1 CD - 440 220-2 - (p) 1994

ENGLAND






John BLOW (1649-1708)






Venus and Adonis
57' 05"
A Masque dor the entertainment of the King






Overture
4' 28" 1
Prologue
8' 43"
- "Behold my arrows and my bow" - (Cupid) 0' 49"
2
- "Come Shepherds all, let's sing and play" - (Shepherdess, 3 Sheperds, Cupid, chorus) 3' 18"
3
- "In these sweet groves love is not taught" - (Cupid, chorus) 3' 31"
4
- Cupid's Entry 1' 05"
5
Act One
13' 56"
- Tune for Flutes 2' 27"
6
- "Venus! - Adonis!" - (Adonis, Venus) 1' 55"
7
- Hunter's Music | "Hark, hark, the rural music sounds" - (Venus) 1' 08"
8
- "Adonis will not hunt today" - (Adonis, Venus) 2' 34"
9
- "Come follow, follow to the noblest game" - (Chorus of Huntsmen, Adonis) 2' 45"
10
- A Dance by a Huntsman 1' 25"
11
- Act Tune 1' 42"
12
Act Two
17' 05"
- "You place with such delightful care the fetters" - (Cupid, Venus) | The Cupids' Lesson 1' 42"
13
- "The insolent, the arrogant" - (Cupid, Little Cupids, Venus) 1' 18"
14
- "Choose for the formal fool" - (Cupid, Little Cupids, Venus) 1' 42"
15
- A Dance of Cupids 1' 35"
16
- "Call the Graces" - (Venus, Cupid) 1' 04"
17
- "Mortals belows, Cupids above" - (Chorus of the Graces) 1' 16"
18
- The Graces' Dance 1' 28"
19
- Gavatt 1' 13"
20
- Saraband for the Graces 1' 06"
21
- A Ground 2' 17"
22
- Act Tune 2' 24"
23
Act Three
12' 27"
- "Adonis! Adonis! Adonis!" - (Venus, Adonis) 6' 13"
24
- "With solemn pomp let mourning Cupids bear" - (Venus, chorus) 2' 23"
25
- "Mourn for thy servant, mighty God of Love" - (Chorus) 3' 49"
26




 
Catherine Bott, Venus New London Consort
Libby Crabtree, Cupid Philip PICKETT, direction
Michael George, Adonis

Julia Gooding, Shepherdess

Andrew King, Shepherd 1

Simon Grant, Shepherd 2, Huntsman 3


Christopher Robson, Shepherd 3, Huntsman 1

Paul Agnew, Huntsman 2

Julia Gooding, Simon Grant, Christopher Robson, Graces

Choristen of Westminster Abbey Choir, Little Cupids


- Alastair Brookshaw, Simon de Baat, Christian Wilson

- Richard Silver, Stephen Brasier, Stephen Dickinson

Martin Neary organist and master of the choristers of Westminster Abbey

 






Luogo e data di registrazione
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London (Inghilterra) - 15-17 September 1992

Registrazione: live / studio
studio

Producer
Chris Sayers

Balance Engineer

Simon Eadon


Recording Editor

Jenni Whiteside


Edition
Bruce Wood of the Early English Opera Society


Publisher
Royal School of Church Music / Schott Music LtD


Prima Edizione LP
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Prima Edizione CD
L'Oiseau Lyre - 440 220-2 - (1 CD) - durata 57' 05" - (p) 1994 - DDD

Wallet Front (LP)

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Wallet Front (CD)
Detail from Venus and Adonis by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) - Christie's, London / Bridgeman Art Library, London