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| The Musical Life Of Samuel Pepys / Wistreich, Etc | |||||
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Release Date: 04/20/1994 Label: Saydisc Catalog #: 385 Spars Code: n/a Composer: John Blow, Giacomo Carissimi, Giovanni Battista Draghi, Nicholas Laniere, Henry Lawes, Matthew Locke, Sir William Davenant, John Goodgroome, John Jenkins, Pietro Reggio, Girolamo Frescobaldi, John Playford, Pelham Humphrey, Cesare Morelli, Dr. Waldegrave, Francesco Corbetta Performer: William Thorpe, Roderick Skeaping, Jane Compton, Robin Jeffrey, Celia Harper, David Watkin, Richard Wistreich
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| 'Musick, a science peculiarly productive of a pleasure that no state of life, publick or private, secular or sacred; no difference of age or season; no temper of mind or condition of health exempt from present anguish; nor, lastly, distinction of quality, renders either improper, untimely or unentertaining.' Samuel Pepys wrote this somewhat grandiose judgment near the end of his life. The magnificent library which he had collected over many years and later bequeathed to Magdalene College, Cambridge bears testimony to a thorough and catholic interest in music; it contains numerous printed collections of sixteenth and seventeenth century vocal and instrumental music, including a large number of broadsheet ballads, some music manuscripts going back to the fifteenth century, volumes of music theory and also several manuscript collections of songs arranged for bass voice and simple accompaniments for Pepy's own private use. Samuel Pepys' tastes in music in the 1660s might be described as conservative, even though he went to great lengths to keep abreast of the developments by the avant-garde. Above all, he shared the continuing fascination of his composer-contemporaries with the possibilities of setting poetry to music and the challenge of finding and equivalent to Italian recitative that would preserve the special angularity and pungency of the English language. At its best, it produced such songs as those by Pelham Humfrey and John Blow, and later by Henry Purcell. By performing this music in the context of Pepys' Diary, we can perhaps allow it to speak for itself and spare it the kind of musicological hindsight which so often has to provide a 'raison d'étre' for its re-creation. | |||||
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| 1. |
And art thou grieved by John Blow |
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Performer:
William Thorpe (Violin),
Roderick Skeaping (Violin),
Jane Compton (Violin),
Robin Jeffrey (Guitar), Celia Harper (Organ), David Watkin (Bass Violin), Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), Richard Wistreich (Bass) Period: Baroque Written: 17th Century; England |
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Length: 4 Minutes 13 Secs. Language: English |
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Lucifer, caelestis olim by Giacomo Carissimi |
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Performer:
Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo),
David Watkin (Bass Violin),
Celia Harper (Organ),
Jane Compton (Violin), Roderick Skeaping (Violin), William Thorpe (Violin), Robin Jeffrey (Guitar), Richard Wistreich (Bass) Period: Baroque Written: 17th Century; Italy |
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Perque quando by Giovanni Battista Draghi |
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Performer:
William Thorpe (Violin),
Roderick Skeaping (Violin),
Celia Harper (Organ),
Jane Compton (Violin), Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), David Watkin (Bass Violin), Robin Jeffrey (Guitar), Richard Wistreich (Bass) Period: Baroque |
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Length: 2 Minutes 31 Secs. Language: Italian |
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| 4. |
Hero's Complaint by Nicholas Laniere |
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Performer:
William Thorpe (Violin),
Roderick Skeaping (Violin),
Jane Compton (Violin),
Robin Jeffrey (Guitar), Celia Harper (Organ), David Watkin (Bass Violin), Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), Richard Wistreich (Bass) Period: Baroque |
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Length: 9 Minutes 16 Secs. Language: English |
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I laid me down upon a pillow soft by Henry Lawes |
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Performer:
Richard Wistreich (Bass),
Robin Jeffrey (Guitar),
Celia Harper (Organ),
Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), David Watkin (Bass Violin), Jane Compton (Violin), Roderick Skeaping (Violin), William Thorpe (Violin) Period: Baroque Written: 17th Century; England |
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Length: 2 Minutes 30 Secs. Language: English |
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Inconstancy return'd by Henry Lawes |
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Performer:
Jane Compton (Violin),
Celia Harper (Organ),
David Watkin (Bass Violin),
Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), Robin Jeffrey (Guitar), Richard Wistreich (Bass), Roderick Skeaping (Violin), William Thorpe (Violin) Period: Baroque Written: 17th Century; England |
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Length: 1 Minutes 57 Secs. Language: English |
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Orpheus' Hymn "O King of heaven and hell" by Henry Lawes |
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Performer:
William Thorpe (Violin),
Roderick Skeaping (Violin),
Jane Compton (Violin),
Celia Harper (Organ), David Watkin (Bass Violin), Robin Jeffrey (Guitar), Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), Richard Wistreich (Bass) Period: Baroque Written: 17th Century; England |
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Length: 3 Minutes 39 Secs. Language: English |
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| 8. |
Brawles by Matthew Locke |
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Performer:
Roderick Skeaping (Violin),
Jane Compton (Violin),
Celia Harper (Organ),
William Thorpe (Violin), Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), Robin Jeffrey (Guitar), David Watkin (Bass Violin) Period: Baroque Written: 17th Century; England |
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Length: 3 Minutes 14 Secs. |
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| 9. |
Beauty retire by Sir William Davenant |
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Performer:
Richard Wistreich (Bass),
Robin Jeffrey (Guitar),
Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo),
David Watkin (Bass Violin), William Thorpe (Violin), Celia Harper (Organ), Roderick Skeaping (Violin), Jane Compton (Violin) Period: Baroque Written: England |
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Length: 1 Minutes 32 Secs. Language: English |
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Will Chloris cast her sun-bright eye "Cloris yielding" by John Goodgroome |
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Performer:
William Thorpe (Violin),
Roderick Skeaping (Violin),
Jane Compton (Violin),
Celia Harper (Organ), David Watkin (Bass Violin), Robin Jeffrey (Guitar), Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), Richard Wistreich (Bass) Period: Renaissance Written: England |
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Length: 1 Minutes 32 Secs. Language: English |
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| 11. |
Pavane in G minor by John Jenkins |
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Performer:
David Watkin (Bass Violin),
Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo),
Robin Jeffrey (Guitar),
Celia Harper (Organ), Roderick Skeaping (Violin), Jane Compton (Violin), William Thorpe (Violin) Period: Baroque Written: 17th Century; England |
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Length: 1 Minutes 51 Secs. |
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Gavotte by Matthew Locke |
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Performer:
David Watkin (Bass Violin),
Jane Compton (Violin),
Celia Harper (Organ),
William Thorpe (Violin), Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), Robin Jeffrey (Guitar), Roderick Skeaping (Violin) Period: Baroque Written: 17th Century; England |
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Arise, ye subterranean winds by Pietro Reggio |
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Performer:
Richard Wistreich (Bass),
Roderick Skeaping (Violin),
Jane Compton (Violin),
Celia Harper (Organ), David Watkin (Bass Violin), Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), Robin Jeffrey (Guitar), William Thorpe (Violin) Period: Baroque Written: London, England |
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Length: 3 Minutes 35 Secs. Language: English |
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Il secondo libro di toccate: Iste confessor - Verse in G minor by Girolamo Frescobaldi |
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Performer:
Celia Harper (Organ)
Period: Baroque Written: by 1627; Italy |
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| 15. |
The English Dancing Master: Newcastle by John Playford |
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Performer:
Roderick Skeaping (Violin),
Jane Compton (Violin),
Robin Jeffrey (Guitar),
David Watkin (Bass Violin), Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), William Thorpe (Violin), Celia Harper (Organ) Period: Baroque Written: by 1651; England |
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Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs. |
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| Notes: This selection is part of a medley which also includes "The English Dancing Master: Hearts ease" and "St. Martin's, Grim King of the ghosts." | |||||
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The English Dancing Master: Hearts ease by John Playford |
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Performer:
Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo),
Robin Jeffrey (Guitar),
David Watkin (Bass Violin),
William Thorpe (Violin), Celia Harper (Organ), Jane Compton (Violin), Roderick Skeaping (Violin) Period: Baroque Written: by 1651; England |
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Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs. |
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| Notes: This selection is part of a medley which also includes "The English Dancing Master: Newcastle" and "St. Martin's, Grim King of the ghosts." | |||||
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St. Martin's, Grim King of the ghosts by John Playford |
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Performer:
William Thorpe (Violin),
Robin Jeffrey (Guitar),
David Watkin (Bass Violin),
Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), Celia Harper (Organ), Jane Compton (Violin), Roderick Skeaping (Violin) Period: Baroque Written: 17th Century; England |
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Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs. |
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| Notes: This selection is part of a medley which also includes "The English Dancing Master: Newcastle" and "The English Dancing Master: Hearts ease." | |||||
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| 18. |
Lord! I have sinned by Pelham Humphrey |
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Performer:
Roderick Skeaping (Violin),
Jane Compton (Violin),
David Watkin (Bass Violin),
Celia Harper (Organ), Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), Robin Jeffrey (Guitar), Richard Wistreich (Bass), William Thorpe (Violin) Period: Baroque Written: 17th Century; England |
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Length: 3 Minutes 18 Secs. Language: English |
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Down to the very centre of the earth by Cesare Morelli |
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Performer:
William Thorpe (Violin),
David Watkin (Bass Violin),
Celia Harper (Organ),
Roderick Skeaping (Violin), Jane Compton (Violin), Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), Robin Jeffrey (Guitar), Richard Wistreich (Bass) Period: Baroque Written: by 1682; England |
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Length: 4 Minutes 40 Secs. Language: English |
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Such moving sounds by Dr. Waldegrave |
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Performer:
Celia Harper (Organ),
Richard Wistreich (Bass),
Roderick Skeaping (Violin),
William Thorpe (Violin), Robin Jeffrey (Guitar), Robin Jeffrey (Theorbo), David Watkin (Bass Violin), Jane Compton (Violin) Period: Baroque Written: 17th Century; England |
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Length: 3 Minutes 37 Secs. Language: English |
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La guitarre royalle dediée au roy de la Grande Bretagne: Suite in D major- 2nd Movement by Francesco Corbetta |
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Performer:
Robin Jeffrey (Guitar)
Period: Baroque Written: by 1671; England |
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Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs. |
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