Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort - Henry Purcell: Ode for St Cecilia's Day & Music for Queen Mary (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 444 Mb | Total time: 54:40+56:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 7243 5 61582 21 | Recorded: 1985,1988
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 444 Mb | Total time: 54:40+56:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 7243 5 61582 21 | Recorded: 1985,1988
…Parrott parades his smooth and integrated forces with less instant theatricality. Instead we have here a typically homogeneous and unfolding scenario: how organically and gently "Tis Nature's voice" emerges, with Rogers Covey-Crump expressing the passions with a wonderful air of mystery. So too, "Soul of the world" — what a transcendent concluding passage — which has never been bettered for atmosphere and clarity of ensemble. The solo singing here is good (there is some exquisite work from Emma Kirkby and from tenors Charles Daniels and Paul Elliott in "In vain the am'rous flute").