Purcell - King Arthur / Les Arts Florissants · Christie [Highlights]

Purcell - King Arthur / Les Arts Florissants · Christie [Highlights]

Purcell - King Arthur / Les Arts Florissants · Christie [Highlights]
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-08-19
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
  1. Ov - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  2. Air - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  3. Act One: 'Woden, First To Thee' - Petteri Salomaa/Anha Bolkow/Anne Cambier/Mhairi Lawson/Violaine Lucas/Anne Mopin...
  4. Act One: 'Come If You Dare' - Lain Paton/Anha Bolkow/Anne Cambier/Mhairi Lawson/Violaine Lucas/Anne Mopin/Brigitt Pelote...
  5. Act Two: 'Hither, This Way, This Way Bend' - Claron McFadden/Chor Of The Spirits Of Philidel And Grimbald)
  6. Act Two: 'How Blest Are Shepherds' - Lain Paton/Anha Bolkow/Anne Cambier/Mhairi Lawson/Violaine Lucas/Anne Mopin/Brigitt Pelote...
  7. Act Two: 'Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying' - Sandrine Piau, Veronique Gens
  8. Act Two: 'Come, Shepherds, Lead Up A Lively Measure' - Anha Bolkow/Anne Cambier/Mhairi Lawson/Violaine Lucas/Anne Mopin/Brigitt Pelote/Valerie Picard...
  9. Act Three: Prld - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  10. Act Three: 'What Ho! Thou Genius Of This Isle' - Susannah Waters
  11. Act Three: 'Prld: While The Cold Genius Rises'/'What Power Art Thou' - Petteri Salomaa
  12. Act Three: 'Thou Doting Fool' - Susannah Waters
  13. Act Three: 'Great Love, I Know Thee Now' - Petteri Salomaa
  14. Act Three: 'No Part Of My Dominon' - Susannah Waters
  15. Act Three: Prld - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  16. Act Three: 'See, See, We Assemble' - Anha Bolkow/Anne Cambier/Mhairi Lawson/Violaine Lucas/Anne Mopin/Brigitt Pelote/Valerie Picard...
  17. Act Three: 'Tis I That Have Warm'd Ye' - Susannah Waters
  18. Act Three: 'Sound A Parley' - Susannah Waters/Petteri Salomaa
  19. Act Three: 'Third Act Tune: Hornpipe' - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  20. Act Four: 'Two Daughters Of This Aged Stream Are We' - Sandrine Piau/Claron McFadden
  21. Act Four: Passacaglia 'How Happy The Lover'/Ritornello 'For Love Every Creature'/'In Vain...'... - Mark Padmore/Anha Bolkow/Anne Cambier/Mhairi Lawson/Violaine Lucas/Anne Mopin/Brigitt Pelote...
  22. Act Five: 'Tpt Tune' - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  23. Act Five: 'Ye Blust' Ring Brethren Of The Skies' - Petteri Salomaa
  24. Act Five: Sym - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  25. Act Five: 'Your Hay It Is Mow'd' - Petteri Salomaa And Chor Of Basses Including Gentlemen Of The Orch)
  26. Act Five: 'Fairest Isle' - Veronique Gens
  27. Act Five: 'Our Natives Not Alone Appear' - Anha Bolkow/Anne Cambier/Mhairi Lawson/Violaine Lucas/Anne Mopin/Brigitt Pelote/Valerie Picard...
  28. Act Five: Chaconne - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie

Music reviews of Purcell - King Arthur / Les Arts Florissants · Christie [Highlights]

Music Review: One of the best baroque performances on disc
Rating: 5 Stars

I guess, if you're unsure whether you will like this kind of music you may decide to try a "highlights" recording. I'd encourage you, however, to buy the entire thing. When it comes to Les Arts Florissants, you can't go wrong. As with many other Les Arts Florissants recordings, this one followed a live production, and it shows: the vocal and orchestral characterization of the music is all the more expressive and meaningful. King Arthur, like most other Purcell's "operas," is a combination of spoken drama and "incidental music" to accompany it. Les Arts Florissants presented the entire four-hour spectacle on stage, but committed to disc only the musical part. Yet, even without the spoken word, every scene feels complete. Especially memorable are the scene of sacrifice in the first act, the famous scene of the Cold Genius (wonderfully sung by Petteri Salomaa); and the succession of vocal numbers in the fifth act, including "The Fairest Isle" (in which Veronique Gens simply shines) and the incredible ATB trio "For Folded Flocks" (Padmore, Paton, Best). Incidentally, here as elsewhere, Christie adopts a lower pitch of a' 392 Hz in order to enable high tenors (hautes-contre) to sing alto parts. This has become Christie's signature practice, and it is perfectly borne out by the latest scientific research into authentic baroque performance methods. This recording won a major Gramophone award in 1995, a very deserved recognition of excellence!
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