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In their first recording for harmonia mundi, Bertrand Cuiller and the musicians of Le Caravanserail immerse us in the dreamlike world of the London theatre of the 17th century. Incidental music, airs, dances and inventive melodies combining the English tradition and French and Italian innovations are the ingredients that make up the five imaginary tableaux of this reconstruction of the period, illuminated by the voice of a distinguished 'guest star', the soprano Rachel Redmond.
Total Time 66'04
A Fancy
Fantasy on English Airs and Tunes (17th Century)
Part 1
1 Matthew Locke (c.1621/23-1677)
Curtain Tune
Extr. : The Rare Theatrical, Ms. Drexel 3976 (New York Music Library)
3'39
2 Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Ouverture
Extr. : The Virtuous Wife Z.611 2'44
3 Giovanni Battista Draghi (c.1640-1708)
Where are thou, God of Dreams!
Extr. : Romulus and Hersilia (1682),
The Theater of Music (ed. John Playford/Robert Carr, 1685-87) 2'46
4 Henry Purcell
Hornpipe
Extr. : The Fairy Queen Z.629 0'54
Part 2
5 Giovanni Battista Draghi
Must I ever sigh in vain?
Extr. : The Theater of Music (ed. John Playford/Robert Carr, 1685-87) 1'26
6 Henry Purcell
I see, she flies me
Extr. : Aureng-Zebe Z.573 1'48
7 Matthew Locke
Lilk
Extr. : The Rare Theatrical, Ms Drexel 3976 (New York Music Library)
0'46
8 Henry Purcell
Second music
Extr. : The Virtuous Wife Z.611 3'15
9 Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
O Solitude!
Extr. : The Theater of Music (ed. John Playford/Robert Carr, 1685-87) 5'09
Part 3
10 Henry Purcell
First Act Tune
Extr. : The Virtuous Wife Z.611 1'05
11 Henry Purcell
Twas within a furlong of Edinboro' town
Extr. : The Mock Marriage Z.605 2'28
12 Samuel Akeyrode (fl.1684-1706)
From drinking of Sack by the Pottle
Extr. : The Theater of Music (ed. John Playford/Robert Carr, 1685-87) 1'16
13 Anonymous
First Music
Extr. : Instrumental music for London theatres, Ms.1172 (Royal College of Music, London) 0'49
14 Anonymous
Saraband
Extr. : Instrumental music for London theatres, Ms.1172 (Royal College of Music, London) 2'26
15 Anonymous
Second Music
Extr. : Instrumental music for London theatres, Ms.1172 (Royal College of Music, London) 0'56
16 Louis Grabu (fl.1665-1694)
O Jealousy!
Extr. : Albion and Albanus
3'49
Part 4
17 Henry Purcell
Curtain Tune
Extr. : Timon of Athens Z.632 4'21
18 Henry Purcell
Ah me! To many deaths decreed
Extr. : Regulus Z.586 2'48
19 John Blow (1649-1708)
A Ground
Extr. : Venus and Adonis 1'58
20 Matthew Locke / Christopher Gibbons (1615-1676)
Fly, my children
Extr. : Cupid and Death 4'05
Part 5
21 Matthew Locke
Canon a 4 in 2
Extr. : The Tempest 1'37
22 Henry Purcell
See, even Night herself is here
Extr. : The Fairy Queen Z.629 4'25
23 Henry Purcell
Symphony
Extr. : King Arthur Z.628 1'56
24 Matthew Locke
The Descending of Venus
Extr. : Psyche 3'32
25 James Hart (1647-1718)
Adieu to the Pleasures and Follies
(arr. Bertrand Cuiller)
Extr. : The Tempest 5'51
Rachel Redmond, soprano
Le Caravansérail, dir. Bertrand Cuiller |
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