The Golden Dream 17th Century Music from the Low Countries
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Composer or Director: Orlando Gibbons, Constantijn Huygens, Tarquinio Merula, Anonymous, John Coprario, Jacob van Eyck, Nicolaus a Kempis, Joachim van den Hove, David Petersen, Nicolas Vallet, Daniel Norcombe, Dirk Rafaelszoon Camphuysen, Johann Schop
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Magazine Review Date: 10/1996
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 66
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: HMU90 7123
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Symphoniae, Movement: Sinfonia in G minor |
Nicolaus a Kempis, Composer
Marion Verbruggen, Recorder Mary Springfels, Conductor Newberry Consort Nicolaus a Kempis, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Symphoniae, Movement: Sinfonia in D |
Nicolaus a Kempis, Composer
Marion Verbruggen, Recorder Mary Springfels, Conductor Newberry Consort Nicolaus a Kempis, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Pathodia sacra et profana occupati, Movement: Quare tristis es (Psalm 42) |
Constantijn Huygens, Composer
Constantijn Huygens, Composer Drew Minter, Alto Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Pathodia sacra et profana occupati, Movement: Avertisti faciem (Psalm 29) |
Constantijn Huygens, Composer
Constantijn Huygens, Composer Drew Minter, Alto Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Pathodia sacra et profana occupati, Movement: Erravi (Psalm 119) |
Constantijn Huygens, Composer
Constantijn Huygens, Composer Drew Minter, Alto Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| (La) Philomèle séraphique, Movement: Je veux mon doux Sauueur |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Drew Minter, Alto Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| (La) Philomèle séraphique, Movement: En fin mon ame |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Drew Minter, Alto Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Divisions on a Theme |
Daniel Norcombe, Composer
Daniel Norcombe, Composer Mary Springfels, Viola da gamba Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Fantasia Resonans |
Joachim van den Hove, Composer
Joachim van den Hove, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| (Der) Fluyten Lust-hof, Movement: Onse Vader |
Jacob van Eyck, Composer
Jacob van Eyck, Composer Marion Verbruggen, Recorder |
| Lachrime pavaen |
Johann Schop, Composer
David Douglass, Violin Johann Schop, Composer Mary Springfels, Viola da gamba Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Ciaccona |
Tarquinio Merula, Composer
Marion Verbruggen, Recorder Mary Springfels, Conductor Newberry Consort Paul O'Dette, Lute Tarquinio Merula, Composer |
| (21) Psalmen Davids, 'Pseaumes de David', Movement: Helas Seigneur (Psalm 69) |
Nicolas Vallet, Composer
Drew Minter, Alto Nicolas Vallet, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Stichtelijcke Rijmen, Movement: Doulants Lachrymae |
Dirk Rafaelszoon Camphuysen, Composer
Dirk Rafaelszoon Camphuysen, Composer Marion Verbruggen, Recorder Mary Springfels, Conductor Newberry Consort Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Stichtelijcke Rijmen, Movement: Wanneer het hert (Air: Philip's Pavan) |
Dirk Rafaelszoon Camphuysen, Composer
Dirk Rafaelszoon Camphuysen, Composer Marion Verbruggen, Recorder Mary Springfels, Conductor Newberry Consort Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Schriet niet meer |
David Petersen, Composer
David Petersen, Composer Drew Minter, Alto Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Fantasia a 3 |
John Coprario, Composer
David Douglass, Violin John Coprario, Composer Marion Verbruggen, Recorder Mary Springfels, Viola da gamba |
| (9) Fantasias a 3 |
Orlando Gibbons, Composer
Orlando Gibbons, Composer |
Author: Lindsay Kemp
The music of The Netherlands after about 1600 has never been granted a great deal of recording space, even in these times when CD manufacturers cannot seem to put out enough early music. The Low Countries, while advanced in so many matters, were not a great centre of musical composition of course, but there was certainly plenty of music being made in the homes of Amsterdam and Antwerp, as the most meagre acquaintance with seventeenth-century Dutch painting reveals. So what were Vermeer’s demure ladies and de Hooch’s elegantly hatted gentlemen playing? Well, very possibly some of the highly civilized music on this disc: lute songs in which Dutch, French or Latin texts are adapted to existing melodies by foreigners (such as Dowland’s Lachrymae); conservative consort music from England (occasionally spiced up with a few unexpected harmonies); more up-to-date instrumental pieces from Italy; sacred songs for private devotion (again, often to pre-existing melodies); and some striking home-grown instrumental works, such as Eyck’s recorder solos or Nicholas A Kempis’s exciting Italianate ensemble sonatas. All were intended for amateur musicians and are appropriately tasteful without offering too many nasty surprises.
The performances on this disc would grace the most musical of households, be they of the seventeenth century or the twentieth. Each member of the group has a moment in the spotlight, and each takes it with musicality and intelligence. I particularly enjoyed Marion Verbruggen’s sprightly, strong-willed recorder, and the refined lute playing of Paul O’Dette, who seems to be able to run his fingers over his instrument with almost sensuous ease (alas that he is allowed only one solo here!), while Drew Minter’s intimate, rather fragile countertenor seems much more at home in this kind of music than in the Handel it is sometimes put to.
This is a pleasantly varied and well-executed disc, something different which certainly deserves investigation by the curious.'
The performances on this disc would grace the most musical of households, be they of the seventeenth century or the twentieth. Each member of the group has a moment in the spotlight, and each takes it with musicality and intelligence. I particularly enjoyed Marion Verbruggen’s sprightly, strong-willed recorder, and the refined lute playing of Paul O’Dette, who seems to be able to run his fingers over his instrument with almost sensuous ease (alas that he is allowed only one solo here!), while Drew Minter’s intimate, rather fragile countertenor seems much more at home in this kind of music than in the Handel it is sometimes put to.
This is a pleasantly varied and well-executed disc, something different which certainly deserves investigation by the curious.'
The Golden Dream 17th Century Music from the Low Countries
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