Iestyn Davies & Richard Egarr - Arise, My Muse - Wigmore Hall Live (2014) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Ode for Queen Mary’s Birthday, Z. 320: No. 2. Arise. my muse (Live)
02. Come ye sons of Art, away, Z. 323: No. 4. Strike the viol (Live)
03. Welcome to all the pleasures, Z 339: No. 3. Here the Deities approve (Live)
04. Yorkshire Feast Song, Z. 333: No. 4. The pale and the purple rose (Live)
05. Sonata XXI (Live)
06. Hail! bright Cecilia, Z. 328: No. 4. ’Tis Nature’s Voice (Live)
07. Celebrate this Festival, Z. 321: No. 6. Crown the altar (Live)
08. If music be the food of love, Z. 379 (1st setting) [Live]
09. Fantasia, Three parts on a ground, Z. 731 (Live)
10. Come, come along for a dance and a song: The Glory of the Arcadian Groves (Live)
11. Amphion Anglicus: Poor Celadon. he sighs in vain (Loving Above Himself) [Live]
12. Ye tuneful Numbers, A song with symphonies: I. Symphony (Live)
13. Ye tuneful Numbers, A song with symphonies: II. Air: Ye tuneful Numbers (Live)
14. Ye tuneful Numbers, A song with symphonies: III. Air: Tell her I’m wounded (Live)
15. Ye tuneful Numbers, A song with symphonies: IV. Recitative: But oh why shou’d I blame this cruel fair (Live)
16. Ye tuneful Numbers, A song with symphonies: V. Air: When Thousands more. the same must share (Live)
17. Venus and Adonis: Overture (Live)
18. Venus and Adonis, Prologue: Cupid's Entry (Live)
19. Venus and Adonis, Act 1: A Dance by a Huntsman (Live)
20. Venus and Adonis, Act 2: A Dance of Cupids (Live)
21. Venus and Adonis, Act 1: Act Tune (Live)
22. Venus and Adonis, Act 2: Act Tune II (Live)
23. Venus and Adonis, Act 2: A Ground (Live)
24. O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z. 406 (Live)
25. spoken introduction (Live)
26. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Fairest isle (Live)

Famed for the crystalline beauty of his voice and the breath-taking daring of his artistry, British countertenor Iestyn Davies returned to Wigmore Hall with a programme reaching back to the Restoration Court to reveal the wealth of musical riches of the late 17th-century London.

For this recital, Iestyn Davies and the ensemble stepped beyond the bounds of convention to explore the works with fresh insight, delivering an invigorating yet refined and delicate performance.

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