COMPOSERS: Purcell/Blow
LABELS: ATMA
WORKS: Ode on Purcell's Death
PERFORMER: Daniel Taylor (countertenor); Da Sonar
CATALOGUE NO: ACS 22133 (distr. Harmonia Mundi)
Daniel Taylor possesses the gentlest and lushest of voices, perfectly suited to Purcell. This collection includes half a dozen of that composer’s finest songs, interspersed with four instrumental sonatas gorgeously played by Da Sonar, and it’s capped touchingly – albeit revealingly, since its composer’s talents were no match for Purcell’s – with John Blow’s Ode on Purcell’s Death. Stephen Pettitt
Purcell/Blow: Ode on Purcell's Death
Daniel Taylor possesses the gentlest and lushest of voices, perfectly suited to Purcell. This collection includes half a dozen of that composer’s finest songs, interspersed with four instrumental sonatas gorgeously played by Da Sonar, and it’s capped touchingly – albeit revealingly, since its composer’s talents were no match for Purcell’s – with John Blow’s Ode on Purcell’s Death. Stephen Pettitt
Our rating
5
Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:10 pm