‎Blow: Venus & Adonis by René Jacobs

Overture

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

2:40

Prologue - Cupid, Chorus "Behold My Arrows and My Bow"

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Robin Blaze, René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Timothy Brown

0:49

Prologue - Shepherds, Shepherdess "Come Shepherds All"

John Bowen, María Cristina Kiehr, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs, Jonathan Brown, Christopher Josey

1:58

Prologue - Cupid "Courtiers There is No Faith in You"

Robin Blaze, René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

0:47

Prologue - Chorus, Shepherds, Shepherdess "In These Sweet Groves"

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs, Jonathan Brown, María Cristina Kiehr, John Bowen, Christopher Josey

2:34

Prologue - Cupid's Entry

René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

1:16

The Act Tune

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:32

Venus "Venus! Adonis!"

René Jacobs, Rosemary Joshua, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Gerald Finley

2:06

Hunter's Music: Venus "Hark, Hark the Rural Music Sounds"

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rosemary Joshua, René Jacobs

1:09

Venus "Adonis Will Not Hunt Today"

Gerald Finley, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rosemary Joshua, René Jacobs

2:27

Huntsman, Adonis, Chorus "Come, Follow the Noblest Game"

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs, Gerald Finley, Christopher Josey

2:32

Entry: A Dance By a Huntsman

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:01

The Act Tune

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

2:52

Cupid: Venus "You Place With Such Delightful Care"

Robin Blaze, René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rosemary Joshua

1:42

Cupid, Little Cupids. The Cupid's Lesson: "The Insolent, the Arrogant"

Timothy Brown, René Jacobs, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Robin Blaze, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

1:34

Cupid "Choose for the Fomal Fool"

Robin Blaze, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:36

A Dance of Cupids

René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

1:35

Venus "Call the Graces"

René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rosemary Joshua

0:53

Chorus of the Graces "Mortals Below, Cupids Above"

María Cristina Kiehr, René Jacobs, Jonathan Brown, Robin Blaze, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

1:26

The Graces' Dance

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

1:17

Gavatt

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

0:47

Sarabrand for the Graces

René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

1:34

A Ground

René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

1:40

The Act Tune

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

2:08

Venus, Adonis "Adonis, Uncall'd for Sighs"

Gerald Finley, René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rosemary Joshua

5:05

Venus "With Solemn Pomp Let Mourning Cupids Bear"

Rosemary Joshua, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

2:26

Chorus "Mourn for Thy Servant"

Timothy Brown, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

3:19

John Blow

Composer
René Jacobs

Conductor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Orchestra
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Choir
Robin Blaze

Countertenor

Nicholas Parker

Producer
Tim Handley

Engineer
Luca Giordano

Cover Art
Joseph Heintz

Cover Art
Lindsay Kemp

Liner Notes
Francesco Furini

Cover Art
Cornelius Holsteyn

Cover Art
Jan Kalsbeek

Harpsichord Maker
Eric Larrayadieu

Photography
Henk Klopp

Instrument Design

Blow: Venus & Adonis

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John Blow

René Jacobs

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Robin Blaze

Production

Blow: Venus & Adonis

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