Purcell: If music....

Henry Purcell's song "If music be the food of love", performed by Chia-Fen Wu (soprano) and Dirk Moelants (viola da gamba), live in Taipei on 11 February 2007.

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• soprano
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[direngrey2143]

i'm aware there are different settings by purcell, i was asking whether or not the continuo was arranged from the original as i've played this particular one before (with voice/harpsichord/gamba).

[kpamina]

There are three versions by Purcell, I LOVE this one... 

[kpamina]

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[kpamina]

there are three versions by Purcell

[direngrey2143]

dirk, did you arrange the continuo part?

correct me if i'm wrong, but the original is quite different.

[kukyuen]

@emeboteef: not all Baroque music are performed at A=415. For example, a lot of Purcell's music was indeed sung at a much higher pitch, even as high as the 490s. Another example is the Venetian pitch (e.g. for some Vivaldi's music). 462+. And the vibrato comment: vibrato has always been seen as a natural part of a healthy voice, and larger deviation of the principal note in the Baroque era was called something else entirely: ornaments, trills.. as long as they enhance, and not distort harmony.

[lolamby1]

@emeboteerf Blatant chronocentrism.

[emeboteerf]

Now, although some people prefer "historically accurate" performances of Baroque music a half step down and without vibrato, many, many realize that the Baroque musicians would have been pleased with a more evolved sound, and indeed eventually sought it for themselves.

[emeboteerf]

Baroque music was not traditionally SUNG with out vibrato. Rather, the instruments played without vibrato, until they realized they would sound better if they attempted to emulate the beautiful natural vibrato of the freely resonating voice.

[clubindahol]

please, listen to emma kirkby's version.