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Blow - Venus & Adonis (Rene Jacobs) [1999]

Posted By: Sowulo

Date: 30 Aug 2016 04:50:24

John Blow described Venus and Adonis as a masque, but for all intents and purposes, it's an opera, as fully as Dido and Aeneas is, and it should make anyone who considers the Purcell the first English opera think again. The two works have much in common in their dramatic structure, subject matter, length, and level of musical expressiveness. Based on the quality of Blow's work, it's surprising that the piece isn't frequently programmed on a double bill with Dido and Aeneas. Venus' response to the death of Adonis isn't as melodically memorable as Dido's famous lament, but it's as deeply felt and as poignant. Blow's libretto, by an anonymous writer, is superior to Nahum Tate's text for the Purcell on almost every count; the characters have more individuality and their interactions are less mannered. It even has moments of genuine humor. In one scene, Cupid comically instructs a band of adorable little cupids-in-training in the skills required to ensnare lovers. When Venus asks Cupid how to guarantee Adonis' continued affection, he replies, "Use him very ill," at which she bursts into irrepressible laughter. Blow's music is a revelation: deeply expressive, emotionally direct, richly varied, distinctively British (some of his melodies evoke Celtic folk song), witty, and always elegant. René Jacobs brings his considerable gifts as an interpreter of music of the Baroque to the little opera, and this 1998 performance by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Clare College Chapel Choir is luminous. The soloists are all first-rate. Soprano Rosemary Joshua as Venus, baritone Finley as Adonis, and counter tenor Robin Blaze sing radiantly, creating memorably etched characters, and the singers in the supporting roles are equally effective. Any fan of Baroque opera, or any fan of opera, for that matter, should find much to please in this stellar performance of a forgotten masterpiece.

Performer:
Venus - Rosemary Joshua
Adonis - Gerald Finley
Cupid - Robin Blaze
Shepherdess - Maria Cristina Kiehr
Shepherds - Christopher Josey, John Bowen, Jonathan Brown
Graces - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Robin Blaze, Jonathan Brown
Huntsman - Christopher Josey
Clare College Chapel Choir
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Conductor - René Jacobs

Tracklisting:
01. Ouverture
02. The Prologue. Cupid, chorus: Behold my arrows and my bow
03.Shepherds, Shepherdess: Come shepherds all
04. Cupid: Courtiers there is no faith in you
05. Chorus, Shepherds, Shepherdess: In these sweet groves
06. Cupid's Entry
07. Act I. The Act Tune
08. Adonis, Venus: Venus! Adonis!
09. Hunter's Music, Venus: Hark, hark the rural music sounds
10. Adonis, Venus: Adonis will not hunt today
11. Huntsman, Adonis, chorus: Come, follow the noblest game
12. Entry: A Dance By A Huntsmann
13. Act II. The Act Tune
14. Cupid Venus: ou place with such delightful care
15. Cupid, Little Cupids: The insolent, the arrogant
16. Cupid: Choose for the formal fool
17. A Dance Of Cupids
18. Venus: Call the Graces
19. Chorus Of The Graces: Mortals below, Cupids above
20. The Graces' Dance
21. Gavatt
22. Sarabrand for the Graces
23. A Ground
24. The Act tune
25. Act III. Venus, Adonis: Adonis, uncall’d for sighs
26. Venus: With solemn pomp let mourning Cupids bear
27. Chorus: Mourn for thy servant

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