Composer: John Blow, Francesco Corbetta, John Eccles, Henry Purcell
Performer: Ceruleo, Satoko Doi-Luck
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Resonus
Catalogue: RES10308
Release: 2022
Size: 1.1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Blow: Couch’d by the Pleasant Helliconian Spring
02. Purcell: Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627: Oh the sweet delights of love
03. Purcell: A New Ground in E minor, Z. T682
04. Purcell: Plainte – O, Let Me Weep (from The Fairy Queen, Z629)
05. Purcell: Prelude (From The Fairy Queen)
06. Purcell: Crown the altar (from Celebrate this Festival – Birthday Ode for Queen Mary, Z321)
07. Purcell: Many such days may she behold, Z.331
08. Blow: Laudate Nomen Domini
09. Blow: The Queen’s Epicedium
10. Purcell: O dive custos Auriacae domus, Z504
11. Corbetta: Chaconne
12. Purcell: She loves and she confesses too, Z413
13. Eccles: Haste, give me wings
14. Blow: Suite No. 2 in D Minor: Ground
15. Purcell: No, resistance is but vain (from The Maid’s Last Prayer or Any Rather Than Fail, Z601)
Purcell: Suite No. 6 in D major, Z 667
16. I. Prelude
17. II. Almand
18. III. Hornpipe
19. Purcell: From Rosy Bow’rs (from Don Quixote)
20. Purcell: If love’s a sweet passion (from The Fairy Queen, Z628)
Early music ensemble Ceruleo presents an album of music from restoration-era England.
Featuring works by Henry Purcell, John Blow, Francesco Corbetta, and John Eccles, the album looks at the dramaic character of English Restoration music and its relatonship to the theatrical tradition of the time.
Providing a snapshot of the music that might have been heard in English theatres and concert halls, Ceruleo creates a performance – like the stage works of Purcell and Blow – which freely flits between deep emotion, humour and melancholy, all interspersed with instrumental dance music.