Track Listings (7) - Disc #1| All Artists: Purcell, Deller Consort, King's Musick Title: Indian Queen Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr. Release Date: 11/8/1996 Genres: Pop, Classical Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Forms & Genres, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750) Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 794881361328 |
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CD ReviewsRestoration Musical Theatre B. Marold | Bethlehem, PA United States | 12/24/2006 (4 out of 5 stars) "'The Indian Queen' with music by Henry Purcell strikes me like so much of Purcell's other music. It always reminds me of the 'Masterpiece Theatre' theme with great pomp and circumstance, but weak on musical value. That is, until the arias! They are still no match for the great German or Italian arias, and they are just a bit tinny, like so much English music (except the works of the German Handel), but this is still good stuff.
The plot is almost entirely inconsequential, as it is pure fantasy. The work's greatest value to the casual listener is that it is a great exemplar of English Restoration musical theatre, which seemed to have a lot more in common with American musical theatre than the operas by continental composers. A facinating piece from a neglected corner of musical history." |