Music For Queen Mary-A Celebration Of The Life And Death Of Queen Mary

Music For Queen Mary-A Celebration Of The Life And Death Of Queen Mary

Music For Queen Mary-A Celebration Of The Life And Death Of Queen Mary
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Composer: Henry Purcell
Composer: John [Organ] Blow
Composer: Thomas Tollett
Composer: James Paisible
Composer: Thomas Morley
Conductor: Martin Neary
Performer: Michael Chance
Performer: New London Consort
Orchestra: Westminster Abbey Choir
Performer: Stephen Le Prevost
Performer: Emma Kirkby
Performer: Evelyn Tubb
Performer: Ian Bostridge
Performer: Simon Birchall
Performer: Stephen Richardson
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1995-04-04
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
  1. Anthem: I Was Glad
  2. Anthem: Praise The Lord, O Jerusalem
  3. Whilst He Abroad Does Like The Sun
  4. The Sullen Years Are Past
  5. Stript Of Their Green Our Groves Appear
  6. ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Symphony
  7. ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Chorus: Now Does The Glorious Day Appear
  8. ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Verse: Not Any One Such Joy Could Bring
  9. ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Tenor Solo: This Does Our Fertile Island With Glory Crown
  10. ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Chorus: Now Does The Glorious Day Appear
  11. ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Bass Solo: It Was A Work Of Full As Great A Weight
  12. ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Countertenor Solo: By Beauteous Softness Mixt With Majesty
  13. ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Verse: Her Hero, To Whose Conduct And Whose Arms
  14. ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Verse: Our Dear Religion
  15. ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Tenor Solo: No More Shall We The Great Eliza Boast
  16. ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Symphony
  17. ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Chorus: Now With One United Voice
  18. ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: O Dive Custos - Elegy On The Death Of Queen Mary
  19. ODE FOR QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY: Incassum, Lesbia - The Queen's Epicedium
  20. The Queen's Farewell. March
  21. The Queen's Farewell. March
  22. March
  23. THE BURIAL SERVICE: I Am The Resurrection (Morley)
  24. THE BURIAL SERVICE: Thou Knowest, Lord (Purcell)
  25. THE BURIAL SERVICE: Canzona (Purcell)
  26. THE BURIAL SERVICE: I Heard A Voice (Morley)

Music reviews of Music For Queen Mary-A Celebration Of The Life And Death Of Queen Mary

Music Review: Joy and sadness perfectly combined
Rating: 5 Stars

This CD is subtitled "A Celebration of the Life and Death of Queen Mary" and it thus divides into two sections. To begin with, we hear a number of works written for the Queen during her life, among which are short songs by John Blow (including "The sullen years are past" which has never been recorded before) and a massive setting of one of many odes for the royal birthday celebrations by Henry Purcell - "Now does the glorious day appear," which is a sweeping and powerful work with a variety of ground bass arias, duets, recitatives, choruses and orchestral symphonies - all making for a fine and rewarding listening experience.

In the second section, the focus moves onto music written during the mourning period after Queen Mary's death. Purcell continues to prove himself the greatest composer of the time, in his semi-sacred songs (in Latin) mourning her death, and in the music he wrote for her funeral. This section is indeed a highlight of the disc as it attempts, in a very scholarly way, to recreate the funeral in the Abbey as it might have sounded in 1695, with the Funeral Sentences by Thomas Morley interspersed with Purcell's own material and a number of Farewell Marches for trumpets and drums only.

The members of the Abbey Choir under Martin Neary do an admirable job of stepping into the shoes of their forebears under Purcell; accompanied by the period instrument-equipped New London Consort, the sound is truly magnificent. In addition, a number of prestigious soloists appear, including Emma Kirkby and Ian Bostridge (undoubtedly key performers for capturing the purity and delicacy of this music), Michael Chance (who seems a little under-utilised), Stephen Richardson (a rich and profound bass voice if ever I heard one) along with members of the Abbey Choir itself. Of special note- one does not often find a choral CD on which all three senior musical officials at the cathedral (Organist, Assistant Organist and Organ Scholar) are heard playing, but this is one such recording: Martin Baker and Stephen Le Prevost fill in organ continuo parts in various places, as does Dr Neary himself (who also plays the harpsichord for most of the solo pieces).

Arc of Light have done it again- a recording of extreme loveliness, going right down to the packaging which features some beautiful artistry (in fact, the main cover photograph is given an explanation in the booklet notes owing to the special way in which it was produced). A true gem in all respects.

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