Purcell: Tyrannic Love / Louis-Noel Bestion de Camboulas, Ensemble Les Surprises

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Label: Alpha
Release Date: January 22, 2021

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Featuring ⌄

COMPOSER

PURCELL, HENRY
ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE

Ensemble Les Surprises
PERFORMER

Camboulas

Product Details ⌄

RELEASE DATE

January 22, 2021
UPC

3760014196638
CATALOG NUMBER

ALPHA663
LABEL

Alpha
NUMBER OF DISCS

1
GENRE

Classical

Works ⌄

King Arthur, Z. 628: Act II: Hornpipe

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
The Comical History of Don Quixote, Z. 578: I Burn, I burn, my Brain consumes to Ashes

Composer: John Eccles

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Performer: Eugénie Lefebvre

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Poor Celadon, he sighs in vain (Loving Above Himself)

Composer: John Blow

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Performer: Etienne Bazola

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
The Prophetess, Z. 627, "The History of Dioclesian": Dance of the Furies

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Z. 587: There's not a swain on the plain

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Performer: Eugénie Lefebvre

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Hornpipe

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Dance for the Fairies

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Dance for the Green Men

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Act III: Solo: You Twice Ten Hundred Deities

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Performer: Etienne Bazola

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Act II: Symphony

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Act III: Solo: Seek Not to Know

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Performer: Eugénie Lefebvre

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Venus and Adonis: Saraband for the Graces

Composer: John Blow

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
A Fool's Preferment, Z. 571: No. 2. There's nothing so fatal as women

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Performer: Etienne Bazola

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
The Virtuous Wife, Z. 611, "Good Luck at Last": I. Overture

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
The Comical History of Don Quixote, Z. 578: Sleep, poor youth

Composer: John Eccles

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
III. Slow Air

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
IV. Air

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Of old when heroes thought it base, Z. 333, "Yorkshire Feast Song": So when the glitt'ring Queen of Night

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Performer: Eugénie Lefebvre

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
This poet sings the Trojan wars, Z. 423, "Anacreon's Defeat"

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Performer: Etienne Bazola

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Song on the Assumption: Ground in D Minor

Composer: Jeremiah Clarke

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z. 585: My dearest, my fairest

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Performer: Eugénie Lefebvre

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Tyrannic Love, Z. 613, "The Royal Martyr": Hark! My Damilcar!

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Performer: Eugénie Lefebvre

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
King Arthur, Z. 628, "The British Worthy": Chaconne

Composer: Henry Purcell

Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

Until the late 1680s, Henry Purcell composed almost exclusively for the royal court. But when the monarchy decided to reduce its expenditure on music in 1690, he joined the United Company, a London theatre company, and devoted himself to composing for its productions. These took varied forms, with operas such as King Arthur (1691), The Fairy Queen (1692) and The Indian Queen (1695) but also spoken plays with music, such as The Virtuous Wife (1695). It is excerpts from these works that are presented in Tyrannic Love. Compositions by Purcell’s colleagues or followers John Blow, John Eccles, Jeremiah Clarke and Daniel Purcell complete the programme. This recording marks the beginning of the collaboration between Alpha and the ensemble Les Surprises, founded in 2010, which takes its name from Les Surprises de l’Amour by Rameau, the group’s emblematic composer. Under the artistic direction of Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, who is also an organist and harpsichordist, the ensemble presents innovative interpretations and explores the rich orchestral sonorities made possible by the use of Baroque instruments.

REVIEW:

Usually to be found exploring the less familiar names of the French Baroque, the period group have crossed the Channel for this exhilarating, no-holds barred romp through vocal and instrumental music by Purcell, Blow, Eccles and Jeremiah Clarke. The theme is love, but there’s nothing coy or sugary about either music or performances that embrace extremes of emotion and expression. There’s delight after delight here, both in repertoire – which includes plenty of lesser-known treasures – and performances.

– Gramophone