Henry Purcell: "Fairest isle, all isles excelling" (Philippe Jaroussky)
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Uploaded by MusicForAwhileXVII on Jan 3, 2011
Henry Purcell (1659?-1695)
"Fairest isle, all isles excelling" from King Arthur Z 628
Philippe Jaroussky & Ensemble Artaserse:
Alessandro Tampieri, Raúl Orellana - violins
Marco Massera - viola
Luis Beduschi, Margret Görner - flutes
Jean-Marc Philippe, Clémentine Humeau - oboes
Christine Plubeau - viola da gamba
Richard Myron - bass viola da gamba
Claire Antonini - theorbo
Marco Horvat - theorbo/guitar
Yoko Nakamura - harpsichord
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées 11 december 2010
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Text by John Dryden (1631-1700)
Fairest isle, all isles excelling,
Seat of pleasure and of love.
Venus here will choose her dwelling,
And forsake her Cyprian grove.
Cupid from his fav'rite nation
Care and envy will remove;
Jealousy that poisons passion,
And despair that dies for love.
Gentle murmurs, sweet complaining,
Sighs that blow the fire of love,
Soft repulses, kind disdaining,
Shall be all the pains you prove.
Every swain shall pay his duty,
Grateful every man shall prove;
And as these excel in beauty,
Those shall be renown'd for love.
broadcast on France Musique 3.01.2011
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"Fairest isle was one of Purcell's biggest successes in King Arthur, first performed at the Dorset Garden Theatre in 1691. A patriotic song in praise of Britain which is sung by Venus near the end of the opera, its two strophic verses (separated here with instrumental verses) demonstrate Purcell's genius for writing a tune of memorable yet simple melody."
notes by Robert King © 1989
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Casi todo lo que canta Jaroussky me parece bueno. Esta no es la excepción.
Minuestis 2 days ago
wow. It really slows down. Compare 1' 30 to 3' 20
spangleJ 1 month ago
Lovely. After attempting to sing/play this myself, it's lovely to hear it done properly! In the (old) book I have, the song has been re-written with embarrassingly patriotic height-of-the-British-Empire words (!!) Sounds so much better with the originals. Although apparently this was the tune to which Charles Wesley originally set "Love Divine, all Loves Excelling". I would like to hear someone do that!
elfloveisforever 5 months ago