Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary

King, Robert;
The King's Consort

VIVAT 122

Carolyn Sampson, Emily Owen - soprano
Iestyn Davies, Hugh Cutting - countertenor
Charles Daniels, David de Winter - tenor
Matthew Brook, Edward Grint - bass

Following their much-lauded recent recording of Purcell Royal Odes, The King’s Consort gathers together the same world-class vocal and instrumental ensemble in three more of Purcell’s finest odes written to celebrate the birthday of Queen Mary.

Purcell’s odes for Queen Mary show him at his best. A glorious succession of overtures, choruses, arias and delicious ritornelli display astonishing imagination and ingenuity: whilst overtly celebratory, never far beneath the surface lies the sense of melancholy which is the hallmark of Purcell’s greatest music. “Arise, my Muse” (1690), “Love’s goddess sure” (1692) and “Celebrate this festival” (1693) are amongst his finest works.

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01-10-2021

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