04 O Solitude 5:34
2-05 Sweeter Than Roses 3:21
2-06 Music For A While 4:06
2-07 If Music Be The Food Of Love 2:07
2-08 In The Black Dismal Dungeon Of Despair 4:10
2-09 An Evening Hymn 4:36
Instrumental Music
2-10 Chaconny In G Minor 4:40
From The Play 'Dioclesian'
2-11 First Music 2:18
2-12 Overture 4:28
2-13 1st Act Tune 1:15
2-14 Dance Of The Furies 3:35
2-15 Second Act Tune 1:30
2-16 Two In Once Upon A Ground 2:41
2-17 The Chair Dance 1:16
2-18 Third Act Tune 0:46
2-19 Butterfly Dance 2:21
2-20 Country Dance In Act 5 1:33
2-21 Dance Of The Bacchanals 1:28
2-22 Still I'm Wishing 1:55
2-23 Canaries 0:47
2-24 Dance 1:27
2-25 Dance 0:53
From The Play 'Timon Of Athens'
2-26 Curtain Tune 2:13

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