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The English Orpheus - Choral & Instrumental Music by Henry Purcell
Orpheus Britannicus & Chapel Choir of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Andrew Arthur
Making the most of Purcell’s deeply elegant music requires a particular sensitivity to linear shape, lyrical articulation and clarity of texture, not least in order to draw upon the pungency...
The English Orpheus - Choral & Instrumental Music by Henry Purcell
Orpheus Britannicus & Chapel Choir of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Andrew Arthur
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Making the most of Purcell’s deeply elegant music requires a particular sensitivity to linear shape, lyrical articulation and clarity of texture, not least in order to draw upon the pungency...
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Here is a lovely selection of the music of Henry Purcell including choral and chamber music as well as music for solo harpsichord and organ. This is the first recording the fine choir of Trinity Hall, Cambridge have made for Priory.
Contents and tracklist
- Trinity Hall Chapel Choir, Cambridge
- Andrew Arthur
- Trinity Hall Chapel Choir, Cambridge
- Andrew Arthur
- Andrew Arthur
- Trinity Hall Chapel Choir, Cambridge
- Andrew Arthur
- Andrew Arthur
- Trinity Hall Chapel Choir, Cambridge
- Andrew Arthur
- Trinity Hall Chapel Choir, Cambridge
- Andrew Arthur
- Trinity Hall Chapel Choir, Cambridge
- Andrew Arthur
Awards and reviews
August 2017
Making the most of Purcell’s deeply elegant music requires a particular sensitivity to linear shape, lyrical articulation and clarity of texture, not least in order to draw upon the pungency of the harmonic language. Arthur finds a remarkably atmospheric palette throughout.
