Clerk: Odo di mesto intorno; Dic mihi saeve puer
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Here's a perfect "guess-the-composer" recording: is it Monteverdi, is it Bach, is it Purcell? The overall caliber of this music by 18th-century Scottish musician-lawyer-architect-landscape gardener John Clerk, which receives its recorded premiere on this disc, suggests a composer of lesser but respectable talent who infuses his scores with periodic moments of brilliance and masterful vocal writing. Most remarkable is Clerk's pervasive use of number symbolism, a defining structural feature that imbues nearly all of his works with extramusical meaning. Clerk's years of study with Corelli in Rome are evident in his music's many Italianate mannerisms. His works include these solo-voice cantatas, which cover a variety of subjects--love's pains and pleasures, spiritual repentance, a wedding celebration, and Scottish colonization. Soprano Catherine Bott, who often sounds strangely like Emma Kirkby, proves a sensitive and enthusiastic interpreter, ably assisted by the Concerto Caledonia ensemble and a skilled recording team. --David Vernier
Clerk: Odo di mesto intorno; Dic mihi saeve puer, Music, John Clerk, Concerto Caledonia, Catherine Bott, Carolyn Sparey-Gillies, Chamber, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Composers
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Clerk: Odo di mesto intorno; Dic mihi saeve puer
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
| Baroque (c.1600-1750)
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| Classical
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| Music
Chamber Music
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| Classical (c.1770-1830)
| Historical Periods
| Classical
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| Classical
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General
| Chamber Music
| Classical
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ASIN: B000007SZF Release Date: 1998-06-09 |
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Amazon.com
Here's a perfect "guess-the-composer" recording: is it Monteverdi, is it Bach, is it Purcell? The overall caliber of this music by 18th-century Scottish musician-lawyer-architect-landscape gardener John Clerk, which receives its recorded premiere on this disc, suggests a composer of lesser but respectable talent who infuses his scores with periodic moments of brilliance and masterful vocal writing. Most remarkable is Clerk's pervasive use of number symbolism, a defining structural feature that imbues nearly all of his works with extramusical meaning. Clerk's years of study with Corelli in Rome are evident in his music's many Italianate mannerisms. His works include these solo-voice cantatas, which cover a variety of subjects--love's pains and pleasures, spiritual repentance, a wedding celebration, and Scottish colonization. Soprano Catherine Bott, who often sounds strangely like Emma Kirkby, proves a sensitive and enthusiastic interpreter, ably assisted by the Concerto Caledonia ensemble and a skilled recording team. --David VernierTrack Listings:
Track Listings
Mezzo-Soprano Opera Arias [SACD] [Enhanced] [Hybrid SACD] [SACD]
Kenneth Patchen Reads With Jazz in Canada
Rent (1996 Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording]
Misa Criolla/Missa Luba/Misa Flamenca [Enhanced]