Andreas Scholl sings Purcell

By Travis Mason, 18 January 2011

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Reviewed at Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham on 16 January 2011

Purcell, Sweeter than roses, Z 585

Purcell, Oedipus: Music for a While, Z 583 no.2

Purcell, Now that the sun hath veiled its light, an evening hymn, Z 193

Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Dido's Lament "When I am laid in earth"

Purcell, King Arthur Z 628: Arias from the opera

Purcell, O Solitude, Z 406

Andreas Scholl, Countertenor

Accademia Bizantina

Stefano Montanari, Violin

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Intimate devotion to a lamenting mother

Olivia Bell, 14th March

Joined by the exquisitely subtle Accademia Bizantina led by Alessandro Tampieri, Scholl brought little-known but no less great devotions to the Virgin Mary to life with impetus and intimacy.

****1

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****1

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