Beauteous Softness
Beauteous Softness
€ 10,99 – € 18,00
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
John Blow (1649-1708)
Henry Purcell
Pelham Humfrey (c. 1647-1674)
John Blow
Henry Purcell
William Webb (c. 1600-1657)
Henry Purcell
John Blow
Henry Purcell
John Blow
Henry Purcell
Pelham Humfrey
Henry Purcell
Album information
RESTRAINED YET PROFOUNDLY MOVING ENGLISH SONGS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Countertenor Tim Mead presents Beauteous Softness, a programme containing restrained yet profoundly moving songs by seventeenth-century English composers such as Purcell, Blow, Humfrey and Webb, in collaboration with La Nuova Musica and David Bates. The album also showcases the rich musical context that provided the foundation from which Purcell rose to prominence.
Tim Mead is one of today’s most in-demand countertenors, and returns to Pentatone after having starred in a complete recording of Handel’s Messiah (2020). La Nuova Musica and its artistic director David Bates are among the most exciting Baroque ensembles of today. Their Pentatone debut with Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice was both BBC Music Magazine’s Choice and Gramophone Editor’s Choice in December 2019, while Handel’s Unsung Heroes (2021) was BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Month and selected among the Best Classical Music Albums of 2022 by Gramophone.