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Gaillard - Pan and Syrinx & Purcell - The Masque of Cupid and Bacchus (Zomer, Pantus, Wemyss, Sandler, Zook, Graham - Wentz 2004)
Жанр: Opera
Страна-производитель диска: The Netherlands
Год издания диска: 2004
Издатель (лейбл): Brilliant
Номер по каталогу: 93776
Дата записи: 2004
Аудиокодек: APE
Тип рипа: image+.cue
Битрейт аудио: lossless
Продолжительность: 01'17'06
Источник: собственный рип
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да

01 Overture [Part 1]
02 Overture [Part 2]
03 Overture [Part 3]
04 Overture [Part 4]
05 On sunny Hills
06 Free from Sorrow
07 What do I see?
08 Go leave me 'tis in vain
09 How Insolently Coy!
10 Gentle Cupid aid my pleasure
11 Symphony
12 The rising Morn her purple Beams now
13 Bid the Tuneful cornet Sound
14 Yet hold
15 Air for Nymphs
16 Air 1 for the Nymphs and Sylvans
17 Air 2 for the Nymphs and Sylvans
18 Those glances Stol'n a Flame confess
19 Fairest if thou canst be kind, Ah!
20 Think'st thou that aukward mien has Charms
21 Duo. Let Nature henceforward neglect
22 A Sylvan & a Nymph Dance
23 Well do these Sports become Diana's Train
24 Whilst your Harmony fills
25 How Sweet the warbling Linnet sings
26 Toil'd & Impertinent have I sought you long
27 What should Love
28 Love!
29 Fly, fly, fly
30 Cruel Sylvan
31 Surprizing Change!
32 But see!
33 Presumptuous God!
34 Lawless Rage & wild desire
35 O mighty Goddess!
36 Dance of Nymphs and Sylvans
37 Bouree 1 & 2
38 Great Diana will we Sing

Gaillard - Pan and Syrinx
Syrinx, Johanette Zomer
Pan, Marc Pantus
Diana, Nicola Wemyss
Sylvan, Mitchell Sandler
Nymph, Richard Zook
Orchestra Musica ad Rhenum
Jed Wentz

39 Enter Shepherds and Nymphs.
40 Hark how the Songsters of the Grove
41 Love in their little veins inspires
42 But ah! how much are our delights more dear
43 Hence with your trifling Deity.
44 Come all
45 Who can resist such mighty Charms
46 Return revolting Rebells where d'ye goe?
47 The Cares of Lovers
48 Love quickly is pall'd tho' with ease 'tis obtain'd.
49 Come let us agree

Purcell - The Masque of Cupid and Bacchus
First Nymph, Pauline Graham
Second Nymph, Nicola Wemyss
Follower of Cupid, René Steur
Cupid, Penni Clarke
Bacchus, Marc Pantus
Follower of Bacchus, Mitchell Sandler
2nd Follower of Bacchus, Hugo Naessens
3rd Follower of Bacchus, Richard Zook
4th Follower of Bacchus, Joost van der Linden
Orchestra Musica ad Rhenum
Jed Wentz

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REM DATE 2004
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PERFORMER "Galliard , Pan and Syrinx"
TITLE "Purcell, The masque of Cupid and Bacchus"
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  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "PAN AND SYRINX: Ouverture"
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    TITLE "Syrinx: Recitative: On sunny hills"
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    TITLE "Syrinx: Aria: 'Free from SOrrow'"
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    TITLE "Pan, Syrinx: Recitative: 'What do I see?'"
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    TITLE "Syrinx: Aria: 'Go leave me'"
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    TITLE "Pan: Recitative: 'How insolently coy'"
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    TITLE "Pan: Aria: 'Gentle Cupid'"
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  TRACK 11 AUDIO
    TITLE "Symphony"
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    TITLE "Diana: Recitative: 'The rising Morn'"
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    TITLE "Diana: Aria: 'Bid the tunefull Cornet sound'"
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    TITLE "Diana: Recitative: 'Yet hold'"
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    TITLE "Sylvan, Nymph: Recitative: 'Those glances'"
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    TITLE "Sylvan: Aria: 'Fairest if thou canst be kind'"
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    TITLE "Nymph, Sylvan: Recitative: 'Think'st thou'"
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    TITLE "Nymph, Sylvan: Duet: 'Let Nature henceforth neglect'"
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    TITLE "A Sylvan and a Nymph dance"
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  TRACK 23 AUDIO
    TITLE "Pan: Recitative: 'Well do these Sports'"
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    TITLE "Pan: Aria: 'Whilst your Harmony Fills' / Chorus: 'Whilst our Harmony Fills'"
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    TITLE "Syrinx: Aria: 'How sweet the warbling Linnet sings'"
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    TITLE "Syrinx: Recitative: 'Toil'd & Impatioent'"
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    TITLE "Syrinx: Aria: 'Why should Love'"
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    TITLE "Pan, Syrinx: Recitative: 'Love!'"
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    TITLE "Chorus: 'Dly, fly, fly...' / Syrinx, Pan: Recitative: 'What must I do'"
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    TITLE "Syrinx & Pan: Duet: 'O Cruel Sylvan/O Cruel Nymph'"
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    TITLE "Pan: Aria: 'Surprising Change'"
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    TITLE "Pan: Recitative: 'But see!' [& Trumpet Flourish]"
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    TITLE "Diana, Pan: Recitative ' Presumptuous God!'"
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    TITLE "Pan: Recitative: 'O mighty Goddess'"
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    TITLE "Chorus: 'Great Diana will we sing'"
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  TRACK 39 AUDIO
    TITLE "Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) / THE MASQUE OF CUPID AND BACCHUS: Enter Shepherds..."
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    TITLE "Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) / First Nymph, Second Nymph: 'Hark how the Songsters'"
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    TITLE "Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) / First Nymph: 'Love in their little veins inspires'"
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    TITLE "Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) / Cupid: 'Come all, come all to me'"
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    TITLE "Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) / Chorus: 'Who can resist'"
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  TRACK 46 AUDIO
    TITLE "Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) / Bacchus: 'Return revolting Rebells where d'ye goe?'"
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    TITLE "Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) / Cupid: 'The Cares of Lovers'"
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    TITLE "Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) / Fourth Follower of Bacchus: 'Love quickly is pal..."
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    TITLE "Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) / Cupid & Bacchus, Grand Chorus: 'Come let us agree'"
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This recording contains two compositions that come at the twilight of English Theatre music, at the point in the eighteenth century when the popularity of Italian opera became all-consuming.
In many ways, the release of this lesser-known work by John Galliard makes this demise all the more lamentable. This one-act opera is surprisingly high quality in several ways. The libretto is bright, lively and lyrical, and its consice nature works in its favour. The narrative pace is quick and this helps to captivate the audience's interest throughout. The subject matter too, was a wise choice by Galliard: the story – although showing similarity with other transformation myths popular at the time – was a relatively unexplored tale.
Lyrics and concept aside, it is the music itself that shines through as the greatest element of this short opera. Galliard's composition is pleasingly original and entrancing – easily comparable with Purcell's operatic output. The similarities between Galliard's theatrical work and that of Purcell are no great surprise, as he would have no doubt been exposed to a great deal of his work during his time in London. He is recorded as being very closely associated with the city's theatrical life whilst in residence, so it is natural that this interest and passion for English theatre music lies at the heart of this work. This is, no doubt how the wise pairing of Galliard's opera with Purcell's brief Masque of Cupid and Bacchus came about. The opera was very popular in 1718, when it was written, and was often performed after plays at the theatre, including Timon of Athens, in which Purcell's masque featured.
John Galliard's life was in fact a multicultural montage of European influences and musical education. Although born in Germany in 1687, both his parents were in fact French. The court orchestra of his hometown Celle, where he was an oboist for over eight years, were also well known for their French style of performance. Italian influences came from the composition teachers of his earlier years (Stefani and Farinelli). It was in 1706 that he moved to London, where, as previously mentioned, not only did he become involved in the music of the theatre, but also continued his career as an oboist – so successfully in fact, that Handel wrote the oboe solos in Teseo especially for him. Perhaps it is this exquisite mix of European influences and experience in Galliard's life that make is music so individual.
With a bright and secure ensemble performance from Musica ad Rhenum at the foundation of this work, several solo performances stood out. Nicola Wemyss's Diana is a delightful addition to the recording. Although her role is small, Weymess offers a goddess with a mellifluous tone, most beautifully shown in her aria where she reflects on the importance of 'rage and wild desire' in relationships, in order for love to spark.
Syrinx (Johanette Zomer) also gives an impassioned performance, with many fine moments throughout - most notably, her first aria 'Free from Sorrow', where she soars through to the cadenza-like passage, evoking the peace and felicity of her present mood. Pan, performed by Marc Pantus, has a fantastically lively interchange with Syrinx just before her metamorphosis (having succumbed to the allure of Pan, she is changed into reeds), which very aptly portrays the distress and anxiety at this key point in the narrative. The lamenting aria from Pan that follows hard upon at this moment of change – 'Surprising Change! Must I the Charmer Lose?' – is wonderfully illustrative of Pan's distress. It is perhaps only spoilt a little by the recorder entries; although a well-blended sound, the ensemble between instruments and soloist is not exact at this point. However, this minor discrepancy is more than redeemed in the two Bourées, which fall just before the final chorus and feature a dazzling flourish of running passages and tight, vivacious ensemble playing.
Despite the opera's success when it was composed in 1718, Galliard's attempts to revive it in 1726 sadly met with great disappointment. Let us hope that thanks to Brilliant Classics' new recording of this fine work, at least a little of the popularity it received in its heyday can be regained for what is a fantastic, undervalued gem of early English Opera.