Henry Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary, Scared Music, Dioclesian & Songs 普塞尔：玛丽女王葬礼音乐、圣乐、女先知、歌曲
- 艺人
- Henry Purcell
- 语种
- 其他
- 厂牌
- Brilliant Classics
- 发行时间
- 2006年04月24日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
Michael Chance (countertenor) & Andrew Manze (violin)
Florilegium, Clare College Choir Cambridge & Baroque Brass of London
by James Manheim
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.
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- @艾藇(插画师的个人音乐库)：我被圈粉了
- @黑洞(流浪虾米村)：
- @benwkl( )：亨利·普赛尔（Henry Purcell）： 1659年9月10日－1695年11月21日），巴洛克时期的英格兰作曲家，吸收法国与意大利音乐的特点，创作出独特的英国巴洛克音乐风格。亨利·普赛尔在短暂的一生中创作了大量的器乐、歌曲、话剧配乐及少数歌剧，在英国古典音乐历史上有重要的地位。
- @瓯江月(若文明消失,惟有音乐值得...)：好专辑
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- @万物有灵xy：Henry Purcell
- @五台山拾石(摩诃萨怛多般怛啰)：Michael Chance为什么自己不出专辑？
- @小王子：和谐的激情。