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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Sound the Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell & Handel Review

In the year of Queen Elizabeth II s Diamond Jubilee, Alison Balsom
celebrates the heroic era of the Baroque trumpet in works by George
Frideric Handel (1685-1759) and Henry Purcell (1658 or 1659-1695),
whose anthems, odes, sinfonias and operas have provided the music for
numerous royal celebrations from their own day to the present.
Joining forces with Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert orchestra
that he founded, Balsom demonstrates the versatility and expressive power
of her valve-less instrument in original works and new arrangements.
These include Purcell s Sound the trumpet and Handel s Eternal Source of
light divine in duet with countertenor Iestyn Davies and Purcell s The
Plaint from The Fairy Queen in duet with soprano Lucy Crowe.
Recently crowned Female Artist of the Year for the second time at the
Classic BRITs, Alison Balsom has cemented an international reputation
as one of classical music s great ambassadors and is ranked among the
most distinctive and ground-breaking musicians on the international
circuit today. Balsom has also been honored with numerous awards by
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Counter-Tenor Duets and Song by Purcell and his contemporaries

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Purcell: Odes

Purcell: Odes Review

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Sound the Trumpet: Music by Henry Purcell and His Followers

Sound the Trumpet: Music by Henry Purcell and His Followers Review

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The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs of Henry Purcell / King's Consort

The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs of Henry Purcell / King's Consort Review

Strictly speaking this is not a new release, but as the original issue of this important and unique set has been out of stock for almost two years, a reminder is justified. The need to create new artwork caused a hiatus in repressing, but it also gave Hyperion the opportunity to re-think the packaging. Who can from joy refrain?
The set is now contained within a slim, clamshell-style box with cardboard inner sleeves (rather than the original, large box containing eight standard jewel cases with individual booklets for each disc). There is now one substantial and fully updated 72-page booklet, which contains all the texts and a trilingual note. This is the only complete recording of Purcell s Odes and Welcome Songs and, as such, one of the treasures of the Hyperion catalogue - it makes a very welcome return. Read more...

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Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Gluck / Greene / Handel / Mendelssohn / Purcell (Great Recordings of the Century)

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Gluck / Greene / Handel / Mendelssohn / Purcell (Great Recordings of the Century) Review

Even before her tragic death at 41 (in 1953), Kathleen Ferrier became a legend for her incomparable voice, her simplicity and sincerity of expression, and her indomitable courage. This compilation of recordings originally made in the 1940s includes four arias from Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice recorded live in Holland, which show why Euridice was one of her signature roles. Two beautifully sung Handel arias, two sacred songs by Maurice Greene, and delightful duets by Purcell and Mendelssohn (sung in English with another beloved English singer, Isobel Baillie) are greatly enhanced by the inimitable pianist Gerald Moore. But the core of this recording is the Mahler cycle. Here, Ferrier's voice takes on a new warmth and intensity; her deeply inward, direct expressiveness gives the bereaved parent's grief and anguish a devastating impact. Her reading of the last song could be a bit more spooky, but the end is heartbreaking in its submissive resignation. The Vienna Philharmonic and Bruno Walter are in their native element. --Edith Eisler Read more...