John Holloway、Monika Bair、Renate Steinmann、Martin Zeller - Purcell: Fantasias - Import CD

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John Holloway、Monika Bair、Renate Steinmann、Martin Zeller

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Baroque violin virtuoso and friends express the atmosphere of the era with extraordinary abilityBaroque violinist and conductor John Holloway of England. While his previous album, "Dowland and the Pavanes and Fantasias of His Time" (481-430), was programmed around Renaissance composer John Dowland's "Pavane of Tears," this album is a "Fantasia Collection" by Baroque composer Henry Purcell. In his detailed liner notes, Holloway describes "The Fantasias" as "a personal farewell to the kind of music that will soon replace the sonata in Purcell's own chamber music, and how fascinating it is to see the best of Byrd, Rose, Jenkins, and Locke extracted from those wonderful things. How fascinating it is," he stated. Purcell's "Fantasia Collection" is seen as the finest and most complex work in the genre, integrating esoteric counterpoint with all the polyphonic technical splendor of its time.The performance of the three- and four-voice Fantasia by Holloway and members of the ensemble offers deep insights into the structure of the composition and reveals a new perspective on the composer. Holloway writes of it as "an extraordinary ability to walk the slightest gap between joy and sorrow, and to beautifully express the melancholy that was the characteristic mood of his time." Universal Music/IMS