Purcell - the Fairy Queen, 1692 - Gabrieli Consort - Music - SIGNUM CLASSICS - 0635212061527 - March 27, 2020
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Purcell - the Fairy Queen, 1692

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Purcell - the Fairy Queen, 1692

The second recording of a Purcell opera released by Gabrieli Consort and McCreesh with the full score edited by the conductor himself. Purcell's The Fairy Queen is based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, a play not frequently performed in the late 17th century, nor very well regarded ("the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life" - Samuel Pepys' diary, 1662). Despite this, the play would go on to work well within an opera, as the characters of Pyramus and Thisbe could conjure up singing and dancing accomplices. Purcell's masterful composition, Gabrieli's first-class performance, and McCreesh's superb interpretation demonstrate why their recordings are seen as some of the best in classical music today.

PAUL MCCREESH

Media Music     CD   (Compact Disc)
Number of discs 2
Released March 27, 2020
EAN/UPC 0635212061527
Label SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD615
Genre Classical     Opera
Dimensions 132 × 143 × 15 mm   ·   180 g
Conductor Paul Mccreesh
Soloist Anna Dennis / Mhairi Lawson / Rowan Pierce / Carolyn Sampson

Track list

  1. 1.   CD  

    1. The Fairy Queen Z.629 - Prelude
    2. Hornpipe
    3. Air
    4. Rondeau
    5. Overture
    6. Come, Let Us Leave the Town
    7. Scene of the Drunken Poet
    8. Jig
    9. Come All Ye Songsters
    10. Symphony in Imitation of Birds
    11. May the God of Wit Inspire
    12. Symphony in Imitation of an Echo
    13. Chorus: Now Join Your Warbling Voices
    14. Sing While We Trip It
    15. See, Even Night Herself is Here
    16. I Am Come to Lock All Fast
    17. One Charming Night
    18. Hush, No More
    19. Dance for the Followers of Night
    20. Second Act Tune - Air
    21. If Love's a Sweet Passion
    22. Symphony While the Swans Come Forward
    23. Dance for the Fairies
    24. Dance for the Green men
    25. Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air
    26. Prelude & Dialogue: Now the Maids and the men Are Making of
    27. Dance for the Haymakers
    28. When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining
    29. A Thousand, Thousand Ways
    30. Third Act Tune - Hornpipe

  2. 2.   CD  

    1. Symphony / Prelude / Canzona / Largo / Allegro / Adagio / Allegro
    2. Now the Night is Chas'd Away
    3. Let the Fifes and the Clarions
    4. Symphony for the Entry of Phoebus
    5. When a Cruel Long Winter
    6. Hail! Great Parent of Us All
    7. Thus the Ever Greatful Spring
    8. Here's the Summer
    9. See My Many Colour'd Fields
    10. Next Winter Comes Slowly
    11. Hail! Great Parent of Us All (Ii)
    12. Fourth Act Tune - Air
    13. Interlude - O Let Me Weep
    14. Thrice Happy Lovers
    15. Entry Dance
    16. Symphony
    17. Thus the Gloomy World
    18. Thus Happy and Free
    19. Yes, Daphne
    20. Dance for the Monkeys
    21. Hark How All Things with One Sound Rejoice
    22. Hark the Echoing Air a Triumph Sings
    23. Sure the Dull God of Marriage
    24. Prelude As Hymen Enters
    25. See I Obey / Turn then Thine Eyes / My Torch, Indeed
    26. They Shall Be As Happy As They're Fair
    27. Dance for the Chinese Man & Woman - Chaconne
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