Lyric Ode on the Fairies, Aerial Beings and Witches of Shakespeare

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LINLEY
Lyric Ode on the Fairies, Aerial Beings and Witches of Shakespeare
The Parley of Instruments Choir & Orchestra / Paul Nicholson, director

[ Hyperion Helios / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 4 October 2005

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'This charming ode shows [Linley] sharing with Mozart something of that barely definable but unmistakable gift of melodic genius. The music is as beautiful as the text is absurd, full of shapely tunes that once heard linger hauntingly in the memory' - BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide

'There are few discs I expect to enjoy half as much in this year's listening. Very enjoyable, unpretentious music; a disc very well worth trying'
- Gramophone

'One of the most unexpected delights I've had for a long time'
- BBC Record Review

'This charming ode shows [Linley] sharing with Mozart something of that barely definable but unmistakable gift of melodic genius. The music is as beautiful as the text is absurd, full of shapely tunes that once heard linger hauntingly in the memory'
- BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide

Tracks:

OVERTURE Andante — Allegro [5'58]
Minuetto [1'55]
PART 1 CHORUS O guardian of that sacred land [4'27]
RECITATIVE Spirit of Avon 'Tis thine alone [1'00]
AIR Spirit of Avon Come then, O Fancy, bend thy bow [2'24]
RECITATIVE Fancy At Shakespeare's happy birth [1'20]
AIR Fancy And now is come the fated hour [1'59]
CHORUS Be Shakespeare born! [2'13]
RECITATIVE Spirit of Avon So spake the god [0'26]
AIR Spirit of Avon There in old Arden's inmost shade [3'09]
RECITATIVE Spirit of Avon And as before his purged eyes [0'24]
AIR Spirit of Avon Thy hand his youthful footsteps led [3'50]
AIR Fancy Some drive the clam'rous owl away [1'59]
CHORUS Some drive the clam'rous owl away [2'48]
PART 2 RECITATIVE Fearful observer But oh! what sudden gloom [1'42]
CHORUS By the pale light of yon blue fire [0'37]
RECITATIVE Fearful observer See, through the glimmering darkness [0'18]
CHORUS What howling whirlwinds rend the sky! [1'48]
RECITATIVE Fearful observer For whom, at yonder livid flame [1'13]
AIR Fearful observer Whither ye beldames do ye roam? [4'03]
CHORUS AND AIR Spirit of Avon The tempests cease [3'14]
RECITATIVE Spirit of Avon No more the elves, with printless pace [0'30]
AIR Spirit of Avon Ariel, who sees thee now? [3'59]
RECITATIVE Fancy No more shalt thou upon the sharp north run [0'24]
DUET Fancy, Spirit of Avon For who can wield like Shakespeare's skilful hand? [4'52]
CHORUS Yet, Fancy, once again on Britain smile [3'20]