Incidental music for Thomas Shadwell's operatic version of Shakespeare's play The Tempest (Locke/Smith)
 | from Four and Twenty Fiddlers (CDA66667) 1 The First Musick: Introduction [1'00] 16 minutes 29 seconds 11 tracks2 The First Musick: Galliard [1'28] 3 The First Musick: Gavot [1'00] 4 The Second Musick: Saraband [1'52] 5 The Second Musick: Lilk [0'54] 6 The Second Musick: Curtain Tune [3'10] 7 The Second Musick: The First Act Tune 'Rustick Air' [1'15] 8 The Second Musick: The Second Act Tune 'Minoit' [0'46] 9 The Second Musick: The Third Act Tune 'Corant' [1'14] 10 The Second Musick: The Fourth Act Tune 'A Martial Jigge' [1'24] 11 The Second Musick: The Conclusion 'A Canon 4 in 2' [2'26] ‘It is fascinating to hear for the first time music by Banister and Grabu and Purcell's recently-discovered Staircase Overture’ (Gramophone) ‘A marvellous introduction to the instrumental world in which Purcell grew up’ (Early Music Review) ‘Forced to be restricted to one disc that conveys the essence of the period, this would be it. A must’ (American Record Guide) |