Abdelazer (Suites by Henry Purcell After the Tragedy by Aphra Behn) Orchester Le Phénix & John Holloway

• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695): The Double Dealer, Z. 592:
• 1 The Double Dealer, Z. 592: No. 1, Overture 02:19
• 2 The Double Dealer, Z. 592: No. 2, Hornpipe 00:45
• 3 The Double Dealer, Z. 592: No. 3, Minuett 00:51
• 4 The Double Dealer, Z. 592: No. 4, Aire 01:39
• 5 The Double Dealer, Z. 592: No. 5, Hornpipe 01:04
• 6 The Double Dealer, Z. 592: No. 6, Minuett (Slow Aire) 01:15
• 7 The Double Dealer, Z. 592: No. 7, Minuett (English Version) 01:01
• 8 The Double Dealer, Z. 592: No. 8, Aire 01:06
• 9 The Double Dealer, Z. 592: No. 9, Aire (English Version) 01:31
• Abdelazer, Z. 570:
• 10 Abdelazer, Z. 570: No. 1, Overture, Pt. 1 (English Version) 01:48
• 11 Abdelazer, Z. 570: No. 1, Overture, Pt. 2 (English Version) 01:22
• 12 Abdelazer, Z. 570: No. 2, Rondeau (English Version) 02:06
• 13 Abdelazer, Z. 570: No. 3, Air (English Version) 01:27
• 14 Abdelazer, Z. 570: No. 4, Air (English Version) 02:18
• 15 Abdelazer, Z. 570: No. 5, Minuett 00:57
• 16 Abdelazer, Z. 570: No. 6, Air (English Version) 01:58
• 17 Abdelazer, Z. 570: No. 9, Air 01:09
• 18 Abdelazer, Z. 570: No. 8, Hornpipe 00:49
• 19 Abdelazer, Z. 570: No. 7, Jigg (English Version) 00:54
• The Gordian Knot Unty'd, Z. 597:
• 20 The Gordian Knot Unty'd, Z. 597: No. 1, Overture (English Version) 03:27
• 21 The Gordian Knot Unty'd, Z. 597: No. 2, Air 00:43
• 22 The Gordian Knot Unty'd, Z. 597: No. 3, Rondeau - Minuett 01:32
• 23 The Gordian Knot Unty'd, Z. 597: No. 4, Air (English Version) 02:09
• 24 The Gordian Knot Unty'd, Z. 597: No. 5, Chaconne (English Version) 02:20
• 25 The Gordian Knot Unty'd, Z. 597: No. 6, Minuett 01:09
• 26 The Gordian Knot Unty'd, Z. 597: No. 7, Air 00:43
• 27 The Gordian Knot Unty'd, Z. 597: No. 8, Jigg (English Version) 02:50
• Distress'd Innocence, Z. 577:
• 28 Distress'd Innocence, Z. 577: No. 1, Overture 02:03
• 29 Distress'd Innocence, Z. 577: No. 2, Air 01:14
• 30 Distress'd Innocence, Z. 577: No. 3, Air 01:38
• 31 Distress'd Innocence, Z. 577: No. 4, Air 00:59
• 32 Distress'd Innocence, Z. 577: No. 5, Hornpipe (English Version) 01:26
• 33 Distress'd Innocence, Z. 577: No. 6, Rondeau 01:15
• 34 Distress'd Innocence, Z. 577: No. 7, Air 01:03
• 35 Distress'd Innocence, Z. 577: No. 8, Minuett (English Version) 02:58
• Bonduca, Z. 574:
• 36 Bonduca, Z. 574: No. 1, Hornpipe 01:01
• 37 Bonduca, Z. 574: No. 2, Air I (English Version) 01:15
• 38 Bonduca, Z. 574: No. 3, Air II (English Version) 02:23
• 39 Bonduca, Z. 574: No. 4, Overture 03:01
• 40 Bonduca, Z. 574: No. 5, Hornpipe 00:56
• 41 Bonduca, Z. 574: No. 6, Air 00:47
• 42 Bonduca, Z. 574: No. 7, Minuett 00:54
• Total Runtime 01:04:05

Info for Abdelazer (Suites by Henry Purcell After the Tragedy by Aphra Behn)

The melody of the „Rondeau“ from Abdelazer is one of the best-known tunes today and everyone can sing it. If we try to find out, who is the composer, we come across the name of Benjamin Britten whose symphonic variations from A young person’s guide to the orchestra are world-famous. It is, however, not Britten’s composition: it is Henry Purcell’s.

During the last five years of his short life Henry Purcell wrote more than 43 so-called ‘stage musics’ for theatre. In his final year in 1695, he composed the music for the tragedy Abdelazer by Aphra Behn. The tragedy Abdelazer tells the story about a slave who becomes king after many intrigues and murders. Unfortunately, only the first part of Purcell’s flamboyant suite has survived.

For their recording Mathias Kleiböhmer and his orchestra Le Phénix join forces with Linard Bardill (German narration) and John Holloway (English narration) and tell the story of Abdelazer, using the surviving pieces of the suite as well as a selection of Purcell’s stage music that was written shortly before Abdelazer.

Orchestre Le Phenix
Linard Bardill, Narrator
John Holloway, Narrator
Mathias Kleiböhmer, direction

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