Purcell: Songs & Dances

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Mead began as a choral scholar in England and is known for his clear diction and vocal poise, while Lazarevitch studied in Paris and Brussels, and has an eclectic approach to instrumental performance,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 19th Oct 2018
Catalogue No: ALPHA419
Label: Alpha
Length: 65 minutes

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Purcell: Amphitryon or The Two Sosias: incidental music, Z572

Work length3:44

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

Minuet - Hornpipe - Boree

Track length3:44

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Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), Z.323

Work length3:40

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Tim Mead

Come Ye Sons of Art (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), Z.323 / 5: "Strike the Viol, Touch the Lute"

Track length3:40

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Purcell: O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406

Work length5:21

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Tim Mead

Purcell: Pavan for Three Violins and Bass in G minor - Z752

Work length4:38

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

Pavan in G Minor, Z.752

Track length4:38

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Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1692), Z328

Work length4:22

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Tim Mead

"Here the Deities Approve"

Track length4:22

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Purcell: The Old Batchelor - incidental music, Z607

Work length2:16

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

Hornpipe

Track length2:16

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Purcell: Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), Z.331 & Suite for Strings in G Major, Z.770

Work length3:11

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

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

Track length3:11

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Excerpt, Purcell: King Arthur, Z628

Work length7:05

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Tim Mead

"Fairest Isle"

Track length4:19

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"What Power Art Thou"

Track length2:46

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Purcell: The Virtuous Wife or Good Luck At Last - incidental music, Z611

Work length1:10

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

Aire

Track length1:10

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Purcell: "'Twas Within a Furlong of Edinboro' Town" (Scots Song), Z.605 / 2

Work length3:14

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Tim Mead

Purcell: Amphitryon or The Two Sosias: incidental music, Z572

Work length2:05

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

Scotch Tune

Track length2:05

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Purcell: If ever I more riches did desire Z544

Work length3:04

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Tim Mead

If Ever I More Riches Did Desire, Cantata, Z.544: "Here Let My Life With as Much Silence Slide"

Track length3:04

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Purcell: Fantazia Upon a Ground, Z.731

Work length4:46

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1692), Z328

Work length4:49

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Tim Mead

"'Tis Nature's Voice"

Track length4:49

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Excerpt, Purcell: The Married Beau or The Curious Impertinent - incidental music, Z603

Work length1:30

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

March

Track length1:30

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Excerpt, Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z632

Work length4:19

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

Curtain Tune

Track length4:19

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Excerpt, Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z630

Work length1:42

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

The Indian Queen, Z.630 "We the Spirits of the Air": Song Tune

Track length1:42

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Excerpt, Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629

Work length5:03

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François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Tim Mead

"One Charming Night"

Track length2:15

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Chaconne

Track length2:48

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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, 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 colors 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 recognize ‘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.

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January 2019

Mead began as a choral scholar in England and is known for his clear diction and vocal poise, while Lazarevitch studied in Paris and Brussels, and has an eclectic approach to instrumental performance, drawing on popular and ‘folk’ styles. At one level the combination works well.

December 2018

[Mead’s] singing radiates rich colour, smooth lyricism and exquisite melancholy…Yet the most striking aspect of these performances undoubtedly lies in the instrumental music, full of life and colour…This disc is a hugely enjoyable Purcellian celebration

23rd September 2018

Reactions to this absorbing and revelatory disc will, I suspect, depend on how one responds to the “Frenchified” Purcell of François Lazarevitch’s Saint-Julien musicians. I heartily approve of their imaginative, improvisatory approach, which brings some of the instrumental music...close to the realms of their speciality, Celtic folk music.

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