Calliope: Beautiful Voice, Volume the First - English Songbooks of the 1700s

Calliope: Beautiful Voice, Volume the First - English Songbooks of the 1700s

Calliope: Beautiful Voice, Volume the First - English Songbooks of the 1700s
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Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2006-08-29
Music Label: Avie
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Cupid and Venus One Day Strove, song
  2. Celia has a thousand charms (from 'The Rival Sisters, or, The Violence of Love'), song, Z. 609
  3. Divinest Fair, O Ease My Care, song
  4. Too Lovely Fair One, song
  5. Rodelinda, regina de' Langobardi, opera, HWV 19: O my pretty Punchinello
  6. Arianna in Creta, opera, HWV 32: How is it possible
  7. Guardian Angels Now Protect Me, song
  8. Crouds of Coxcombs Thus Deluding, song
  9. Know, Madam, I never was born, song for voice (or recorder) & continuo
  10. Farewell, Ye Hills and Valleys, song
  11. Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Bird of May
  12. With Early Horn Salute the Morn, song
  13. 'Twas on a River's Verdant Side, song
  14. Stella, Darling of the Muses, song
  15. Little Syren of the Stage, song
  16. Sad Musidora All in Woe, song
  17. Whilst Endless Tears and Sighs Declare, song
  18. Down the Burn Davie ('When Trees Did Bud & Fields Were Green'), song
  19. The Miller of Mansfield ('How Happy a State Does the Miller Possess'), song
  20. From White's and Will's, song
  21. The Forsaken Maid ('Fond Echo'), song
  22. On Dear Zelinda's Charms I Gaze, song
  23. Busy Curious Thirsty Fly, song
  24. My Jolly Companion, Thou Hast a Good Face, song
  25. Blow On, Ye Winds, song
Music CD 2
  1. Oft on Ye Troubled Ocean's Face, song
  2. English Songs (24), HWV 228: No. 19. 'Twas When the Seas Were Roaring
  3. As Musing I Rang'd in Ye Meads, song
  4. Pensive Alone the Desert Plains I Trace, song
  5. Linco Found Damon Lying, song
  6. Love's a Gentle, Gen'rous Passion, song
  7. Waft Me Some Soft and Cooling Breeze, song
  8. Whilst Strephon on Fair Cloe Hung, song (attrib. 'Seignr. Anglosini')
  9. Frown Not, My Dear, song
  10. Corn Riggs Are Bonny ('My Patie is a Lover Gay'), song
  11. Flocks Are Sporting, song
  12. Genteel in Personage, song
  13. Why Do You Fix Your Eyes on Mine, song
  14. Too Plain, Dear Youth, song
  15. A Swain of Love Despairing, song
  16. What Tho' They Call Me Country Lass, song
  17. Charming Chloe, Look with Pity, song
  18. To Thee, O Gentle Sleep, song
  19. What Dire Misfortune (England's Lamentation for the Loss of Farinelli), song
  20. He's a Man Ev'ry Inch I Assure You (On Gallant Moor of Moorhall), song
  21. Dumbarton's Drums ('Dumbarton's Drums Beat Bonny-O'), song
  22. Cupid, God of Gay Desires, song
  23. Glide Swiftly On, Thou Silver Stream, song
  24. How Wretched Is a Maiden's Fate, song
  25. Little Flea, Why So Bloodthirsty, song
  26. If the Glasses They Are Empty, song
  27. Work(s): The Praise of Bacchus ('Bacchus, Assist Us to Sing')

Music reviews of Calliope: Beautiful Voice, Volume the First - English Songbooks of the 1700s

Music Review: A treasure trove for fans of Baroque popular song
Rating: 4 Stars

"Calliope: Beautiful Voice," by Emma Curtis and her consort "The Frolick," presents over 2 ½ hours of late Baroque popular song, as collected in the 1739 English songbook "Calliope." This beautifully packaged 2-CD set features 52 songs from many of the major composers who worked in the genre (Boyce, Carey, Corelli, Handel, Purcell) as well as several lesser known ones. The generous booklet includes historical background for the compilation, complete lyrics (in German, French, and English), and insightful commentary by Ms. Curtis.

This collection is clearly a labor of love for Ms. Curtis and company. They have attempted to replicate the sonic environment found in a small meeting hall or private residence, perhaps explaining the predominance of Ms. Curtis' voice in the mix. I would have liked to have heard the musicians better; they play wonderfully, and lutenist Andrew Maginley is a noteworthy soloist in his own right. While Curtis' voice is clearly on the pedestal, she unquestionably delivers the goods. Her voice is not only beautiful but remarkably strong and agile; she delivers the frilliest, most ornate passages with aplomb. She's also confident enough to sing badly on the drinking songs, which were undoubtedly delivered with many a duff note in their day.

Highlights from the collection include the festive opening track "Cupid and Venus," Henry Carey's stately ballad "The Supplication," Handel's humorous (and self-referential) "A Dialogue between Punch and Columbine," Thomas Arne's exuberant "The Miller of Mansfield," and Corelli's "The Praise of Bacchus," which provides a strong finale to the set.

"Calliope: Beautiful Voice" is a veritable feast for fans of early 18th century popular music. Not all these songs are to my taste, particularly those excessively ornamented numbers which showcase Ms. Curtis' vocal talent at the expense of melodic clarity. But as Henry Carey is quoted in the liner notes, "If every Piece should not hit every particular Taste, it is to be consider'd, that Variety makes the Feast." Well said.

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