Purcell: The Cares of Lovers
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: The Cares of Lovers
Richard Egarr, William Carter, Rowan Pierce (soprano)
[ Linn Records / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 22 February 2019
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Linn Records is thrilled to introduce soprano Rowan Pierce in what promises to be a sensational debut recording. The Cares of Lovers comprises songs from across Purcell's brief career from She loves and she confesses too, one of his very first published pieces (1683), to Sweeter than roses from his final months (1695). Although they all display the same matchless ingenuity and uncanny ability to set English words to music, a highlight includes Tell me, some pitying angel - a triumph of dramatic composition and the equal of any Italian cantata of the period. Since winning the President's Award at the Royal College of Music in 2017, Pierce has won acclaim for her performances at The Barbican, Royal Festival Hall and at the BBC Proms. Her performance in Purcell's The Fairy Queen, with the Academy of Ancient Music, won praise for her 'expressive' (Financial Times) and 'heart-piercing' (The Independent) singing. Richard Egarr and William Carter, two baroque music heavy-weights, join Pierce for this recording, made in Haarlem, Netherlands.
Tracks:
The History of Timon of Athens, The Man-Hater, Z. 632: The Cares of Lovers
Pausanias, the Betrayer of his Country, Z. 585: Sweeter Than Roses
From Silent Shades "Bess of Bedlam", Z. 370
The History of King Richard the Second, Z. 581: Retir'd from Mortal's Sight
The Rival Sisters, or The Violence of Love, Z. 609: Celia Has a Thousand Charms
The Tempest, Z. 631: Dear Pretty Youth
A Ground in Gamut, Z. 645
If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379c
O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice, Z. 406
Hears Not My Phillis "The Knotting Song", Z. 371
Bonduca, or The British Heroine, Z. 574: O Lead Me to Some Peaceful Gloom
She Loves and She Confesses Too, Z. 413
Ground, ZD. 222
Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel "The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation", Z. 196
Oedipus, King of Thebes, Z. 583: Music for a While
The Fatal Hour Comes on Apace, Z. 421
Thou Wakeful Shepherd "A Morning Hymn", Z. 198
Now That the Sun Hath Veiled His Light "An Evening Hymn on a Ground", Z. 193
