 | Purcell: Love’s Madness
Johnson, R: | As I walked forth Full fathom five | Locke: | Curtain Tune from The Tempest | Purcell: | Tis women make us love Then mad, very mad let us be (from The Richmond Heiress or A Woman Once in the Right, Z608) Fantasia: three parts on a ground, for three recorders & b.c I'll sail upon the dog-star (from A Fool's Preferment or The Three Dukes of Dunstable, Z571) Jack, thou'rt a Toper - a catch (from Bonduca, Z574) Dido and Aeneas: The Triumphing Dance Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627: Oh the sweet delights of love O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406 Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627: Dance of the Bacchanals Fantazia Upon One Note in F major, Z. 745 Sing, sing ye druids from Bonduca Z574 Oft she visits (from Dido and Aeneas) Distressed Innocence, Z577: Rondo Beneath a poplar's shadow (from Sophonisba or Hannibal's Overthrow, Z590) From silent shades ('Bess of Bedlam') Z370 Tell me, some pitying angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), Z196 Once, twice, thrice, Z265 Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627: Charon the peaceful shade invites Ground When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas) With Drooping Wings (from Dido and Aeneas) | Ravenscroft, T: | The Three Ravens | trad.: | Bedlam Boys Grim King of the Ghosts (broadside ballad) The Cruel Mother William and Margret Willow Song Ophelia's mad song |
Following her previous very successful release of Love Songs by Purcell (CARUS83435), Dorothee Mields now turns her attention to a darker side of life. Reminiscences of Shakespeare, melancholy and madness are evident throughout this collection. “…marvellously expressive throughout…” International Record Review “Most effective are the ballads and lighter, folksy numbers, where Mields's agile voice enchants...Purists may fgind the ensemble takes a few too many liberties, orchestrating these pieces wioth a battery of percussion, wind and stringed instruments, but there's no denying that it's all done with terrific style and bravura.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2012 **** “Mields has a fine, conventional voice for this kind of music - pure, pretty and with clear, largely correct English - and she enters into the spirit to the point of the odd deranged cackle, sob or moan...Ultimately they seem more like the kind of adaptations you might hear in a modern staging of a Restoration play than a reflection of the 17th-century sound world.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2012 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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