Symphony 2 / Overture to Cupid & The Poet

1. Symphony No. 2 ("The Four Temperaments"), Op. 16 (FS29)
Composed by Carl Nielsen

2. Snefrid, melodrama, FS 17
Composed by Carl Nielsen

3. Overture to "Amor and the Poet," Op 54/FS 150
Composed by Carl Nielsen

Symphony 2 / Overture to Cupid & The Poet,Nielson,Serov,Odense Symphony Orchestra,Kontrapunkt,Classical,Classical Music,Orchestral & Symphonic

Average customer rating: Wonderful Surprise One of my favorite CDs

Sylvia McNair - The Echoing Air ~ The Music of Henry Purcell / AAM, Hogwood Henry Purcell , The Academy of Ancient Music , Sylvia McNair , Christopher Hogwood , Laurence Dreyfus , and Paul O'Dette Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Academy of Ancient Music | ( A ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music McNair, Sylvia | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rêveries Exsultate Jubilate and other Works by Handel and Mozart Ravel: Shéhérazade - Debussy: La damoiselle elue - Britten: Les illuminations / McNair, Graham, Ozawa Music of Samuel Barber Come Rain Or Come Shine - The Harold Arlen Songbook / McNair, Previn ASIN: B0000041BF Release Date: 1995-03-14

Tracks:

1. Part I: Staircase: Overture
2. Part I: If Music Be The Food Of Love
3. Part I: Cebell
4. Part I: To Arms, To Arms, Heroic Prince
5. Part I: To Arms
6. Part I: Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel
7. Part I: Slow Air
8. Part II: We Come To Sing
9. Part II: Oh! Lead Me To Some Peaceful Gloom
10. Part II: O Solitude
11. Part II: Hark! Hark! The Echoing Air
12. Part II: Trumpet Tune
13. Part III: Sweeter Than Roses
14. Part III: Fairest Isle
15. Part III: She That Would Gain A Faithful Lover
16. Part III: Cupid, The Slyest Rogue Alive
17. Part III: I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly
18. Part III: Jig
19. Part IV: Music For A While
20. Part IV: The Fatal Hour Comes On Apace
21. Part IV: Hear, Mighty Love
22. Part IV: Plainte: O, Let Me Weep
23. Part IV: Chacony In G Minor

Amazon.com

The stars of this recording are Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music, entertaining us with rarely-heard instrumental pieces receiving their first modern performances with the endearing poignancy inherent in Purcell's music. McNair's gracile voice and accurate, easy-going coloratura capture the lyricism of Purcell's songs, but none of the subtext's vibrant passion. Emotional variety and vocal color are lacking when she repeatedly calls for Gabriel in "Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel." Still, McNair's light and pure soprano is enjoyable in small doses. When three or four plaintiff songs are programmed back to back, however, the monotony presents a fabulous opportunity to lull insomniacs back to sleep. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Surprise.......2006-01-01

Normally I run in the opposite direction of any baroque music - thought I had heard it all and had enough, but I love Slyvia McNair and I wanted to hear more of her recordings. This recording was such a wonderful surprise, not only interms of McNair's performance but interms of the overall presentation (organization of the pieces) and the energy of the performances by the AAM. I have new-found appreciation of Purcell's music!

One of my favorite CDs.......2003-01-12

When I listened to this CD, I fell in love with Sylvia McNair's artistic and beautiful voice along with Henry Purcell's music. This CD offers a style of music that I love to listen to and sing with. There is a mixture of instrumental only and vocal pieces. When I listen to this CD I feel like I have been transported to the late 1600s. The title "The Echoing Air" appropriately describes the beauty of this music.

Track Listings:

1. Symphony No. 15
2. Tchaikovsky: Suite No.2/Capriccio Italienne,Op.45
3. Telemann/Langlais: Works For Oboe And Organ
4. The Rembrandt Trio
5. The Treasure of Faith: Hymns by Hans Adolph Brorson
6. Toyohiko Satoh Vol. 2 - Scarlatti & Zamboni - Italian Lute Music
7. Venetian Concertos
8. Violin Sonatas 5 & 9
9. Violin Sonatas / Scherzo
10. Works for Cello & Orchestra

Track Listings

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Track Listings

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