Abdelazer: Suites By Henry Purcell

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The melody of the ,,Rondeau" from Abdelazer is one of the best-known tunes today and everyone can sing it. If we try to find out, who is the composer, we come across the name of Benjamin Britten whose symphonic variations from A young person's guide to the orchestra are world-famous. It is, however, not Britten's composition: it is Henry Purcell's. During the last five years of his short life Henry Purcell wrote more than 43 so-called 'stage musics' for theatre. In his final year in 1695, he composed the music for the tragedy Abdelazer by Aphra Behn. The tragedy Abdelazer tells the story about a slave who becomes king after many intrigues and murders. Unfortunately, only the first part of Purcell's flamboyant suite has survived. For their recording Mathias Kleiböhmer and his orchestra Le Phénix join forces with Linard Bardill (German narration) and John Holloway (English narration) and tell the story of Abdelazer, using the surviving pieces of the suite as well as a selection of Purcell's stage music that was written shortly before Abdelazer.



Product Description:

  • Release Date: May 03, 2012


  • Catalog Number: COV21202


  • UPC: 4039956212027


  • Label: Coviello


  • Number of Discs: 2


  • Composer: Henry Purcell



Works:

  1. The Double Dealer: Overture

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  2. The Double Dealer: Hornpipe

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  3. The Double Dealer: Minuett

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  4. The Double Dealer: Aire

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  5. The Double Dealer: Minuett. Slow aire

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  6. Adbelazer: Overture. Part 1

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  7. Adbelazer: Overture. Part 2

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  8. Adbelazer: Act 3. Tune. Rondeau

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  9. Adbelazer: First Music. Aire

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  10. Adbelazer: Second Music. Aire

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  11. Adbelazer: Minuett

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  12. Adbelazer: Act 2. Tune. Aire

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  13. Adbelazer: Act 4. Tune. Aire

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  14. Adbelazer: Act 1. Tune. Hornpipe

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  15. Adbelazer: Jigg

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  16. The Gordian Knot Unty'd: Overture

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  17. The Gordian Knot Unty'd: Act 1. Tune. Aire

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  18. The Gordian Knot Unty'd: Act 2. Tune. Rondeau minuett

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  19. The Gordian Knot Unty'd: Act 3. Tune. Aire

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  20. The Gordian Knot Unty'd: First Music. Chaconne

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  21. The Gordian Knot Unty'd: Minuett

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  22. The Gordian Knot Unty'd: Second Music. Aire

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  23. The Gordian Knot Unty'd: Act 4. Tune. Jigg

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  24. Distress'd Innocence: Overture

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  25. Distress'd Innocence: Act 1. Tune. Aire

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  26. Distress'd Innocence: Act 2. Tune

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  27. Distress'd Innocence: Act 3. Tune. Aire

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  28. Distress'd Innocence: Act 4. Tune. Hornpipe

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  29. Distress'd Innocence: First Music. Rondeau

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  30. Distress'd Innocence: Sceond Music. Aire

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  31. Distress'd Innocence: Minuett

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  32. Bonduca: Hornpipe

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  33. Bonduca: Aire

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  34. Bonduca: Overture

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  35. Bonduca: Second Music. Aire

    Composer: Henry Purcell


  36. Bonduca: Minuett

    Composer: Henry Purcell