On their first release for harmonia mundi, Bertrand Cuiller and Caravansérail explore the theatre music of 17th century London. The recording, which features soprano Rachel Redmond, includes a selection of incidental music, airs and dances that combine the English tradition with French and Italian innovations. A Fancy offers listeners a fascinating reconstruction of music from this key period in English history.
Works:
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Akeyrode: From drinking of Sack by the Pottle
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Draghi, G B: Must I ever sigh in vain?
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Draghi, G B: Where art thou, God of Dreams (from Romulus and Hersilia, 1682)
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Gibbons, C: Fly, my children
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Grabu: O jealousy!
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Hart, James: Adieu to the Pleasures and Follies
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Locke: Curtain Tune from The Tempest
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Purcell: Ah me! to many deaths (from Regulus or The Faction of Carthage, Z586)
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Purcell: Hornpipe
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Purcell: I see she flies me ev'rywhere (from Aureng-Zebe or The Great Mogul, Z573)
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Purcell: O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406
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Purcell: See, even Night herself is here (from King Arthur, Z628)
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Purcell: Twas within a furlong of Edinburgh Town (from The Mock Marriage, Z605)