Fri, 30 Jan 2009
Purcell Sonatas
Purcell, Sonatas of 3 Parts 1683,
Pavlo Beznosiuk, Rachel Podger,
Christopher Coin, Christopher Hogwood
Editions de l'Oiseau - Lyre
www.decca.com
Well, I thought, seeing "Editions de l'Oiseau", absolutely typical that one has to go
to France to hear this sort of music by this greatest of English composers. And
sonatas too. It's a bit more complicated than that though, as can be seen by reading
the list of players. This CD was actually recorded in Emmanuel College, Cambridge in
1994.
The Editions de l'Oiseau was founded back in 1973 with the idea of recording period
music with period instruments - quite a new idea then. Subsequently, l'Oiseau was acquired
by Decca, and this recording is from their archive.
These sonatas were almost a throwaway from Purcell. He wanted to make people aware
of what was happening in Italy at the time and to become less enslaved of the music of
France (which Charles II was very keen on). His model might have been Archangelo Corelli
or possibly Vitali, Cazzati, and Colista.
It is a lovely recording and being able to hear Purcell Sonatas is somewhat of a rarity
so I recommend it to you.
(Baron K)
[]
permanent link
| 
pre Dec 04 reviews are here
