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Tempest by Folger Consort (CD, 2008)

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UPC
0660355871825
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6046067901

Product Key Features

Artist
Folger Consort
Format
CD
Release Year
2008
Release Title
Tempest
Genre
Classical Artists

Dimensions

Item Length
5.60in
Item Height
0.40in
Item Width
4.90in
Item Weight
0.22lb.

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Number of Discs
1
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The songs in The Tempest have always attracted composers. While many musicians since the 17th century have set them, we believe James Primosch's Songs and Dances from "The Tempest" to be the first using the instruments of Shakespeare's time. It is a difficult assignment for a contemporary composer to use old instruments in a manner that is appropriate to their techniques and timbres, without making them sound stylized and quaint. James Primosch has succeeded admirably, in these sometimes atmospheric, sometimes humorous, and altogether beautiful settings from The Tempest. It is gratifying that he has not limited his choice of texts to the ones that were probably sung in the original staging, but has also produced marvelous settings of some of the greatest poetry in the play - Caliban's "Be not afear'd" and Prospero's "Our revels now are ended." The following notes on Songs and Dances from 'The Tempest' are by the composer: This piece came about because Folger member Christopher Kendall, who knew my work as composer and pianist from his 'other' Consort - the 20th Century Consort, also based in Washington, D.C. - had heard my Four Sacred Songs, a set of arrangements of plainchant melodies for soprano and a sextet of modern instruments. Christopher wondered if an arrangement of those songs could be made for the old instruments of the Folger Consort. I thought about that for a bit but ultimately decided I would rather write a fresh piece for the Folger, eventually realizing that a piece composed for the ensemble in residence at the Folger Library really should be a Shakespeare piece. My first plan was to concoct an anthology of texts from various Shakespeare plays, but I set that aside in favor of focusing on a single play, perhaps the most musical of Shakespeare's creations, The Tempest. My suite of short pieces includes settings of songs from the play as well as a few speeches. I have also included some instrumental music, as suggested by the evocative stage directions. I hope lovers of the play will forgive me for re-ordering the texts so as to create a satisfying musical sequence that does not in all cases correspond to the sequence of the play itself. The texts are by turns playful, drunken, evocative, and profound. Throughout they are imbued with a magical atmosphere that is unique in Shakespeare. I hope I have reflected some of this atmosphere in my music. The challenge for a modern composer to write for the instruments of another time is formidable. You spend your life as a composer building up an image in the inner ear of what, for example, the cello sounds like in various contexts - it is difficult to set these things aside when presented with a cello-like object such as the vielle. But, at least to some extent, set them aside you must. As a pianist I feel especially ill-equipped to write for these instruments since my own instrument's repertoire begins about a century after the newest music the Folger Consort normally plays! I lack a personal connection with the repertoire of these instruments. Still, I love the sounds of the ancient instruments and love the repertoires that the Folger so beautifully engages. So I have tried to create a sound world that would both suit the instruments and perhaps challenge them a little, all the while serving Shakespeare's texts. The endless patience and goodwill of the members of the Consort has played no small role in the pleasure of creating this piece. I am grateful for the chance to adventure with them to Prospero's enchanted realm where we might enjoy the 'sounds and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not.' As John Dryden pointed out in the Preface to The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island, first staged in 1667, his adaptation of Shakespeare was not the first to be based on the original. Nor would it be the last, of course. Most of the 17th-century music heard on this recording is from a slightly later production, the "operatic" adaptation by Thomas Shadwell of Dryden an
Tracks
1.1 Songs and Dances from the Tempest: A Tempestuous Noise 1.2 Songs and Dances from the Tempest: Come Unto These Yellow Sands 1.3 Songs and Dances from the Tempest: Solemn Music of Ariel 1.4 Songs and Dances from the Tempest: The Master, the Swabber, the Boatswain, and I 1.5 Songs and Dances from the Tempest: Full Fathom Five 1.6 Songs and Dances from the Tempest: Flout 'Em and Scout 'Em/Be Not Afear'd 1.7 Songs and Dances from the Tempest: A Solemn and Strange Music 1.8 Songs and Dances from the Tempest: Honor, Riches, Marriage Blessing 1.9 Songs and Dances from the Tempest: Earth's Increase, Foison Plenty 1.10 Songs and Dances from the Tempest: A Graceful Dance, a Confused Noise 1.11 Songs and Dances from the Tempest: No More Dams 1.12 Songs and Dances from the Tempest: Where the Bee Sucks 1.13 Songs and Dances from the Tempest: Our Revels Now Are Ended 1.14 The Tempest, Incidental Music: The First Musick: Intro-Galliard 1.15 The Tempest, Incidental Music: The First Musick: Gavotte 1.16 The Tempest, Incidental Music: The Second Musick: Sarabrand 1.17 The Tempest, Incidental Music: The Second Musick: Lilk 1.18 The Tempest, Incidental Music: Curtain Tune 1.19 The Tempest, Incidental Music: Come Unto These Yellow Sands 1.20 The Tempest, Incidental Music: Rustick Air 1.21 The Tempest, Incidental Music: Dance of the Winds 1.22 The Tempest, Incidental Music: Full Fathom Five 1.23 The Tempest, Incidental Music: Dry Those Eyes 1.24 The Tempest, Incidental Music: Minoit 1.25 The Tempest, Incidental Music: Fantastick Spirits 1.26 The Tempest, Incidental Music: Eccho Duet: Go Thy Way 1.27 The Tempest, Incidental Music: Corant 1.28 The Tempest, Incidental Music: Adieu to the Pleasures 1.29 The Tempest, Incidental Music: A Martial Jigge 1.30 The Tempest, Incidental Music: My Lord Great Neptune 1.31 The Tempest, Incidental Music: Trytons' Dance 1.32 The Tempest, Incidental Music: See, See, the Heavens Smile 1.33 The Tempest, Incidental Music: Where the Bee Sucks 1.34 The Tempest, Incidental Music: The Conclusion: A Canon 4 in 2
Number of Tracks
34

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