Venus & Adonis / Cupid & Death

Venus & Adonis: An Opera / Cupid & Death: Masque in 5 Entries

John Blow / Matthew Locke / Christopher Gibbons
The Consort of Musicke - Anthony Rooley, dir.
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (EMI) CDS 7 49623-2 [2 CD]

Contents CD#1:

John Blow (1649-1708)
Venus & Adonis (1682)

1. Prologue
2. Act One
3. Act Two
4. Act Three

Playing time: 51'23"

Performer: The Consort of Musicke - Anthony Rooley, dir.
[Emma Kirkby (soprano), Evelyn Tubb (soprano), Richard Wistreich (bass), Tessa Bonner (soprano), Cathy Cass (alto), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Andrew King (tenor), Rufus Muller (tenor), Jeremy White (bass), Members of the London Oratory Junior Choir, Susan Carpenter-Jacobs (violin), Cathy Weiss (violin), Katharine Hart (viola), Alison Crum (bass viol), Peter Davies (recorder), Jonathan Morgan (recorder), Alan Wilson (organ and harpsichord), Jakob Lindberg (theorbo), Anthony Rooley (lute)]

Recording site and date: Forde Abbey, Somerset, 23-29 May 1984

Contents CD#2:

Christopher Gibbons (1615-1676) / Matthew Locke (c.1621-1677)
Cupid & Death (1653)

1. First Entry: Curtain Music & Overture
2. Second Enrty: Suite of Dances
3. Third Entry: Exchange of Arrows
4. Fourth Entry: Distraught Nature
5. Fifth Entry: Mercury Descends

Performer: The Consort of Musicke - Anthony Rooley, dir.
[Emma Kirkby (soprano), Andrew King (tenor), David Thomas (bass), Poppy Holden (soprano), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Cathy Cass (soprano), Evelyn Tubb (soprano), Mary Nichols (alto), Richard Wistreich (bass), Susan Carpenter-Jacobs (violin), Sharon Lindo (violin), Alison Crum (bass viol), Alan Wilson (harpsichord and organ), Jakob Lindberg (theorbo), Anthony Rooley (lute)]

Recording site and date: Forde Abbey, Somerset, 26-30 September 1983

Total Playing time: 90 minutes

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