Blow: Venus and Adonis

John Blow
Venus and Adonis
Various performers, London Baroque - Charles Medlam, dir.
Harmonia mundi HMC 90 1276 [CD]
Harmonia mundi HMC 40 1276 [Cass.]
Harmonia mundi "Musique d'abord" HMA 190 1276 [CD]
Harmonia mundi "Musique d'abord" HMA 43 1276 [Cass.]

Contents:

    John Blow
  1. Venus and Adonis

Playing time: 49' 44"

Performers:
Nancy Argenta (soprano - Cupid), Lynne Dawson (soprano - Venus), Stephen Varcoe (bass - Voice, Adonis), Emily Van Evera (soprano - Sheperdess), John Mark Ainsley (spoken voice - Shepherd), Charles Daniel (tenor - Shepherd), Gordon Jones (bass - Voice, Shepherd), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor - Huntsman)
London Baroque
Charles Medlam, dir.

Recording site and date:
Unknown [10/1987];
Rel.: 1988 (HMC), 1992 (HMA)

Excerpts:
[-] Harmonia mundi HMX 290 605 / 607 [CDx3] Opéra Baroque: les moments forts.

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (y., #-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

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Pierre-F. Roberge