Purcell: The Indian Queen (Opéra En 5 Actes) / Le Masque De Timon D'Athènes
Deller ConsortLPA THE INDIAN QUEEN
- Prologue (n° 1 à 10)
LPB THE INDIAN QUEEN
- Acte 2 (n° 11 à 16)
- Acte 3, Début (n° 19 à 21)
LPC THE INDIAN QUEEN
- Acte 3, Fin (n° 22 à 27)
- Acte 4 (n° 28 - 29)
- Acte 5 (n° 30)
LPD THE MASQUE' FROM TIMON OF ATHENS
- Overture
- Hark! How the Songsters of the Grove
- Come All, Come All To Me
- The Care of Lovers
In quest of the (Baroque) Indies.
The subject, synonymous with exoticism in Europe in the Golden Age, pits Aztecs against Incas on the stage: Purcell died before finishing the music, but what he left to accompany this staged entertainment is nonetheless a swan-song of exceptional beauty.