Ensemble Le Tendre Amour - Alla in a Garden Green
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Ensemble Le Tendre AmourNina Åkerblom Nielsen - soprano
Sébastien Perrin - traverso
Adriana Alcaide - violin
Katy Elkin - oboe
Lixsania Fernández - viola da gamba
Krishnasol Jiménez - theorbo & guitar
Esteban Mazer- harpsichord
The first recording on Brilliant Classics of the splendid Early Music ensemble Le Tendre Amour. The ensemble present a beautiful bouquet of English Lute Songs, divided in 4 groups centred around the four seasons Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. Composers are famous names like Purcell, Byrd, Croft, Lawes, Morley and Eccles, and lesser known like Lanier, de Gallot, Finger. The Booklet contains all song texts and excellent liner notes. A pure delight for all seasons!
A delightful collection of English songs from the 17th century, constructed around the major influence of the four seasons, and showcasing the great enthusiasm for music, particularly amateur music making, that took place during this era. During the Commonwealth of England (c.1640-1660), music disappeared almost entirely from religious and court occasions. The use of instruments and music in churches was banned, and organs were destroyed by order of the regime - so the public turned to village and tavern musicians, country dances and new musical clubs for music making. Coinciding with the decline of the Elizabethan madrigal, folk music and settings of the famous poets of the day were popular; similarly, keyboard variations on dance tunes and romantic songs for voice and lute were all the rage, and this continued into the years of the Restoration under Charles II.
The monarch's influence can be detected in the French style of some of the later works, featuring oboe and large groups of strings. This outpouring of inspired music is captured perfectly in this new collection, performed with insight and sensitivity by Ensemble Le Tendre Amour. Composers featured include Purcell, Playford, Morley, Croft, Lawes, Byrd, Eccles, Ravenscroft and, of course, many anonymous works. From bucolic country music to sophisticated pieces for a gentrified city audience, the music provides a vivid soundtrack to life in the turbulent world of 17th century England.
1 Playford - Chirping of the Nightingale / Chirping of the Lark 0'53
2 Byrd / Mell / Baltzar - John come kiss me now 4'40
3 Matteis - Va poco di manera Italiana / Aria Amorosa 3'36
4 Lanier - No more shall meads be deckt with flowers 3'44
5 Finger - Ciaccona 2'35
6 Playford - Glory of the West / The Goddesses 1'17
7 Lawes - Can beauty's spring 1'30
8 de Gallot - Chaconne 3'56
9 Anonymous Now ye spring is come 1'02
10 Matteis - Ground after the Scotch Humour 2'13
11 Croft - Ground in C minor 2'52
12 Purcell - Sweeter than Roses 3'10
13 Walsh Greensleeves 4'55
14 Playford / Sweelinck - All in a Garden Green / Onder een linde groen 2'07
15 Playford - Stanes Morris / The Glory of the Sun 1'10
16 Morley - O Mistress Mine 2'34
17 Byrd - The Woods so Wild 3'10
18 Anonymous / Purcell - The Chestnut / Autumn 2'15
19 Matteis - Aria 1'06
20 Playford - Cold and Raw 1'39
21 Purcell - When a cruel long winter 2'05
22 Ravenscroft - Remember O Thou Man 3'10
23 Playford - Virgin Queen / An Italian Rant 1'22
24 Eccles - A Division on a Ground 3'07
25 Purcell - Here the Deities approve 4'05