Artist: Johannette Zomer, Mike Fentross & La Sfera Armoniosa
Title: Symphony While the Swans Come Forward (Live Recording)
Year Of Release: 2018
Label: Challenge Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: 24bit-44.1kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 78:40
Total Size: 735 MB
Tracklist:
01. The Prophetess: or, The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Symphony for Trumpets and Violins (Live Recording)
02. The Prophetess: or, The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: First Music (Live Recording)
03. The Prophetess: or, The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: What Shall I Do to Show Her How Much I Love Her (Live Recording)
04. The Prophetess: or, The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Butterfly Dance (Live Recording)
05. The Prophetess: or, The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Dance of Furies (Live Recording)
06. The Prophetess: or, The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Since from My Dear (Live Recording)
07. The Prophetess: or, The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Tune for Trumpets (Live Recording)
08. The Prophetess: or, The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Canaries (Live Recording)
09. The Indian Queen, Z.630: Air (Live Recording)
10. The Indian Queen, Z. 630: I Attempt from Love’s Sickness (Live Recording)
11. The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Hornpipe (Live Recording)
12. King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture (Live Recording)
13. King Arthur, Z. 628: First Act Tune (Live Recording)
14. King Arthur, Z. 628: Hornpipe (Live Recording)
15. King Arthur, Z. 628: Fairest Isle (Live Recording)
16. King Arthur, Z. 628: Trumpet Tune (Live Recording)
17. King Arthur, Z. 628: St. George, The Patron of Our Isle (Live Recording)
18. King Arthur, Z. 628: Chaconne (Live Recording)
19. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Preludio (Live Recording)
20. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Hornpipe (Live Recording)
21. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Air (Live Recording)
22. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Rondeau (Live Recording)
23. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Symphony While the Swans Come Forward (Live Recording)
24. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: If Love's a Sweet Passion (Live Recording)
25. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Symphony: Prelude, Canzona, Largo, Allegro, Adagio, Allegro (Live Recording)
26. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air (Live Recording)
27. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Dance for the Followers Night (Live Recording)
28. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: See Even Night Herself Is Here (Live Recording)
29. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Air II (Live Recording)
30. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Hark! The Echoing Air (Live Recording)
31. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Grand Dance (Live Recording)
The first recording on Challenge Classics by the wonderful Dutch baroque orchestra, La Sfera Armoniosa. For its debut, La Sfera Armoniosa and its artistic director Mike Febtross have chosen orchestral music and arias from operas by Henry Purcell. Well-known baroque specialist, soprano Johannette Zomer joins the orchestra in this live recording.
La Sfera Armoniosa, founded in 1992, is a Dutch Baroque ensemble and orchestra specialized in the performance of music from the seventeenth and eighteenth century.
Mike Fentross: I was really moved when I heard my orchestra play the opening bars of the Purcell. I heard a sound that was quite different to what I knew from other present-day baroque orchestras. Was this sound closer to that of Purcell's own orchestra, a sound that he may have had in mind when composing this wondrous music? In the very first chat I had about this project with Lidewij van der Voort, our new concertmaster, we talked about the modern adaptations that are often (and understandably) applied to baroque instruments nowadays, and about the possibility of going back to authentic strings (completely bare gut) and a 17th century bow hold (the French grip) for this Purcell project. As it happens, I'd had a similar conversation not long before that with Lidewei de Sterck, our principal oboist, about authentic reeds (scraped from the inside) and with Graham Nicholson, about 17th century trumpets (natural trumpets with no finger holes). These aspects, seemingly just details, have a major impact not just on the sound but also the way of playing and therefore on the way we interpret the music. We all felt the need to record this CD with these 'experimental' instruments. An orchestral sound with so much transparency and colour, a way of playing with such narrative power! I'm full of admiration for the musicians who played so beautifully and who were prepared to take up the challenge of moving away from a well-trodden path.
Johannette Zomer, soprano
La Sfera Armoniosa
Mike Fentross, conductor
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FILE LIST
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01. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 Prelude.flac
41.3 MB
02. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 Hornpipe.flac
25.3 MB
03. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 Air.flac
14.9 MB
04. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 Rondeau.flac
31.3 MB
05. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 Overture.flac
42.5 MB
06. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I The Palace of the Duke Prelude - Come, Come, Come Let Us Leave This Town.flac
42.2 MB
07. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I The Palace of the Duke Fill up the Bowl, Then....flac
118.8 MB
08. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I The Palace of the Duke Jig.flac
25.6 MB
09. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II The Great Grotto Prelude.flac
13.4 MB
10. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II The Great Grotto Come All Ye Songsters of the Sky.flac
35.9 MB
11. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II The Great Grotto Prelude. Birds Fly Down, Singing.flac
22 MB
12. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II The Great Grotto Trio. May the God of Wit Inspire.flac
24.9 MB
13. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II The Great Grotto Now Join Your Warbling Voices All.flac
9.9 MB
14. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II The Great Grotto Sing While We Trip It upon the Green.flac
30.8 MB
15. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II The Great Grotto See, Even Night Herself Is Here.flac
74.9 MB
16. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II The Great Grotto I Am Come to Lock All Fast.flac
25.6 MB
17. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II The Great Grotto One Charming Night.flac
44.7 MB
18. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II The Great Grotto Hush, No More, Be Silent All.flac
77.2 MB
19. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II The Great Grotto Dance for the Followers of Night.flac
30.9 MB
20. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II The Great Grotto Air.flac
27.2 MB
21. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III A Forest Glade Prelude - If Love's a Sweet Passion.flac
67.4 MB
22. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III A Forest Glade Överture. Symphony While the Swans Come Forward.flac
28.2 MB
23. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III A Forest Glade Dance for the Fairies.flac
15.8 MB
24. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III A Forest Glade Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air, Appear!.flac
93.1 MB
25. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III A Forest Glade Now the Maids and the Men Are Making of Hay.flac
72.5 MB
26. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III A Forest Glade Dance for the Haymakers.flac
16.9 MB
27. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III A Forest Glade When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining.flac
36.6 MB
28. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III A Forest Glade A Thousand, Thousand Ways We'll Find.flac
21 MB
29. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III A Forest Glade Hornpipe.flac
18.7 MB
30. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV A Garden of Fountains Symphony.flac
121.7 MB
31. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV A Garden of Fountains Now the Night Is Chased Away.flac
38.2 MB
32. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV A Garden of Fountains Let the Fifes and the Clarions and Shrill Trumpets Sound.flac
23.9 MB
33. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV A Garden of Fountains Entry of Phoebus.flac
15.5 MB
34. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV A Garden of Fountains Prelude - When a Cruel Long Winter Has Frozen the Earth.flac
53.5 MB
35. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV A Garden of Fountains Hail! Great Parent of Us All.flac
32.3 MB
36. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV A Garden of Fountains Thus the Ever Grateful Spring.flac
31.5 MB
37. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV A Garden of Fountains Here's the Summer, Sprightly, Gay.flac
31.9 MB
38. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV A Garden of Fountains See My Many Coloured Fields.flac
52.4 MB
39. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV A Garden of Fountains Next, Winter Comes Slowly.flac
81 MB
40. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV A Garden of Fountains Air.flac
10.3 MB
41. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V In a Chinese Garden Prelude to Juno’s Song - Thrice Happy Lovers.flac
71.8 MB
42. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V In a Chinese Garden O Let Me Ever, Ever Weep.flac
134.1 MB
43. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V In a Chinese Garden Entry Dance.flac
26.5 MB
44. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V In a Chinese Garden Symphony.flac
19.8 MB
45. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V In a Chinese Garden Thus the Gloomy World.flac
86.5 MB
46. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V In a Chinese Garden Thus Happy and Free.flac
24.9 MB
47. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V In a Chinese Garden Yes, Xansi, in Your Looks I Find.flac
36.1 MB
48. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V In a Chinese Garden Monkey's Dance.flac
19.4 MB
49. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V In a Chinese Garden Prelude - Hark! How All Things with One Sound Rejoice.flac
40.1 MB
50. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V In a Chinese Garden Hark Now the Echoing Air a Triumph Sings.flac
59.1 MB
51. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V In a Chinese Garden Sure the Dull God of Marriage Does Not Hear.flac
52.3 MB
52. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V In a Chinese Garden Prelude - See, See, I Obey.flac
68.7 MB
53. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V In a Chinese Garden They Shall Be as Happy as They're Fair.flac
21.1 MB
54. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V In a Chinese Garden Chaconne. Dance for the Chinese Man and Woman.flac