Sweeter than Roses
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Composer or Director: Matthew Locke, Henry Purcell, John Blow, John Eccles, Raphael Courteville, Giovanni Battista Draghi, John Weldon
Label: L'Oiseau-Lyre
Magazine Review Date: 4/1996
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 58
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 443 699-2OH
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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My lodging it is on the cold ground |
Matthew Locke, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Mark Levy, Bass viol Matthew Locke, Composer Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
Lovely Selina, innocent and free |
John Blow, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano John Blow, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
Where art thou, God of Dreams? |
Giovanni Battista Draghi, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Giovanni Battista Draghi, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
Creep, softly, creep |
Raphael Courteville, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Raphael Courteville, Composer Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
(The) Villain |
John Eccles, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano John Eccles, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
(The) Tempest, Movement: Dry those eyes |
John Weldon, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano John Weldon, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
(The) Tempest, Movement: Halcyon days |
John Weldon, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano John Weldon, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
(The) History of King Richard II |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Henry Purcell, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
King Arthur, Movement: Fairest isle |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Henry Purcell, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
Sir Anthony Love, Movement: Pursuing Beauty |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Henry Purcell, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
Oedipus, Movement: Music for a while (song) |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Henry Purcell, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
(The) Fairy Queen, Movement: Thrice happy lovers (Epithalamium) |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Henry Purcell, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
(The) Fairy Queen, Movement: O let me weep (The Plaint) |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Henry Purcell, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
(The) Married Beau, Movement: See where repenting Celia lies (song) |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Henry Purcell, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
Timon of Athens, Movement: The cares of lovers |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Henry Purcell, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
Tyrannic Love, Movement: Ah! how sweet it is to love (song) |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Henry Purcell, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
(The) Tempest, Movement: Dear pretty youth |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Henry Purcell, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
Bonduca, Movement: O Lead me to some peaceful gloom |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Henry Purcell, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
Pausanias, Movement: Sweeter than roses (song) |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Anthony Robson, Oboe Catherine Bott, Soprano Henry Purcell, Composer Mark Levy, Bass viol Pamela Thorby, Recorder Paula Chateauneuf, Guitar Paula Chateauneuf, Theorbo Pavlo Beznosiuk, Violin Rachel Podger, Violin Richard Egarr, Harpsichord |
Author: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood
In every genre, Bott always seem to know the time and place to impose herself and when objective dignity is the most effective means of projecting the sentiment (such as “The Plaint” which is never cool but, still, distinctly unpersonal as it is in The Fairy Queen). Indeed, most impressive perhaps is the way Bott imparts a broadly self-contained context to each song, not an easy task given that the purpose of such songs in the Restoration theatre is anything but consistent; she warms to Draghi’s noble incantation in a glowing and moving account of
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