Calliope - Beautiful Voice Vol 1 / Emma Curtis, The Frolick

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Album Summary

Ensemble

• The Frolick

Composers

• Henry Carey (1687 - 1743)
• Henry Holcombe (circa 1693 - circa 1693)
• Johann Ernest Galliard (1687 - 1749)
• Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778)
• David Digard (died 1745)
• Henry Burgess, Jr.
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)
• Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958)
• Anonymous, English
• John Frederick Lampe
• George Munro (1680 - 1731)
• John Van Brugh (1664 - 1664)
• Allan Ramsay
• Scottish Traditional
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Francesco Geminiani (1687 - 1762)
• Giovanni Battista Pescetti (1704 - 1766)
• Maurice Green (1696 - 1755)
• Jonathan Martin
• William Boyce (1711 - 1779)

Notes & Reviews:

"This is a labour of love. Emma Curtis stumbled across Calliope (published in 1739 by John Simpson) while researching the career of the castrato Senesino. A few songs are undeniably mediocre, but there are plenty of fine songs by familiar names (Purcell, Arne, Lampe, Boyce) and pieces adapted from Handel's operas. The mixture gives us a glimpse into early-18th-century London's social, political and cultural concerns, as well as revealing the kinds of songs popular for domestic use. It is possible to draw a few entertaining conclusions from this lovingly packaged programme: Sir John Vanbrugh was more gifted at architecture than at musical composition (if we take the attribution of "The Coquet" seriously), so-called Scottish songs were enormously popular, and, naturally, that Anonymous was a prolific contributor to the genre. Across the recital Curtis employs an impressive array of expressive vocal colours. Perhaps an early-18th-century singer would have tackled these with a straighter tone than Curtis uses for most of the faster songs featured here but her deepest register is outstanding when used for natural sweet singing. The fact she occasionally sounds like a tenor comes in useful in Galliard's hunting song "The Early Horn", which was a favourite song of Handel's regular English oratorio tenors John Beard and Thomas Lowe. Among the highlights are Carey's satirical "The Lady's Lamentation for the Loss of Senesino" and Burgess's counterpart "England's Lamentation for the loss of Farinelli". There is also beautifully crafted melancholy evident in songs such as Henry Holcombe's "The Forsaken Nymph". These diverting and entertaining songs fully deserve their new lease of life." -Gramophone

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Works Details

Scott, Francis George : Cupid and Venus One Day Strove, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Purcell, Henry : Sophonisba, Z 590

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Carey, Henry : Divinest Fair, O Ease My Care, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Anonymous, English : Too Lovely Fair One, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.

Handel, George Frideric : Rodelinda :: O my pretty Punchinello

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1725

Handel, George Frideric : Arianna in Creta :: How is it possible

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 6 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1733

Holcombe, Henry : Guardian Angels Now Protect Me, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Lampe, John Frederick : Crouds of Coxcombs Thus Deluding, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Geminiani, Francesco : Know, Madam, I never was born, song for voice (or recorder) & continuo

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1735

Anonymous, English : Farewell, Ye Hills and Valleys, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.

Handel, George Frideric : Alcina :: Bird of May

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1735

Galliard, Johann Ernest : With Early Horn Salute the Morn, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Munro, George : 'Twas on a River's Verdant Side, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Pescetti, Giovanni Battista : Stella, Darling of the Muses, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Holcombe, Henry : Little Syren of the Stage, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Carey, Henry : Sad Musidora All in Woe, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Lampe, John Frederick : Whilst Endless Tears and Sighs Declare, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Anonymous, English : Down the Burn Davie ("When Trees Did Bud & Fields Were Green"), song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.

Arne, Thomas Augustine : The Miller of Mansfield ("How Happy a State Does the Miller Possess"), song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Brugh, John Van : From White's and Will's, song

• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Anonymous, English : The Forsaken Maid ("Fond Echo"), song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.

Anonymous, English : On Dear Zelinda's Charms I Gaze, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.

Green, Maurice : Busy Curious Thirsty Fly, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Period Time: Baroque

Digard, David : My Jolly Companion, Thou Hast a Good Face, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval

Lampe, John Frederick : Blow On, Ye Winds, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 5 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Galliard, Johann Ernest : Oft on Ye Troubled Ocean's Face, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Handel, George Frideric : English Songs (24), HWV 228 :: no 19. 'Twas When the Seas Were Roaring

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal

Carey, Henry : As Musing I Rang'd in Ye Meads, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 6 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Lampe, John Frederick : Pensive Alone the Desert Plains I Trace, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Anonymous, English : Linco Found Damon Lying, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.

Carey, Henry : Love's a Gentle, Gen'rous Passion, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Carey, Henry : Waft Me Some Soft and Cooling Breeze, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Anonymous, English : Whilst Strephon on Fair Cloe Hung, song (attrib. "Seignr. Anglosini")

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.

Anonymous, English : Frown Not, My Dear, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.

Ramsay, Allan : Corn Riggs Are Bonny ("My Patie is a Lover Gay"), song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.

Carey, Henry : Flocks Are Sporting, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Carey, Henry : Genteel in Personage, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Lampe, John Frederick : Why Do You Fix Your Eyes on Mine, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Digard, David : Too Plain, Dear Youth, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval

Anonymous, English : A Swain of Love Despairing, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.

Carey, Henry : What Tho' They Call Me Country Lass, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Green, Maurice : Charming Chloe, Look with Pity, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Martin, Jonathan : To Thee, O Gentle Sleep, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.

Burgess, Henry, Jr. : What Dire Misfortune (England's Lamentation for the Loss of Farinelli), song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Lampe, John Frederick : He's a Man Ev'ry Inch I Assure You (On Gallant Moor of Moorhall), song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Traditional, Scottish : Dumbarton's Drums ("Dumbarton's Drums Beat Bonny-O"), song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.

Carey, Henry : Cupid, God of Gay Desires, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Lampe, John Frederick : Glide Swiftly On, Thou Silver Stream, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Boyce, William : How Wretched Is a Maiden's Fate, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Green, Maurice : Little Flea, Why So Bloodthirsty, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Anonymous, English : If the Glasses They Are Empty, song

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.

Corelli, Arcangelo : Work(s) :: The Praise of Bacchus ("Bacchus, Assist Us to Sing")

• Ensemble: The Frolick
• Notes: Herz Jesu Kirche, Stuttgart, Germany (12/15/2005/12/16/2005)
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque