Purcell: The Indian Queen
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Composer: Daniel PurcellComposer: Henry Purcell
Performer: Scholars Baroque Ensemble
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-05-12
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: First Music, First Aire
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: First Music, Second Aire
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Second Music, First Aire
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Second Music, Second Aire
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Overture
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Prologue, Act 1, Trumpet Tune
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Prologue, Act 1, Solo: "Wake, Quivera, wake"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Prologue, Act 1, Solo: "Why should men quarrel?"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Prologue, Act 1, Solo: "By ancient prophesies"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Prologue, Act 1, Duet: "If these be they"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Prologue, Act 1, Trumpet tune
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 2, Symphony
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 2, Solo & Chorus: "I come to sing"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 2, Trio: "What flatt'ring noise"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 2, Solo: "Scorn'd Envy"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 2, Solo: "I fly from the place"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 2, Solo: "Begone, curst fiends of Hell"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 2, Dance, Solo, & Chorus: "I come to sing great Zempoalla's story"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 3, Dance
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 3, Solo: "You twice ten hundred deities"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 3, The God of Dreams rises
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 3, Solo: "Seek not to know"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 3, The God of Dreams descends
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 3, Trumpet Overture
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 3, Duet: "Ah! how happy are we"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 3, Duet: We the spirits of the air"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 3, Solo: "I attempt from Love's sickness"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 3, Third Act Tune
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 4, Prelude & Song: "They tell us that your mighty powers"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 5, Symphony
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 5, Chorus: "While thus we bow"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 5, Solo: "You, who at the altar stand"
- The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Act 5, Symphony & Chorus: "All dismal sounds"
- The Masque of Hymen, incidental music: Final Act, Trumpet Symphony
- The Masque of Hymen, incidental music: Final Act, Solo: "To bless the genial bed"
- The Masque of Hymen, incidental music: Final Act, Solo & Chorus: "Come, all, come at my call"
- The Masque of Hymen, incidental music: Final Act, Duet: "I am glad I have met him"
- The Masque of Hymen, incidental music: Final Act, Solo: "Good people"
- The Masque of Hymen, incidental music: Final Act, Duet: "My honey"
- The Masque of Hymen, incidental music: Final Act, Solo: "The joys of wedlock"
- The Masque of Hymen, incidental music: Final Act, Solo: "Sound the trumpet"
- The Masque of Hymen, incidental music: Final Act, Duet: "Make haste to put on love's chains"
- The Masque of Hymen, incidental music: Final Act, Trumpet Air
- The Masque of Hymen, incidental music: Final Act, Chorus: "Let loud Renown"
Music reviews of Purcell: The Indian Queen
Music Review: Back before Copyrights
Rating: 5 Stars
In the time of Henry and Daniel Purcell, a composer could choose any libretto he wanted, even if someone else had used it already. Another composer could pick up his work, in turn, and graft onto it.
Such was the History of The Indian Queen (actually 'Musik for the Indian Queen'). A mid-17th century masterpiece of the English baroque style, it stands well in comparison to Dowland, Clarke, Morley and such contemporaries.
This work is what's known as a semi-opera. The form was just evolving; pioneered, most scholars agree, by Monteverdi's 1607 L'Orfeo. In fact, The Indian Queen is more reminiscent of the concert suite of L'Orfeo (w. Rodriguez), than of a full opera. The Queen, even with the posthumous-to-Purcell grafting of brother Daniel's The Mask of Hymen, remains a listenable under-80-minutes.
The vocals on this performance and excellent, even if the plot of the libretto is thin and historical nonsense. Period instruments are well-used and well-directed. Quality of the CD is ample. The price is a BARGAIN!
For any fan of the genre, the period, or music history!
Description of Purcell: The Indian Queen
"Mr. Purcell's" new music for the 1695 revival of Dryden's The Indian Queen is an unqualified delight. The Scholars Baroque Ensemble is a period-performance repertory group that approaches the score with cheerfully infectious enthusiasm. The results are charming. The Indian Queen is Purcell's last theater piece, and whether it was performed before or just after his untimely death at the age of 35 is uncertain. The first performance used his younger brother Daniel's Masque of Hymen as a conclusion; most performances and recordings do the same, and even if Daniel is noticeably the lesser of the two composers, the stylistic "fit" is excellent. Very good sound. --Paul TurokGeneral CDs
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