Gerard Lesne, Steve Dugardin, La Canzona - John Blow: An ode on the death of Mr Henry Purcell (2000)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:04:09 | 324 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Virgin Classics | Catalog: 5453422
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:04:09 | 324 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Virgin Classics | Catalog: 5453422
The teacher who has even one pupil who becomes even more distinguished than himself is fortunate; in Purcell, Blow had one such. And when that pupil's death precedes his own he has cause for genuine grief, as Blow did. One of the songs of Purcell, here alternated with instrumental pieces by Blow, contains the line 'Nor let my homely death embroider'd be with scutcheon or with elegy', but it is one with which Blow and others could not concur. In a programmatic tour de force Blow's profoundly beautiful vocal tribute to Purcell comes at the end.