Venus and Adonis / Blow.
| Author/creator | Blow, John composer. |
| Format | Audio (CD) |
| Publication | London : Editions de l'Oiseau-Lyre, [1994] |
| Copyright Date | ℗1994 |
| Description | 1 audio disc (57 min., 5 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Bott, Catherine, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Crabtree, Libby, performer. |
| Other author/creator | George, Michael, 1943- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Pickett, Philip, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Wood, Bruce, 1945- editor. |
| Other author/creator | Pinnock, Andrew, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Westminster Abbey. Choir, performer. |
| Other author/creator | New London Consort, performer. |
| Variant title | Title on container: Venus & Adonis |
| Contents | Overture (4:28) -- The prologue. Behold my arrows and my bow (Cupid) (0:49) -- Come Shepherds all, let's sing and play (Shepherdess) (3:18) -- In these sweet groves love is not taught (Cupid) (3:31) -- Cupid's entry (1:05) -- Act one. Tune for flutes (2:27) -- Venus!... Adonis!... (Adonis, Venus) (1:55) -- Hunter's music, Hark, hark, the rural music sounds (Venus) (1:08) -- Adonis will not hunt today (Adonis) (2:34) -- Come follow, follow to the noblest game (Chorus of Huntsmen) (2:45) -- A dance by a Huntsman (1:25) -- Act tune (1:42) -- Act two. You play with such delightful care (Cupid) (1:42) -- The Cupids' lesson. The insolent, the arrogant (Cupid) (1:18) -- Choose for the formal fool (Cupid) (1:42) -- A dance of Cupids (1:35) -- Call the Graces (Venus) (1:04) -- Mortals below, Cupids above (Chorus of the Graces) (1:16) -- The Graces' dance (1:28) -- Gavatt (1:13) -- Saraband for the Graces (1:06) -- A ground (2:17) -- Act tune (2:24) -- Act three. Adonis! Adonis! Adonis! (Venus) (6:13) -- With solemn pomp let mourning Cupids bear (Venus) (2:23) -- Mourn for thy servant, mighty God of Love (Chorus) (3:49). |
| General note | Masque. |
| General note | Librettist unknown. |
| General note | "This recording ... uses a new edition, prepared by Bruce Wood for the Early English Opera Society"--Notes, page 11. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Program notes principally by Bruce Wood and Andrew Pinnock, synopsis, and libretto, all in English with French, German and Italian translations (46 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Performer | Catherine Bott, Libby Crabtree, Michael George ; other singers ; Choristers of Westminster Abbey Choir ; New London Consort ; Philip Pickett, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded September 15-17, 1992, in Walthamstow Assembly Hall. |
| Language | Sung in English. |
| UPC | 028944022025 |
| Publisher number | 440 220-2 Editions de l'Oiseau-Lyre |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Music Media - Ask at Circulation Desk | CD-29786 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |