Songs for Ariel / James Bowman, Kenneth Weiss

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Album Summary

Performers

• James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Kenneth Weiss (Piano)
• Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord)
• Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord)

Composers

• Anonymous, English
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
• John Dowland (1563 - 1626)
• Edmund Rubbra (1901 - 1986)
• Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930)
• Andrew Gant
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998)

Notes & Reviews:

"Far from a retrospective recording, however, Songs for Ariel is a vibrant performance that amply demonstrates the continuing vitality and beauty of Bowman's voice." - Opera Today

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Works Details

Anonymous, English : Salve Regina

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Kenneth Weiss (Piano); Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.

Dowland, John : Firste Booke of Songes

• Performers: Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1597

Purcell, Henry : King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628

• Performers: Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Purcell, Henry : Welcome to all the pleasures, Z 339 "Ode for St Cecilia's Day"

• Performers: Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord); Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1683

Purcell, Henry : Don Quixote, Z 578

• Performers: Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1695

Purcell, Henry : King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Piano)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1691

Handel, George Frideric : Ho fuggito Amore anch'io, cantata for alto, HWV 118

• Performers: Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 7 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: circa 1722

Handel, George Frideric : Agrippina :: Tacero, pur che fedele

• Performers: Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1709

Rubbra, Edmund : A Hymn To The Virgin, Op.13/2

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Kenneth Weiss (Piano); Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : The Woodcutter's Song ("He that is down need fear no fall"), for voice & clarinet (Songs from The Pi

• Performers: Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: by 1951

Britten, Benjamin : A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 :: I know a bank

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Kenneth Weiss (Piano); Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord); Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1960

Britten, Benjamin : Folksongs (7), Volume 1

• Performers: Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord); James Bowman (Countertenor); Kenneth Weiss (Piano)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: circa 1943

Warlock, Peter : The Night, for voice & piano (from Belloc Songs)

• Performers: Kenneth Weiss (Piano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord); Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1926

Tippett, Michael : Songs for Ariel, for voice & piano (or harpsichord)

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Kenneth Weiss (Piano); Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1962

Howells, Herbert : King David for voice & piano

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Piano)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Gant, Andrew : Epitaph for Salomon Pavey, for voice & piano

• Performers: James Bowman (Countertenor); Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord); Kenneth Weiss (Piano); Marc Ducornet (Harpsichord)
• Notes: Abbey, St.-Michel-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (06/21/2005-06/23/2005)
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary