A Fancy: Fantasy On English Airs And Tunes - Le Caravanserail, Bertrand Cuiller

Le Caravansérail

Bertrand Cuiller - Conductor

Rachel Redmond - Soprano

In their first recording for harmonia mundi, Bertrand Cuiller and the musicians of Le Caravansérail immerse us in the dreamlike world of the London theatre of the 17th century. Incidental music, airs, dances and inventive melodies combining the English tradition and French and Italian innovations are the ingredients that make up the five imaginary tableaux of this reconstruction of the period, illuminated by the voice of a distinguished ‘guest star’, the soprano Rachel Redmond.

Matthew Locke [1621-1677]

1Part I
Curtain Tune3'39
Giovanni Battista Draghi [c.1640-1708]

5Part II
Must I ever sigh in vain?1'26
Henry Purcell [1659-1695]

10Part III
First Act Tune The Virtuous Wife1'05
17Part IV
Curtain Tune Timon of Athens4'21
Matthew Locke [1621-1677]

21Part V
Canon a 4 in 2 The Tempest1'37
Henry Purcell [1659-1695]

2Ouverture The Virtuous Wife2'44
Giovanni Battista Draghi [c.1640-1708]

3Where are thou, God of Dreams! Romulus and Hersilia2'46
Henry Purcell [1659-1695]

4Hornpipe The Fairy Queen0'54
6I see, she flies me Aureng-Zebe1'48
Matthew Locke [1621-1677]

7Lilk0'46
Henry Purcell [1659-1695]

8Second Music The Virtuous Wife3'15
9O Solitude!5'09
11Twas within a furlong of Edinboro' town The Mock Marriage2'28
Samuel Akeyrode [fl.1684-1706]

12From drinking of Sack by the Pottle1'16
Anonymous

13First Music0'49
14Saraband2'26
15Second Music0'56
Louis Grabu [fl.1665-1694]

16O Jealousy! Albion and Albanus3'49
Henry Purcell [1659-1695]

18Ah me! To many deaths decreed Regulus2'48
John Blow [1649-1708]

19A Ground Venus and Adonis1'58
Matthew Locke [1621-1677]

Orlando Gibbons [1583-1625]

20Fly, my children Cupid and Death4'05
Henry Purcell [1659-1695]

22See, even Night herself is here The Fairy Queen4'25
23Symphony King Arthur1'56
Matthew Locke [1621-1677]

24The Descending of Venus Psyche3'32
James Hart [1647-1718]

25Adieu to the Pleasures and Follies The Tempest5'5