The Purcell Thread

[FideLeo]

Maybe I meant viol consort. I know I read it somewhere.

So you were half-guessing.  Ha! 

[mn dave]

This from a quick google: "The last music for viol consorts before their modern revival was probably written in the early 1680s by Henry Purcell."

So there.

[FideLeo]

This from a quick google: "The last music for viol consorts before their modern revival was probably written in the early 1680s by Henry Purcell."

So there.

Yes I knew that.  But that is not what you wrote.
So there.

[mn dave]

Yes I knew that.  But that is not what you wrote.
So there.

So, I dropped a word. 

I can see I'm going to have to keep on my toes around you.

[karlhenning]

Just make sure those are your toes that you're keeping on, lad.

[mn dave]

Well I was merely trying to keep all facts straight.

Much appreciated.

Karl,

[FideLeo]

So, I dropped a word. 

I can see I'm going to have to keep on my toes around you.

Well I was merely trying to keep facts straight.  The word "consort" does mean something doesn't it? 

[mn dave]

Well I was merely trying to keep facts straight.  The word "consort" does mean something doesn't it? 

Indeed. That's what I get for working from memory.

[SonicMan46]

Hmmm - can't believe that I've not added 'something' to this thread on Henry Purcell - he is one of my favorite composers from that era; probably have about a dozen or so CDs, mostly instrumental music - also, bought the book below Purcell (1994) by Maureen Duffy - quite good as I recall but may be OOP?

[mn dave]

Hmmm - can't believe that I've not added 'something' to this thread on Henry Purcell - he is one of my favorite composers from that era; probably have about a dozen or so CDs, mostly instrumental music - also, bought the book below Purcell (1994) by Maureen Duffy - quite good as I recall but may be OOP?

Ah, another book for me to locate. Thanks, Dave!

[karlhenning]

This is probably so not done on this thread . . . but I do like the Britten variations on a Purcell theme (A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra).

It is also high time I revisited a nice 'bonus' on the Hyperion disc of the complete Britten Canticles, three Purcell 'realizations', Let the dreadful engines, In the black dismal dungeon of despair & Evening Hymn.

[mn dave]

This is probably so not done on this thread . . .

Seems like a valid  post to me. Thanks.

[karlhenning]

Seems like a valid post to me. Thanks.

Well, I can come out from the black dismal dungeon of despair, then  0:)

[mn dave]

Well, I can come out from the black dismal dungeon of despair, then  0:)

He's a whole of fun, Purcell is.

[SonicMan46]

Just to add a few recommendations - two of my favorite 'instrumental discs' for a while (bought separately) are the Twelve Sonatas of Three Parts & Ten Sonatas in Four Parts, both w/ the London Baroque - but in searching Amazon for the images, I saw that Harmonia Mundi has combined these into a bargain package (below, far rigtht); boy, for the price, this twofer should make any Purcell fan beam w/ delight! 


   

[Tapio Dimitriyevich Shostakovich]

Have you purchased any new Purcell?

No, but got those from my local library yesterday, not yet listened to them:

[mn dave]

No, but got those from my local library yesterday, not yet listened to them:

Let us know how the listening goes, please.

[mn dave]

Just to add a few recommendations - two of my favorite 'instrumental discs' for a while (bought separately) are the Twelve Sonatas of Three Parts & Ten Sonatas in Four Parts, both w/ the London Baroque - but in searching Amazon for the images, I saw that Harmonia Mundi has combined these into a bargain package (below, far rigtht); boy, for the price, this twofer should make any Purcell fan beam w/ delight! 

Thanks for the tip, Dave!

[Expresso]

Any opinions on this:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/hnum/9658590?rk=home&rsk=hitlist

[mn dave]

Any opinions on this:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/hnum/9658590?rk=home&rsk=hitlist

Not yet. I just ordered it because you reminded me.