Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell
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JOHN BLOW
Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell
Deller Consort / Alfred Deller
[ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 23 February 2008
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The Ode on the Death of Purcell is a setting of a fine poem by John Dryden, a writer with whom Purcell had frequently collaborated. This is indeed one of the finest 'monuments' ever erected to the memory of a great artist.
Blow's position in relation to Purcell, the great genius of English music, is rather like that of Haydn in relation to Mozart: Blow outlived Purcell by thirteen years, though he was the older by a decade; and the two composers wre linked by reciprocal ties of admiration and friendship, and shared between them virtually every musical position at the English court.
The Ode on the Death of Purcell is a setting of a fine poem by John Dryden, a writer with whom Purcell had frequently collaborated. This is indeed one of the finest 'monuments' ever erected to the memory of a great artist.
Tracks:
1 Marriage Ode
2 Cloe found Amyntas lying
3 Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell
