Purcell: King Arthur - Vinyl Edition - Erato: 5419745254 - 2 Vinyl Records

Release Date: 21st Apr 2023
Catalogue No: 5419745254
Label: Erato

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Purcell: King Arthur, Z628

Jennifer Smith (soprano), Gillian Fisher (soprano), Elisabeth Priday (soprano), Gill Ross (soprano), Ashley Stafford (countertenor), Paul Elliott (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

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As John Eliot Gardiner converted his Monteverdi Orchestra to early instruments in the mid-1970s and renamed it the English Baroque Soloists, he engaged his magnificent instrumentalists, choir and a host of first-class soloists in the most emblematic works by “the Greatest Genius we [England] ever had”: Henry Purcell! The reception was unanimously enthusiastic and led Diapason magazine to say: "Gardiner's reading of Purcell, dramatic, hyper-refined, sometimes burning, overwhelming, at all times enchanting, cannot escape the discography of the enlightened music lover. Purcell himself is there!” King Arthur was first staged at the Dorset Garden Theatre in London in mid-1691. It proved to be the most popular and enduring of all Purcell’s stage works, and enjoyed revivals throughout the eighteenth century and beyond.

Purcell: King Arthur - Vinyl Edition

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