Blow: An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell (1/3) - Blaze, Darnell

[dennisparnell]

The Deller version (there were at least two) was with John Whitworth - in my opinion, this was the benchmark recording - the voices were perfectly matched and both were singing countertenor instead of tenor and countertenor as is this recording - a bit unbalanced here -

the second Deller version was with his son Mark Deller, and was, for my taste, not as good as the Deller/Whitworth pairing.

I learned of this piece of music when I heard Russell Oberlin and Charles Bressler rehearsing it.

[awyliu]

I went to a concert last evening with Robin Blaze and Iestyn Davies and this was the main piece - wonderful!

[yclept9]

@sunsdomain it's an audio term, it means with the volume too high for the medium, resulting in distortion in the audio. Deller's voice is particularly susceptible to it, at least on vinyl.

[Ivanbelastegui]

Great harmony of male voices. Very pleasant to listen too, both the voices and the melody. Thanks for posting

[ivycompton]

I love all the versions of this, including this. But maybe the Jacob/Newman version is my favorite. Thanks for posting!

[LordMagros]

thanks this is a good interpretation but really I preffer the Dellers interpretation

[bdunn2]

Is the Score available online in a PDF format? if not you should post it to IMSLP.

[yclept9]

There was a beautiful version in the 50s with Alfred Deller, probably Vanguard or one of those Bach Guild LPs. Purcell on the flip side.

[yclept9]

Rereleased by Vanguard! "Music of Henry Purcell" volume 2, 6-cd set, on the 6th CD.

It also solves the problem that the original LP had a section which overmodulated Deller.

[sunsdomain]

@yclept9 I had this lovely LP years ago, don't know where it ended up. Could you explain to a complete non-musician what "overmodulated" means?

[yamiyugikun]

This is so lovely, thank you for sharing it!

[sophielecoeur]

A very beautiful piece sung by two heavenly voices! Thank you for posting this!

[garkareno]

Thank you so much. it is so wonderful

Merci beaucoup for the poster

[scallopinimuscle]

bling Throats

[BonettiAmendola]

Really interesting. Great to listen to. Thanks for posting!

[molealto]

Glad to hear it done with high (falsetto) and low (haute-contre) countertenors, as I'm sure was intended...

[delauge]

is it original score?

[MehdiCaps]

Yes, it's the 1696 edition.

[delauge]

that´s interesting how they wrote music symbols

[1685JSBAMB1750]

Great music, thanks a lot for posting this !

[jerald1610]

Thanks for posting this work and the historical notes that are included. This area of the Baroque period, particularly the music of Purcell and his contempories are not as presented as much as it should be on YouTube. What a sound!

[MehdiCaps]

I'm trying to fix that with my TheCompletePurcell channel. :)

Eser (civileso) will post some of Blow's songs soon, and we'll probably make videos with works by other contemporaries. It's important to see geniuses like Purcell and Händel in context. Not to mention that the other composers sometimes produced authentic masterpieces, like this ode.

[CubbyNH]

Blaze is actually one of my favorites. I just have no videos of him singing. I'll have to add some of the recital stuff from him I have.. thanks for the post.

[mradaChris]

This is very nice!

chris

[margotlorena]

how sad! "but in the close of night...."