John Blow - Rosemary Joshua • Gerald Finley • Robin Blaze • Clare College Chapel Choir • Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment • René Jacobs - Venus & Adonis FLAC album

Tracklist

1	Cupid: "Choose For The Fomal Fool"	1:37
2	A Ground	1:39
3	Cupid, Little Cupids: The Cupid's Lesson: "The Insolent, The Arrogant"	1:35
4	The Act Tune	2:53
5	Gavatt	0:47
6	A Dance Of Cupids	1:35
7	Entry: A Dance By A Huntsman	1:01
8	Venus, Adonis: "Adonis, Uncall'd For Sighs"	5:06
9	Overture	2:40
10	Venus: "With Solemn Pomp Let Mourning Cupids Bear"	2:26
11	Hunter's Music, Venus: "Hark, Hark The Rural Music Sounds"	1:09
12	Venus: "Call The Graces"	0:52
13	Act III
14	Adonis, Venus: "Venus! Adonis!"	2:06
15	Adonis, Venus: "Adonis Will Not Hunt Today"	2:27
16	Act II
17	The Graces' Dance	1:18
18	Chorus, Shepherds, Shepherdess: "In These Sweet Groves"	2:35
19	Cupid, Venus: "You Place With Such Delightful Care"	1:42
20	The Act Tune	2:09
21	Act I
22	Huntsman, Adonis, Chorus: "Come, Follow The Noblest Game"	2:33
23	Cupid: "Courtiers There Is No Faith In You"	0:47
24	Venus & Adonis (A Masque For The Entertainment Of The King)
25	Chorus: "Mourn For Thy Servant"	3:22
26	The Act Tune	1:33
27	Cupid's Entry	1:17
28	Chorus Of The Graces: "Mortals Below, Cupids Above"	1:27
29	Shepherds, Shepherdess: "Come Shepherds All"	1:59
30	The Prologue
31	Cupid, Chorus: "Behold My Arrows And My Bow"	0:49
32	Sarabrand For The Graces	1:36

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
HMG 501684	John Blow - René Jacobs, Rosemary Joshua, Gerald Finley, Robin Blaze, Clare College Chapel Choir, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment	John Blow - René Jacobs, Rosemary Joshua, Gerald Finley, Robin Blaze, Clare College Chapel Choir, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment - Venus & Adonis ‎(CD, RE)	HM Gold	HMG 501684	Europe	2008
HMX 2901684	John Blow - René Jacobs, Rosemary Joshua, Gerald Finley, Robin Blaze, Clare College Chapel Choir, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment	John Blow - René Jacobs, Rosemary Joshua, Gerald Finley, Robin Blaze, Clare College Chapel Choir, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment - Venus & Adonis ‎(CD, RE)	Harmonia Mundi France, Harmonia Mundi	HMX 2901684	Europe	2003

Credits

• Baritone Vocals [Adonis] – Gerald Finley
• Bass Vocals [Shepherds, Graces] – Jonathan Brown
• Bassoon – Philip Turbett
• Cello – Catherine Finnis
• Cello [Continuo] – Susan Sheppard
• Choir – The Choir Of Clare College
• Chorus Master – Timothy Brown
• Composed By – John Blow
• Conductor – René Jacobs
• Countertenor Vocals [Cupid, Graces] – Robin Blaze
• Countertenor Vocals [Shepherds, Huntsman] – Christopher Josey
• Design, Layout – Relations, Arles
• Engineer – Tim Handley
• Harpsichord [Continuo], Organ [Continuo] – John Toll
• Liner Notes [English Translation Of Notes] – Derek Yeld
• Liner Notes [French - Notes] – Marielle D. Khoury
• Liner Notes [French Translation Of Sung Verses] – Brigitte Barchasz
• Liner Notes [German Translation Of Notes] – Heidi Fritz
• Liner Notes [German Translation Of Sung Verses] – Almut Lenz
• Orchestra – Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
• Painting – Joseph Heintz L'Ancien
• Photography By [C. Josey] – Branco Gaica
• Photography By [G. Finley] – Suzie Maeder
• Photography By [M. C. Kiehr] – Alvaro Yañez
• Photography By [R. Jacobs] – Vincent Pancol
• Photography By [R. Joshua] – Carole Parodi
• Producer – Nicholas Parker
• Recorder – Anthony Robson, Catherine Latham
• Recorder [Bass Recorder] – Rachel Beckett
• Soprano Vocals [Little Cupids] – Sopranos Du Chœur
• Soprano Vocals [Shepherdess, Graces] – Maria Cristina Kiehr
• Soprano Vocals [Venus] – Rosemary Joshua
• Tenor Vocals [Shepherds] – John Bowen
• Theorbo [Continuo], Guitar [Continuo] – Elizabeth Kenny (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9, 12, 21, 23, 25), Nigel North, Paula Chateauneuf
• Viola – Annette Isserlis, Jan Schlapp, Katherine Hart
• Violin – Alison Bury, Catherine Ford, Catherine Mackintosh, Catherine Weiss, Claire Sansom, Helen Orsler, Henrietta Wayne, Roy Mowatt, Susie Carpenter-Jacobs
• Violone [Continuo], Viol [Viola Da Gamba - Continuo] – Mark Levy

Notes

Ⓟ1999 harmonia mundi s.a., Mas de Vert, F-13200 Arles.
Ⓒ harmonia mundi for all the notes and translations. (www.harmoniamundi.com)
Recorded October 1998 at Henry Wood Hall, London. Total Playing Time: 51:00.
Cover illustration: Joseph Heintz L'Ancien, Venus & Adonis; Cliché Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien.

Printed in Germany (booklet). Made in Germany (label).
Publisher: Clifford Bartlett, King's Music.
Instruments (Ken Smith Music Service):
> Positiv Organ - Henk Klop
> Harpsichord - Jan Kalsbeek (after Giusti)

The 36-page glossy booklet contains notes in French, English and German plus a track and credits-list, as well as lots of photos.
It has also the sung-verses in original English and the translations into French and German.
Booklet and CD are sheltered by a standard jewel case with black tray.

Barcodes

• Barcode (Text): 7 94881 46402 9
• Label Code: LC 7045
• Matrix / Runout: [Sonopress logo] Z-4476/ HMC901684 A
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L0 30
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 0786
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Price Code: HM 90

Companies

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Harmonia Mundi s.a.
• Recorded At – Henry Wood Hall, London
• Pressed By – Sonopress – Z-4476

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