Lionel Meunier, Vox Luminis - Henry Purcell: King Arthur (2018)
Lionel Meunier, Vox Luminis - Henry Purcell: King Arthur (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 484 Mb | Total time: 97:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics | # ALPHA 430 | Recorded: 2018
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 484 Mb | Total time: 97:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics | # ALPHA 430 | Recorded: 2018
Henry Purcell's King Arthur, or The British Worthy, occupies the small genre of English semi-operas, i.e., stage works in which the most of the main characters speak dialogue, but songs, choruses, and incidental music provide commentary on the action. This 2018 performance by Lionel Meunier and the period ensemble Vox Luminis presents King Arthur without speaking parts, so the music is continuous and complete on two CDs, and displays the variety of musical forms and effects Purcell employed to make John Dryden's somewhat confusing play – a mixture of Norse and British mythology – come to life. The singing is lively and rhythmically precise, and the cast's diction is clear enough to make following the libretto virtually unnecessary. The best-known selections of King Arthur include the famous Frost Scene (What Power Art Thou at the beginning of Act III, which was adapted by minimalist composer Michael Nyman for his composition, Memorial), and Venus' air from the closing masque, Fairest Isle, has endured as one of Purcell's most-beloved songs. Alpha's recording captures the performance with crisp details and a clean background that allows the voices and instruments to be heard without excessive resonance.–Blair Sanderson
Performer:
Sophie Junker, soprano
Zsuzsi Tóth, soprano
Stefanie True, soprano
Caroline Weynants, soprano
Olivier Berten, tenor
Robert Buckland, tenor
Daniel Elgersma, alto
Marcus Farnsworth, vocals
David Feldman, alto
Jan Kullmann, alto
David Lee, tenor
Sebastian Myrus, bass
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, conductor
Tracklist:
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
King Arthur, or The British Worthy
01. First Music: Overture
02. Second Music: Aire
03. Overture
04. Act I. Altar Music
05. Woden, First to Thee
06. The While Horse Neigh'D Aloud
07. The Lot is Cast
08. Brave Souls
09. I Call, I Call
10. Come If You Dare
11. First Act Tune
12. Act II. Hither, This Way
13. Let Not a Moon-Born Elf
14. Hither, This Way
15. Come, Follow Me
16. How Blest are Shepherds
17. Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying
18. Come, Shepherds, Lead Up
19. Hornpipe
20. Second Act Tune: Aire
21. Act III. Prelude to the Frost Scene
22. What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle
23. What Power Art Thou
24. Thou Doting Fool
25. Great Love, I Know Thee Now
26. No Part of My Dominion Shall be Waste
27. Prelude
28. See We Assemble Thy Revels to Hold
29. Dance
30. 'Tis I That Have Warm'D Ye
31. Sound A Parley
32. 'Tis Love That Has Warm'D Us
33. Borée
34. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
CD2:
01. Act IV. Aire
02. Soft Musick
03. Two Daughters of This Aged Stream
04. Passacaglia I How Happy the Lover
05. In Vain are Our Graces
06. Fourth Act Tune: Trumpet Tune
07. Act V. Ye Blust'ring Brethren
08. Symphony
09. Song Tune I Round Thy Coasts
10. For Folded Flocks
11. Song Tune I Your Hay It Is Mow'd
12. Song Tune I Fairest Isle
13. You Say, 'Tis Love
14. Trumpet Tune
15. Saint George, The Patron of Our Isle
16. Our Natives Not Alone Appear
17. Grand Dance: Chaconne
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Lionel Meunier, Vox Luminis - Henry Purcell: King Arthur (2018)
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