Purcell: Royal Welcome Songs for King James II

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Christophers is in his element here, and though his string ensemble is half the size of Purcell’s Twenty-Four Violins, he coaxes a robust, full-bodied sound from his players. The detailed recording... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Sep 2017
Catalogue No: COR16151
Label: Coro
Length: 63 minutes

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Purcell: Chacony in G minor - for Two Violins, Viola and Bass Z730

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The Sixteen
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Purcell: When on my sick bed I languish, Z144

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Mark Dobell, Stuart Young, Jeremy Budd
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Purcell: Catches: No. 45, True Englishmen Drink a Good Health, Z.284

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Purcell: With him he brings the partner of his throne (from Ye tuneful Muses, Z344)

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Stuart Young, Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell, Ben Davies, Daniel Collins, Katy Hill, Kirsty Hopkins
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers

I. Symphony

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II. "Ye Tuneful Muses, Raise Your Heads"

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III. "This Point of Time Ends All Your Grief"

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IV. "In His Just Praise Your Noblest Songs Let Fall"

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V. "Try, Try Ev’ry Strain"

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VI. "From the Rattling of Drums and the Trumpet’s Loud Sounds"

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VII. "With Him He Brings the Partner of His Throne"

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VIII. "Happy in a Mutual Love"

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IX. "Whilst in Music and Verse Our Duty We Show"

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Purcell: A New Irish Tune Z646

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Harry Christophers

Purcell: Hymns and Sacred Songs: Canon a 7, God is Gone Up With a Merry Noise, Z.107

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Mark Dobell, Jeremy Budd, George Pooley, Kirsty Hopkins, Katy Hill
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers

Purcell: A New Scotch Tune Z 655

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Purcell: Full Anthem "Save Me, Oh God", Z.51

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Jeremy Budd, George Pooley, Ben Davies, Daniel Collins, Kirsty Hopkins, Katy Hill
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Purcell: Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, Z335

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Mark Dobell, Stuart Young, George Pooley, Ben Davies, Jeremy Budd, Daniel Collins
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers

I. Symphony

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II. Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drum

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III. Crown the Year, and Crown the Day

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IV. To Caesar All Hail, Unequall’d in Arms!

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V. Let Caesar and Urania Live

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VI. What Greater Bliss Can Fate Bestow

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VII. While Caesar, Like the Morning Star

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VIII. To Urania and Caesar Delights Without Measure

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Despite being written for the celebration of royal occasions, Purcells Royal Welcome Songs were penned during a time of immense disillusionment with the monarchy. Filled with humour as well as an ironic detachment from the politics of the time, Ye tuneful muses and Sound the trumpet fizz with the dramatic energy which characterised his later operas and mark a crucial turning point in Purcells career. This programme showcases the variety and diversity of Purcells writing, opening with the Chacony in G minor, which is among the great glories of music for strings, and including When on my sick bed I languish - an amazingly impassioned piece in which he bares his soul...quintessential Purcell!

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November 2017

Christophers is in his element here, and though his string ensemble is half the size of Purcell’s Twenty-Four Violins, he coaxes a robust, full-bodied sound from his players. The detailed recording puts the octet of singers up-front, so the words seem to chisel the musical line.

November/December 2017

The Welcome Songs are full of fascinating, top-notch Purcell, both vocally and instrumentally. As one might expect, Christophers’s long familiarity with Purcell yields richly satisfying and stylish readings.

October 2017

Using just 12 string players and eight singers, Christophers creates a vivid sense of celebration and occasion, conjuring blustering trumpet fanfares and drum-rolls from his ensemble, while his solo singers pre-empt the textural variety and rhetorical sensitivity of Purcell’s stage works.

27th August 2017

In Ye Tuneful Muses and Sound the Trumpet, the Sixteen’s vocal forces are halved, permitting immaculately stylish singers to shine as 'soloists': Kirsty Hopkins and Katy Hill perform a beguiling duet in the first 'Song'; Daniel Collins and Jeremy Budd are hardly less compelling in Let Caesar [James] and Urania [Mary] Live, in the second.

27th August 2017

Christophers coaxes virtuosic performances from eight members of the Sixteen, with a fine band of period instrumentalists revelling in the glories of Purcell’s unique harmonic palette. Recommended.

Classical Music October 2017

Purcell’s substantial, richly inventive welcome songs were written to celebrate the return from holiday of the court of King James II and Queen Mary. Almost operatic in scale and ambition, both deserve to be heard more especially in performances as poised and well-executed as here.

Classical Ear March 2018

The period-instrument ensemble giving it their all in playing of bristling, baroque brilliance and vocal performances that negotiate texture and tone with adroit nimbleness. Emerging throughout is the sound of Purcell the opera- composer yet to come, a quality Christophers realises with consummate elegance. Vivid sound and Andrew Pinnock’s excellent notes add to the pleasure.

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