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If the Fates allow

Helen Charlston, Sounds Baroque

EAN / barcode: 194491291617
Release date: 25 October 2019

In this solo recital, Gramophone Award winner Helen Charlston performs a selection of songs by English composer Henry Purcell, some more, some less well-known, as well as pieces by other composers from that period such as John Blow, John Eccles, Christopher Simpson and Daniel Purcell, Henry's son. Her selections focus on songs that tell stories about the struggle between heart and mind: Do we fall in love out of reason or because fate has determined it? Regarding her special relationship with Purcell, Charlston explains that she makes room for his songs in almost every programme she creates. She adds that his addictive music has a power over her from which she cannot and does not want to escape. This specific programme is a special tribute to the fact that Purcell's music has become an essential part of her identity as a singer. For this recording, Helen Charlston is accompanied by Ensemble Sounds Baroque: Jonathan Manson (bass viol), William Carter (theorbo / baroque guitar) and Julian Perkins (harpsichord / organ), three musicians whose expertise and love for this music, she says, comes through in every note they play.

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Tracklist

01 I love and I must, Z. 382 03:05
02 No. 2 Music for a While 03:48
03 Tell me, some pitying angel, Z. 196 "The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation" 07:32
04 The Division Viol: Divisions in D Major 05:03
05 What a sad fate is mine, Z. 428 03:40
06 If music be the food of love, Z. 379c (Third Version) 04:12
07 The fatal hour comes on apace, Z. 421 04:04
08 The History of Timon of Athens, The Man-Hater, Z. 632: No. 10, The Cares of Lovers 02:12
09 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: I attempt from Love’s sickness 01:50
10 She ventures, and he wins: Restless in thought 04:19
11 Morlake Ground 04:43
12 If music be the food of love, Z. 379a (First Version) 02:56
13 Morpheus thou gentle god 05:30
14 O Solitude, my sweetest choice, Z. 406 05:29