Track Listings (15) - Disc #1| All Artists: Henry Purcell (Composer), Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (Viol & Direction) Title: Purcell: Fantasias for the Viols, 1680 - Hespèrion XX Members Wishing: 3 Total Copies: 0 Label: Astree Release Date: 3/14/2000 Album Type: Import Genre: Classical Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830) Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 713746153021 |
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 | Henry Purcell (Composer), Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (Viol & Direction) Purcell: Fantasias for the Viols, 1680 - Hespèrion XX Genre: Classical
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CD ReviewsFor no one other than himself Thomas Fitz Hugh Mace | Louisville, KY USA | 06/28/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "Purcell's viol fancies are astonishing, but unlike his theatre music, they don't stand up well to a mediocre performance. So, thank God for this disc. This is one of only two recordings I've ever heard that does justice to this strange, final flower of English consort music (the other being an ancient Leonhardt Consort recording with Marie and, I think, the young Kuijkens). Savall and his consort-mates have exquisite ensemble technique, which is itself a rarity, but they also understand the music deeply, as it progresses from Purcell's almost awkward first essay to some of his finest compositions at the end of the MS. If I remember correctly, this music survives in score in Purcell's autograph copy, which he wrote out when he was about twenty. The particular mystery, in an age where even the greatest musicians lived a tenuous material existence, is that he appears to have written these pieces for no one other than himself. Thanks to Savall, we can share those private thoughts almost three and a half centuries later." Crystallized Brilliance bibliomane01 | 09/05/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "Purcell never published these pieces, which he wrote when he was about twenty. They were composed at great speed, sometimes one per day. As Bach was to do in his "Art of the Fugue," Purcell attempts to provide a comprehensive cycle of compositional elucidation, probing the form for all its nuances. The result is a masterpiece of crystalline brilliance, admirably performed by Savall and his cohorts and beautifully recorded. Despite their apparent formality, these wonderful pieces possess an emotional range and depth that is quite startling. Overall, an exceptional disc, warmly recommended." As I enter Heaven.... Vermonter | South Burlington, Vermont USA | 05/09/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "this may very well be the music that plays. Hesperion XX and Jordi Savall have produced a wonderfully calm, meditative disc. If you like Dowland's Lachaeme, you need this one. Particularly nice is Fantasia Upon One Note. Great packaging as usual for Astree."
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