Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch – Purcell: Songs (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch – Purcell: Songs (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:08 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Classical
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Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, guided by François Lazarevitch’s virtuoso flute, have already led us along the roads of Ireland and Scotland, notably the High Road to Kilkenny (ALPHA 234), a great success in 2016. This time, they venture into England with an essentially secular programme devoted to Henry Purcell (1659-95), varying the mood by alternating between instrumental dances and songs performed by the English countertenor Tim Mead, including ‘O Solitude’ and ‘What power art thou’. While Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien have chosen these celebrated pieces for pleasure above all, with this English programme they also fill in a new piece in their jigsaw map of the United Kingdom. At the same time, they demonstrate the musical porosity of Ireland, Scotland and England – and the atypical colours of the small string ensemble complemented by two flutes, a harp and harpsichord/lute continuo further underline the fact. The common thread, dear to Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, is that of folk music lying at the heart of art music, in a mixture of origins, practices and repertories. We can easily recognise ‘Scotch and Irish tunes’ that Purcell incorporates in his overtures, jigs, hornpipes and chaconnes. The countertenor Tim Mead punctuates the dances with songs composed for the operatic or dramatic stage or for chamber performance.

Tracklist:

1-01. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Amphitryon, Z.572 – Minuet – Hornpipe – Boree (03:44)
1-02. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Come Ye Sons of Art (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), Z.323/5 – ‘Strike the Viol, Touch the Lute’ (03:40)
1-03. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – ‘O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice’, Z.406 (05:21)
1-04. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Pavan in G Minor, Z.752 (04:38)
1-05. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, Z.339 – ‘Here the Deities Approve’ (04:22)
1-06. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – The Old Bachelor, Z.607 – Hornpipe (02:16)
1-07. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Love’s Goddess Sure Was Blind (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), Z.331 – May Her Blest Example Chase – Jig [Tune – ‘Hey Boys, up Go We’] & Suite for Strings in G Major, Z.770 – Borry (03:11)
1-08. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – King Arthur, Z.628 – ‘Fairest Isle’ (04:19)
1-09. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – King Arthur, Z.628 – ‘What Power Art Thou’ (02:46)
1-10. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – The Virtuous Wife, Z.611 – Aire (01:10)
1-11. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – ”Twas Within a Furlong of Edinboro’ Town’ (Scots Song), Z.605/2 (03:14)
1-12. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Amphitryon, Z.572 – Scotch Tune (02:05)
1-13. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – If Ever I More Riches Did Desire, Cantata, Z.544 – ‘Here Let My Life With as Much Silence Slide’ (03:04)
1-14. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Fantazia Upon a Ground, Z.731 (04:46)
1-15. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, Z.328 – ”Tis Nature’s Voice’ (04:49)
1-16. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – The Married Beau, Z.603 – March (01:30)
1-17. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Timon of Athen, Z.632 – Curtain Tune (04:19)
1-18. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – The Indian Queen, Z.630 ‘We the Spirits of the Air’ – Song Tune (01:42)
1-19. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – The Fairy Queen, Z.629 – ‘One Charming Night’ (02:15)
1-20. Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – The Fairy Queen, Z.629 – Chaconne (02:48)

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