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Purcell: Funeral Odes for Queen Mary / Brown
Release Date: 03/29/2007
Label: Brilliant Classics Catalog #: 93179/23 Spars Code: DDD
Composer: Henry Purcell
Performer: Jonathan Brown, William Carter, Mark Bennett, Elizabeth Kenny, ...
Conductor: Timothy Brown
Orchestra/Ensemble: Baroque Brass of London, Clare College Choir
Number of Discs: 2
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 2 Hours 8 Mins.
Works on This Recording
1. Te Deum and Jubilate in D major, Z 232 by Henry Purcell
Performer: Jonathan Brown (Organ), William Carter (Theorbo), Mark Bennett (Trumpet),
Elizabeth Kenny (Theorbo), Robert Howes (Tambour), Michael Laird (Trumpet),
Ron Bryans (Sackbut), Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet), Keri Dexter (Organ),
Andrew Manze (Violin), Jennifer Ward-Clarke (Bass Violin), Marshall Marcus (Violin),
Jan Schlapp (Viola)
Conductor: Timothy Brown
Orchestra/Ensemble: Baroque Brass of London, Clare College Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: 1694; England
Length: 18 Minutes 48 Secs.
Language: Latin
2. My beloved spake, Z 28 by Henry Purcell
Performer: William Carter (Theorbo), Keri Dexter (Organ), Jennifer Ward-Clarke (Bass Violin),
Jonathan Brown (Organ), Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet), Mark Bennett (Trumpet),
Michael Laird (Trumpet), Ron Bryans (Sackbut), Elizabeth Kenny (Theorbo),
Robert Howes (Tambour), Jan Schlapp (Viola), Andrew Manze (Violin),
Marshall Marcus (Violin)
Conductor: Timothy Brown
Orchestra/Ensemble: Baroque Brass of London, Clare College Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1678; England
Length: 9 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: English
3. O God, thou art my God, Z 35 by Henry Purcell
Performer: Keri Dexter (Organ), Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet), Jonathan Brown (Organ),
Mark Bennett (Trumpet), Jennifer Ward-Clarke (Bass Violin), Michael Laird (Trumpet),
Ron Bryans (Sackbut), Elizabeth Kenny (Theorbo), Robert Howes (Tambour),
William Carter (Theorbo), Jan Schlapp (Viola), Andrew Manze (Violin),
Marshall Marcus (Violin)
Conductor: Timothy Brown
Orchestra/Ensemble: Baroque Brass of London, Clare College Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1680-1682; England
Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs.
Language: English
4. Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?, Z 25 by Henry Purcell
Performer: Jennifer Ward-Clarke (Bass Violin), William Carter (Theorbo), Elizabeth Kenny (Theorbo),
Robert Howes (Tambour), Ron Bryans (Sackbut), Michael Laird (Trumpet),
Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet), Mark Bennett (Trumpet), Jonathan Brown (Organ),
Keri Dexter (Organ), Marshall Marcus (Violin), Andrew Manze (Violin),
Jan Schlapp (Viola)
Conductor: Timothy Brown
Orchestra/Ensemble: Baroque Brass of London, Clare College Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1680-1682; England
Length: 3 Minutes 16 Secs.
Language: English
5. Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z 50 by Henry Purcell
Performer: Mark Bennett (Trumpet), William Carter (Theorbo), Michael Laird (Trumpet),
Elizabeth Kenny (Theorbo), Robert Howes (Tambour), Ron Bryans (Sackbut),
Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet), Keri Dexter (Organ), Jonathan Brown (Organ),
Jennifer Ward-Clarke (Bass Violin), Marshall Marcus (Violin), Andrew Manze (Violin),
Jan Schlapp (Viola)
Conductor: Timothy Brown
Orchestra/Ensemble: Baroque Brass of London, Clare College Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1680-1682; England
Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: English
6. Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z 15 by Henry Purcell
Performer: Marshall Marcus (Violin), Andrew Manze (Violin), Jan Schlapp (Viola)
Conductor: Timothy Brown
Orchestra/Ensemble: Clare College Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1680-1682; England
Length: 2 Minutes 6 Secs.
Language: English
7. March and Canzona in C minor, Z 860 by Henry Purcell
Performer: William Carter (Theorbo), Elizabeth Kenny (Theorbo), Ron Bryans (Sackbut),
Robert Howes (Tambour), Michael Laird (Trumpet), Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet),
Mark Bennett (Trumpet), Keri Dexter (Organ), Jonathan Brown (Organ),
Andrew Manze (Violin), Jennifer Ward-Clarke (Bass Violin), Marshall Marcus (Violin),
Jan Schlapp (Viola)
Conductor: Timothy Brown
Orchestra/Ensemble: Baroque Brass of London, Clare College Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: 1692; England
Length: 14 Minutes 41 Secs.
Language: English
Notes and Editorial Reviews
AllMusic Review by James Manheim [-]
This is a quiet, chamber performance of a magnificent group of Henry Purcell's sacred works, originally issued on the Columns Classics label in 1997; listener reactions to it will likely depend on how the individual listener feels about the trend toward the downsizing of Baroque performance forces. The Clare College Choir, Cambridge, is a youthful mixed-voice ensemble that sounds a bit like an all-boy group. There are no featured vocal soloists, just individual singers of modest vocal dimensions drawn from the choir. Here the choir consists of 24 singers, with one player on each part in the string accompanimental ensemble, plus a continuo of theorbo and organ. The strings are often joined by a small brass group in antiphonal structures. These forces are perfectly balanced, and the beautiful text articulation of the choir -- no texts are provided, and none are needed -- is balanced by the smooth playing of some leading lights of English early music: Andrew Manze on violin and Crispian Steele-Perkins, to name two. The only question is whether these forces are enough to balance the big spaces of these Purcell pieces, which were ceremonial, splendid, and architecturally impressive. One possible answer might be that the concluding Funeral Music for Queen Mary, with its somber atmosphere, works better than the works earlier in the program. The choir is expressive and admirably engaged with the text throughout, and they offer a memorable execution of the agonizing dissonances in the "In the midst of life" section, track 10. In any event, this is an unusual Purcell performance that displays the considerable musical skills so often possessed by Britain's venerable university choirs.
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