Blow: Lovely Selina - Catherine Bott

High resolution and stereo sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOVGPy3F4EA&fmt=18

Lovely Selina, innocent and free,
song for soprano and basso continuo

First performance: Sung in Nathaniel Lee's The Princess of Cleve, 1680
Published in Choice Airs and Songs, IV (London: John Playford, 1683)

Text: Anonymous
Music: John Blow


In this video:

Catherine Bott, soprano

Paula Chateauneuf, guitar
Mark Levy, bass viol

Recorded in 1994


Lovely Selina, innocent and free
from all the dangerous arts of love,
thus in a melancholy grove
enjoy'd the sweetness of her privacy;
'till envious gods designing to undo her,
dispatch'd the swain not unlike then to woo her.

It was not long e're the design did take;
a gentle youth born to persuade,
deceiv'd the too, too easy maid;
her scrip and garlands soon she did forsake,
and rashly told the secrets of her heart,
which the fond man would ever more impart.

False Florimel, joy of my heart, said she,
'tis hard to love, and love in vain,
to love, and not be lov'd again;
and why should love and prudence disagree?
Pity ye pow'rs that sit at ease above,
if e'er you know what 'tis to be in Love.

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[he1305]

I do not like this video because it is not a video!

[civileso]

@he1305 Not as if I care.

Cheers!

[choralcomposerdude]

Gorgeous! I really enjoyed this!

[jamianpal]

I think it's rather good, if we can't see the singer, the score is the next best thing!

[tinaturntable]

One of my favourite singers!

[grantco1313]

@he1305 Probably helps if you can read music...

[emilygclarinet]

Very pretty :)

[olialto7]

I think that this is the first time I've been able to listen to Bott's singing without grimacing! I've obviously been listening to the wrong recordings.

[energia321]

mmmmmmmm:) ach ten glos

[showandtellmedia]

lovely post...I was hoping that this was on Youtube!