The circulation of artists and sovereigns between France and England in the seventeenth century resulted in the establishment of highly original genres in the latter country: the first recitatives, large-scale airs from masques and dramatic 'scenes' provided fertile ground for experimentation and prepared the way for the birth of semi-opera. SEbastien DaucE explores this English vocal art in a programme tailor-made for one of today's most fascinating voices: Lucile Richardot, in the exquisite setting provided by Correspondances, subtly blends music, love, night and melancholy.
Robert Johnson [1583-1633]
1.Care-charming sleep 5'15
William Lawes [1602-1645]
2.Whiles I this standing lake 3'07
John Coperario
3.Go, happy man 2'00
Robert Ramsey [1590-1644]
4.What tears, dear Prince, can serve 3'27
William Lawes [1602-1645]
5.Music, the master of thy art is dead 2'50
Nicholas Lanier [1588-1666]
6.No more shall meads 3'10
Robert Ramsey [1590-1644]
7.Go, perjured man 1'18
John Jenkins [1592-1678]
8.Pavan in F-Major 4'02
John Banister [1624/25-1679]
9.Give me my lute 2'27
Robert Ramsey [1590-1644]
10.Howl not, you ghosts and furies 4'40
William Lawes [1602-1645]
11.Britanocles the great and good appears 3'18
William Webb [c.1600-1657]
12.Powerful Morpheus, let thy charms 4'46
John Hilton [1599-1657]
13.Rise, princely shepherd 6'39
James Hart [1647-1718]
14.Adieu to the pleasures 4'44
John Banister [1624/25-1679]
15.Amintas, that true hearted swain 3'43
John Blow [1649-1708]
16.Poor Celadon, he sighs in vain (Loving above himself) 5'10
Matthew Locke [1621-1677]
17.Little Consort of 3 Parts, Suite III
IV. Saraband 1'24
Henry Purcell [1659-1695]
18.When Orpheus sang 4'16
John Jackson [-1688]
19.Phillis, oh! turn that face 2'02
John Blow [1649-1708]
20Amphion Anglicus
Epilogue "Sing, sing, Ye Muses" 3'43 |
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